Local Delivery

Objective

You want to extend a retailers ability to obtain sales beyond their four walls and perform local deliveries in their trade area. In person dealer deliveries are becoming part of the core competency for retailers. This could include white glove delivery with assembly, install, or simply a delivery into the consumers home.

You can set up the option for local customers to have their orders delivered by a dealer. If a customer's address is in the retailers delivery area, then the customer will have local delivery as an option at checkout.

To set up local delivery, you need to enable the local delivery option for each location that offers delivery. You can offer delivery within a set distance from your location via a radius, or for certain ZIP/Postal Codes.

Enable Local Delivery for Online Store

To turn the Local Delivery option on for your store and make it an option for consumers to buy the following steps must occur:

1. Login to ShipEarly
2. Click your company name in the top right
3. Click Shipment Settings
4. Select Dealer Options
5. Check Local Delivery on
6. Select if you would like to have a per unit, flat rate, % of sale
7. Select if you would like the retailers listed on the checkout or not with 'No Retailer Listing'
8. Click Save

Please note you can provide a custom column heading for how it would appear to consumers in checkout, the default is 'Shipping'. You can also set a Flat Rate Per Order or Flat Rate Per Item. 

Flat Rate Per Order: Sets one flat rate for the item to be delivered regardless of how many items are in the cart.

Flat Rate Per Item: Sets a flat rate per item quantity that is in the cart and eligible for the service.

Percent of Sale: Takes the pre-tax and pre-shipping amount to apply as the shipping amount.

Enable Local Deliveries on Select Products

1. Click on Products Tab
2. Under the Assembly Column for a specific SKU or set of SKUs indicate they are eligible for the service
3. Click Save

Please note that products can be added with assembly in bulk by exporting the products and importing back into the application with Assembly.

Enable Local Delivery for a Store Location

1. Login to ShipEarly
2. Click on the Retailers Tab
3. On the Local Delivery column add a delivery distance (miles) to the retailer as to how far of a range they are willing to service for the fee you charge the consumer.
4. Click Save.

Please note the Local Delivery service must be turned on, and eligible products you would like the service enabled for must also be indicated.

Use ZIP/Postal Code for Availability

Enter a list of postal codes (up to a maximum of 3,000 characters) to which you will deliver, separated by a comma and a space. To include a group of postal codes add an asterisk after the initial characters to indicate a range of postal codes.

To setup a store for a specific zone:

1. Click the Retailer tab
2. Click Edit
3. At the bottom of the Edit Page enter in the ZIP/Postal Codes

      **Examples:**

        `M5V1E3, M5V1K4, M5V3N5, M5V2N3`

        `97392, 97306, 97325, 97352`

        `M5V*`includes all postal codes from `M5V1A1` to `M5V9Z9`.

        `M5V`(note the space character) also includes all postal codes from `M5V1A1` to `M5V9Z9`.

        `9732*`includes all postal codes from `97320`to`97329`.

Please note, if setting specific ZIP/Postal Codes the radius must also be set.

Checkout experience

After you enable the local delivery option, eligible customers have local delivery as a shipping option at checkout.

Customers have local delivery as an option only if they meet the following requirements:

• At least one physical product in the cart is eligible for local delivery.

• The customer's delivery address can be verified by Google. At checkout, customers can use the dropdown menu of suggested addresses to select a verified address.

Modify Text on Consumer Checkout for Local Deliveries

You may want to custom brand your Local Delivery service or include assembly for consumers to see the value. For example, you may want to call Local Delivery 'Assembled & Delivered'. All checkout buttons including local delivery are customizable in the Checkout Settings.

1. Click on Company Name in the top right
2. Select Checkout Settings
3. In the Local Delivery Section type in how you would like the button label to appear
4. Type in how you would like the headings to appear whether In Stock or Not
5. Save