Admin > Shipping > Post Code Group
Post code or Zipcode (US) groups can be used to:
Increase the delivery charge to certain locations - see: Delivery charge uplift based on postcode group
Restrict delivery services to certain areas - see: Carrier Assignment rules.
Create and Edit Post Code Groups
“Edit Post Code Group”, here is all the information for a grouping you can modify. “Code” will be the name for the group, it will also be displayed in “Carrier Assignment Rules” when setting up a rule. “Description” a brief description for where the group will covers if you use counties as your dividing lines you may wish to set that as the description. “Areas”, select the area that this group will be associated to, to see more on “Areas” see the article.
( US zipcodes in the example below)
“Surcharge”, is where you can enter an extra charge to be applied to a delivery without creating a new “Delivery Charge”, this surcharge will then be added to the standard delivery rate when selecting a delivery service during checkout if the customers address associates them with this group. ”Maximum Order Weight”, if a limited amount of weight can be sent to a post code per order here a limit can be set, if there is no limit set to 999999.
Below the other fields will be a table, here you enter the post codes ( zopcode) ranges that this group will cover, you can enter multiple ranges of postcodes, you also able to set the number of extra days along with the regular delivery time it will take for a delivery to arrive with a customer to these post code areas.
IMPORTANT: A single “Post Code Group” must be defined to validate your post codes at checkout, however if you do not need a post code to be entered leave “From Post Code” blank and add Z to the “To Post Code” field.
Default UK Post Code Formats:
from A1 1AA to Z9 9ZZ (e.g. in range M1 1AA)
from A11 1AA to Z99 9ZZ (e.g. in range M60 1NW)
from AA1 1AA to ZZ9 9ZZ (e.g. in range CR2 6XH)
from AA11 1AA to ZZ99 9ZZ (e.g. in range DN55 1PT)
from A1A 1AA to Z9Z 9ZZ (e.g. in range W1A 1HQ)
from AA1A 1AA to ZZ9Z 9ZZ (e.g. in range EC1A 1BB)
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