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Ship business policies
Ship business policies define how the store will ship items and how we will charge for shipping. Shipping business policies are created when you create the shipping database assets in the store archive for a store.
You can define the following shipping business policies:
- Ship modes
- Ship mode business policies define the ship modes and carriers supported by the store. A shipping mode is the combination of a shipping carrier (which is a company that provides shipping services from a fulfillment center to a customer), and the shipping service offered by that carrier. For example, ABC Shipping Company, Overnight service and ABC Shipping Company, Express delivery are shipping modes.
- Ship charge types
- The following types of shipping charges are supported:
- No shipping charge
- Ship charges are paid by the buyer to the seller. The seller calculates the shipping charges when the order is captured and the shipping costs become part of the order total.
- Ship charges are paid by the buyer to the shipping carrier. The carrier calculates the shipping cost and assumes the responsibility of collecting payment from the buyer. Shipping costs are not calculated when the order is captured.