# **SHIPVISTA LIVE SHIPPING RATES - V4.0.0** Shipvista live shipping rates is a free WordPress – WooCommerce **multi-warehouses and multi-carriers (Canada Post, UPS, Canpar and more)** extension that aims to provide your customers with live shipping cost and delivery estimates on your store's checkout page. Exclusively free to all new and existing valid ShipVista account users. Using this plugin requires you to create a shipvista.com account. Creating an account is free, and your account will be connected to this plugin for you to be able to get live shipping rates. Create Store transparency and a better customer experience with our One-Click Shipping Calculator. Reduce abandoned carts by showing your customers' shipping information upfront. [Read more](https://shipvista.com/about) #### **Why choose Shipvista's Live Shipping Rates** With Shipvista Live Shipping Rates, you do not need to have accounts with the various significant carriers to obtain live rates; you can benefit from displaying live shipping rates on your WooCommerce store at checkout. This plugin works seamlessly by showing the estimated delivery date on the Cart and store checkout to provide a complete shipping solution for your business. The current beta version supports Canada Post and UPS. More carriers will be added in the subsequent releases. ### **KEY BENEFITS** **Reduce abandoned carts:** By showing your customers' shipping information upfront, they can see accurate shipping rates, which minimizes abandoned carts. **Better customer experience:** Use of multiple precise warehouses and geolocation to automatically display shipping rates and delivery estimates for Canada Post, UPS, and more. **One-Click Shipping Calculator:** This shipping rate calculator installs in one click and requires little configuration and no maintenance. A shipping calculator in a minute! Use our pre-negotiated shipping rates or connect your own carrier accounts. **Support and grow your business:** Automate workflows throughout the execution journey. Benefit from experienced shipping support. Create a brand and post-purchase experience. Now you too can take advantage by Leveraging the same inventory and fulfillment technology used by e-commerce leaders. #### **Main features of Shipvista Live Shipping Rates** * Multi-warehouse address and geolocation to easily serve your customers * Get real-time shipping rates on the store Cart & Checkout page * Add margins to shipping rates * Create a custom amount for shipping discount on live rates * Enable in-store pickup and notes * Add custom processing times * Set default shipping dimensions for products with missing dimensions * Connect to the Google Places API to allow your customers to enter their addresses faster and more accurately * Set restrictions where shipping discounts will not apply based on country and postal/zip codes * Add handling charges to shipping charges * Compatible with default store shipping rates * How does Shipvista's Live Shipping Cost Calculator extension work? * Install the Shipping Cost Calculator extension, enter Shipvista account details, and enable the shipping rates method. * Set your shipping locations from (store location) in settings * Select the carriers and shipping methods you accept * Customer sees live shipping rates based on items in their cart before placing an order * Pay postage, print shipping labels, and generate a tracking number from the Shopify order page #### **How does shipvista live shipping rates plugin work?** This plugin aims at providing your customer with live shipping rates on cart or checkout pages. To use this plugin you will need a shipvista.com account. It is free to create and activate your account. Once you have your account ready: 1. Install Shipvista live Shipping Rates Plugin, enter Shipvista Account Details, and check enable Shipvista Live Shipping Rates Method. 2. Set your shipping from (store location) location in settings. 3. Select carriers and shipping methods you accept. 4. The customer sees live shipping rates based on items in their cart before placing an order. 5. Pay Postage, Print Shipping Labels, and Generate UPS Tracking ID from within the WooCommerce order page. ****Note: *Adding weight attributes to all the products is a pre-requisite for the plugin to work. However you can set default shipping attributes in the settings page under **Dimension*** #### **Why do i need a Shipvista.com account?** * **Multi Carrier access:** Shipvista enables you to get rates from all supported carriers such as Canada Post, Canpar and UPS without having an account with any of these carriers. * **Multi warehouse access:** You can set multiple warehouses to use as ship from address based on your customers destination * **Custom rates:** You have access to set multiple custom rates to use in addition to the rates from carriers * **Link Carriers:** Seamlessly link your shipping account from various carriers to shipvista inother to use your account shipping rates directly from the carrier. * **Ship instantly:** Access to a free on-line system used to process shipments instantly. * **Shipping label:** Generate carrier approved BOL and AWB shipping labels. * **LTL shipments:** Schedule LTL shipments from anywhere to anywhere in North America including Trans-Border. * **Shipment Tracking:** Claims processing and statement of account with invoice details. * **Real time:** Real time, user friendly access to very competitive LTL and courier rates. * **Save time and money:** Save your business time and money. Fast and efficient process. * **Order Management System:** Shipvista provides you with an order management system where you can import and manage all your orders from multiple marketplaces such as Wooocomerce, Amazon, Ebay etc in one place. #### **Need help with Shipvista plugin?** We have a feedback system to help answer any questions you might have regarding the plugin as well as provide assistance on how to configure the plugin. Please use the feedback option in the plugin dashboard to send us a mail directly.