Imagine you have a webshop und you deliver goods into several countries. But you have different shipping rates for each of these countries. Addionally you want to offer a free delivery if the subtotal of the basket is higher than the value of x.

In addition all these shipping costs should be calculated based on the weight, or the amount of items, or the subtotal.

Finally several postcodes are not qualified for these rates. Or a specific IP-address is not. Or this rate should be valid for a specific IP-address or postcode (or range of them) only.

And - maybe - you have a rate which is valid for all countries and should be added only if the subtotal is less than the value x.

But - what if these shipping costs shall be valid for a specific customer group only?

Well, this is only a scenario, but it could happen.

So what will you do - or better to ask: what can you do?

To simplify the answer: not very much.

Why?

Also simple this answer: because OpenCart has not the flexibility for all these possibilities. It has some standard modules, there are some extensions on the market - but with all the result will be confusing your customers!

Because at the end your customer will see several options he has to choose from - you may be lucky if he has chosen the correct one.

The come to an end - we have the solution: MultiZone.

And the result for the customer (at the end of his shopping tour through your shop): he will see only that shipping cost he has to pay for.

Or nothing if you have it defined that way.

This means no more confusing options for the customer he has to choose from. Also no more queries like 'thank you for shopping with us, but we are sorry we have to switch to another shipping cost because you have chosen the incorrect'. Looks not very professional ...

We will show with a simple example what you can do from now on with our extension.