Dimensional Shipping for Magento 2- Installation Instructions and User Guide

 Installation:

Before Installing the Extension, back up your web directory and store database. Then, log into the admin panel and then clear the cache.

Go to your admin dashboard and navigate to System> Cache Management


Step 1 : Extract the archive (W2M_Modulename-version.zip)

Step 2 : Upload the app folder in Magento2 root directory, and install BoxPacker API by running composer command:
"composer require dvdoug/boxpacker"

Step 3 : Now after the successful upload, Open the terminal (cmd), then run the command on Magento2 root directory-
“php bin/magento setup: upgrade”


Run this command in the Magento2 Root- “php bin/magento setup: static-content:deploy”



User Guide:

STEP: 1 Click to Sales->W2M Dimensional Containers



STEP: 2 Click to Add Container to add a new Container

STEP: 3 Fill in information and then click the Save button.



STEP: 4 Click to Catalog->Products



STEP: 5 Click to Edit or Add Product



STEP: 6 Fill in product Dimensional information and save.



STEP: 7 Click to Store->Configuration



STEP: 8 Click to Sales->Shipping Method (Delivery Methods)




STEP: 9 Select the yes option for enabling dimensional rates under the shipping method you want to use.





STEP: 10 Please Place an order with Dimensional product and you will see the UPS shipping with dimensional rates on the checkout cart and checkout page.

STEP: 11 Click to Sales ->Order



STEP: 12 Click to View to check which containers are using this order.



STEP: 13 Used Container

 FAQs:

1. Using the "Own Container" setting enabled means that the product will send UPS the dimensions, will not use any boxes that are in "Dimensional Containers" and each piece will ship in separate boxes.

Ans: Correct, enabling "Own Container" creates separate containers based on product dimensions for each quantity in the cart.

2. If a product has dimensions added, it does not have use own container setting enabled, if there is a container that is greater in size, it will send UPS the container size and the product weight.

Ans: You need to create containers to ship the products in the Sales-> Dimensional Container option in admin. The extension will collect all the container data available (created by you) and collect all the product dimensions from the cart and then it will calculate the dimensions to find a best-fit container for the products.

For instance, if you have containers with varying capacities:

1) Container 1: 10-h 10-w 10-l, 10 LB max weight

2) Container 2: 20-h 20-w 20-l, 20 LB max weight

3) Container 3: 30-h 30-w 30-l, 30 LB max weight

If a product measures 10-h 10-w 10-l and weighs 10 LB:

Now here is the case scenario:

1) Ordering 1 QTY: Container 1 will be used, with shipping costs calculated accordingly.

2) Ordering 2 QTY: Container 2 will be selected, with shipping costs adjusted accordingly.

3) Ordering 3 QTY: Container 3 will be utilized, and shipping costs will be calculated based on this selection.

This process applies to multiple products as well.

3. If a product has no dimensions, it does not have use own container setting enabled, it will function like baseline Magento and just send the product weight.

Ans: Yes, in that case, shipping costs are calculated based on product weight.

 

Troubleshooting:

If you have any additional questions, or issues, or need help with your new extension please contact us at support.web2market.com.

Thank you.