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In your Maropost Commerce control panel navigate to Shipping > Shipping Option.
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Click on Add New Shipping Option.
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Click Set My Own Pricing.
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In the advanced options select Weight or size of order.
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Choose Select Countries and tick Australia, then move on to the Next Step.
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Name your pricing table and select your weight range and cost for your 1st parcel and subsequent parcel when it exceeds this weight. At the time writing this article, the weight range is 0kg to 0.25kg, and the cost of a letter is $1.00. Select the shipping categories to apply this shipping option to, and once complete, click Next Step.
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Set the name to Letters and set Available to PO Box Addresses to Available. Click Next Step.
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Choose how you will print the shipping labels and click Next Step.
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You can now optionally tick Add Discount Incentive if you want to make this option free over an certain spending amount. Click Next Step.
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Review and click Complete.
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Now that we’ve completed the shipping option setup, we need to create a Shipping Category which will funnel products to be recognised by this option.
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In your Maropost Commerce control panel navigate to Settings & Tools > Shipping.
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Click Shipping Categories. Click the green Add New button on the top right hand side.
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Name the new category Letters and Save & Close.
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To add our shipping category, navigate to Shipping > Shipping Options.
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Click on Letters to edit the shipping option.
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Scroll down to the Map your shipping categories to Shipping Services. Delete all of the categories (such as Default, Dangerous Goods, etc) showing in this section.
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Click Add Shipping Category and add Letters for both drop-down menu options. Click Save & Close.
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Now go back to the Shipping Options page and edit your remaining shipping setups. Simply add Letters as a shipping category and populate the drop-down menu's as above. This will allow letters to be posted with other bigger items.
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Now that your shipping options and categories are setup, you need to identify products which are only to be shipped by letter. To do this, navigate to Products > View Products and edit product you wish to make changes to.
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Click the Shipping tab section and select Letters as the Shipping Category and save changes. Repeat for any other products you wish to send as letters.
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Now that this is complete, your product will be marked as a ‘letter’ shipping option during the pick, pack and dispatch process.