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Sort operation

A Shipping Rate Sort operation changes the displayed order of shipping rates at checkout. It does not change a rate’s availability or price.

Before and after screenshots of three shipping rates with an In-store Pickup rate moving from the second to third position

When to use it

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Use a sort operation when you want to:

  • choose where options such as in-store pickup appear in the displayed list; or
  • show shipping rates from most expensive to least expensive.

The form

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A shipping sort operation showing Sort Type and Sort Configuration with Field Sort selected.

The operation form includes:

  • Operation Name: identifies the operation in the app; customers do not see it.
  • Enabled Status: controls whether the operation will execute. A disabled operation is saved but does will run.
  • Sort Type: controls the sort type that will be performed. See Sort type below.
  • Sort Configuration: choose the fields, direction, values, and buckets for the selected sort type.
  • Conditions: control when the operation applies.

Sort type

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There are two types of sort operations: Field Sort and Custom Sort

  • Field Sort orders rates by Price, Name, or Service Code in Ascending or Descending direction
  • Custom Sort orders rates by ranking them in buckets - great for prioritizing or deprioritizing specific rates

Field sort

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Field sort configuration is simply two dropdowns - one to select which field to sort by, and the second for direction.

Custom sort

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Custom sort requires configuring buckets of rates - rates will be ordered based on the order they appear in the buckets list.

  • Select Add Bucket to create a bucket.
  • Enter one or more Sort Field values in a bucket
    • Values in the same bucket have equal priority.
  • Drag the buckets to change their top-to-bottom priority.
  • Use Everything Else for rates that do not match another bucket. Its position is part of the custom order.
A shipping custom sort operation showing priority buckets for shipping rates, Everything Else, and In-store Pickup.

Custom Sort compares each bucket value with the full value of the selected Rate Name or Service Code. Matching ignores capitalization but is not partial matching.

Examples

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Make in-store pickup option last

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  • Sort Type: Custom Sort
  • Buckets:
    • Bucket 1: * (Everything else)
    • Bucket 2: In-store pickup

This puts the existing Free Shipping and Standard Shipping rates before In-store pickup in the displayed list. Sorting does not change a rate’s price or whether pickup is available.

Sort from most expensive to least expensive

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  • Sort Type: Field Sort
  • Sort Field: Price
  • Sort Direction: Descending

See also

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