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Magento 2 Beginners Guide

You're reading from   Magento 2 Beginners Guide Discover what you need to know to build your own profitable online stores using the power of Magento 2!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785880766
Length 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gabriel Guarino Gabriel Guarino
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Magento 2 FREE CHAPTER 2. Installation 3. Migration 4. Creating Your First Product, Images, Inventory, and Prices 5. Attribute Sets and Custom Attributes 6. Product Types 7. Categories 8. CMS Pages, Blocks, and Widgets 9. Managing Scope and Locale Settings 10. System Configuration 11. Working with Customers 12. Admin Users and Roles 13. Taxes 14. Catalog and Shopping Cart Price Rules 15. Processing Payments 16. Configuring Shipping 17. Fulfilling Orders 18. Transactional E-mails and Newsletter 19. Reports 20. Customizing Your Magento Store 21. Store Maintenance

Overview of the default Magento shipping methods

In this chapter, we will go through the configuration for the Magento shipping methods. All sections for the configuration are located in the STORES | Configuration | SALES | Shipping Methods page.

On this page, you will see a list of all the shipping methods that are available by default in Magento 2:

Overview of the default Magento shipping methods

As you can see in the preceding screenshot, the following shipping methods are included in a default Magento 2 installation:

  • Flat Rate
  • Free Shipping
  • Table Rates
  • UPS
  • USPS
  • FedEx
  • DHL

Flat Rate

Let's start by reviewing Flat Rate. If you expand this section, you will see the following form:

Flat Rate

This is a predefined charge that will be applied to the orders in your store. The amount defined as the cost for shipping is fixed and depends on the configuration that you set from the admin panel.

In order to configure the method, you should update the following fields:

  • Enabled: Specify whether Flat Rate should be available...
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