The fee for cash on delivery
A second item with a rule of its own: Applied payment method is Cash on delivery, type Absolute, a fixed amount with tax rate. With both items in place, the payment method decides which one is added.
A discount or a fee per payment method
Customers who pay in advance get a 2% discount; customers who choose cash on delivery pay a fixed fee. Two items, two rules with the Applied payment method condition.
- Type
- Pseudo product, percental
- Value
- −2%
- Rule
- Payment method
- Removable
- No
The rule and the item.
On the left the rule in the Rule Builder, on the right the item's fields that matter. Everything else stays as it is when you create the item.
RuleRule Builder
- Applied payment methodIs one of Paid in advance
Prepayment discount −2%
- Pseudo productsCatalogues
- Basic DataProduct typePseudo product
- Basic DataRemovableoff
- Basic DataRulePayment: paid in advance
- Pseudo ProductTitlePrepayment discount
- Pseudo ProductType of surcharge/discountPercental
- Pseudo ProductSurcharge/discount−2%
- Cart NoteType · DisplaySuccess (green) · Always
- Rule Builder › Applied payment method
Is one of: Paid in advance
- Basic Data tab › Product type
Pseudo product
- Basic Data tab › Removable
off
- Basic Data tab › Rule
Payment: paid in advance
- Pseudo Product tab › Title
Prepayment discount
- Pseudo Product tab › Type of surcharge/discount
Percental
- Pseudo Product tab › Surcharge/discount
−2%
- Cart Note tab › Type · Display
Success (green) · Always
What the customer sees.
2% of €495.95 is €9.92. A negative percentage produces a discount, calculated over the cart like any percentage.
Cart2 items
- Main product1 piece €495.95
- Prepayment discountProduct number: PP-VORKASSE −€9.92
Subtotal€486.03
Why it is set up this way.
Switching at checkout
The customer chooses the payment method at checkout. If they switch it, the cart is recalculated, and the item comes or goes with the rule.
Why the note always shows
Once would mean: once per session. With a discount that comes and goes with the payment method, it is clearer if the note shows every time.
What to watch out for: Until the customer chooses a payment method at checkout, the rule checks the preset one. So the discount can already be in the cart if payment in advance is preset.
All examples.
Transport insurance
If product A, B or C is in the cart, the delivery goes to Austria or Switzerland and the customer is a retailer.
Shipping subsidy
For deliveries to certain countries the shop pays part of the shipping costs.
Payment method
A discount for payment in advance, a fee for cash on delivery: one item per payment method.
Bulky goods
A surcharge per bulky product when delivery is by freight.
Mandatory product for retailers
A real product from the catalogue that retailers get once, with their first order.
Free gift
Once the goods total reaches €50.00, a catalogue product is added free of charge.
Free insert
A magazine or a sample that the customer can see and remove.
Catalogue as an invisible insert
The catalogue is in the parcel with the first order. The customer sees it neither in the cart nor in the order confirmation.
Gift wrapping
In Advent, one gift wrap per product in the cart, which the customer can remove.
Small order fee
Below €50.00 of goods, €5.00 is added; from €50.00 the fee disappears on its own.
Bottle deposit
A deposit per bottle and per crate as lines of their own, the quantity follows the drinks in the cart.
Island surcharge
If the delivery address is on an island, a surcharge is added, recognised by the postcode.