Adjusting Displayed Shipping Rates

The AbeBooks shipping matrix is designed to ensure a more consistent ordering experience for book buyers on the AbeBooks Web site.  It contains the estimated cost to ship an average weight book from your country to both domestic and international destinations. Each destination includes rates for priority and standard shipping speeds. The average shipping weight is based upon a 2.2 lb (1 kg) package for the first item and 1.1 lb (0.5 kg) for each additional item.  You can add countries to your shipping matrix (book buyers in countries not in your shipping matrix are charged the "International" rate), as well as increase and decrease rates and times.

Adjusting Your AbeBooks Shipping Matrix

Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain and "International" are the default destinations on the AbeBooks shipping matrix, as these are the countries where AbeBooks has Web sites and does business.  Your "International" rates apply to countries not in the matrix; you can add other countries to your matrix if you would like specific shipping rates and speeds applied to them.

To add a country to the shipping matrix:

  1. Click [sign on] and enter your E-mail Address and Password.
  2. Click [Bookseller programs] in the Members Menu.
  3. Click [AbeBooks] under the Program Information heading.
  4. Click the [Update your shipping rates] link.
  5. Select a country from the list in the top-left corner of the matrix.
  6. Click the [Add to matrix] button.
 

Book buyers located in the countries in your shipping matrix are charged the corresponding rates and should receive their orders within the quoted time frame.  Book buyers in countries not listed are charged the "International" rate.

To adjust the rates and speeds in the shipping matrix:

  1. Locate the country you would like to adjust rates or speeds for.  Select your desired rates and speeds from the appropriate lists.
  2. Click the [Save Changes] button.
 

Book buyers see the changed rates for shipping.  

If you would like to re-set all of your shipping rates and speeds back to the default settings, this can be done automatically.  This function restores all of the original rates and speeds and it removes the countries you have added to the shipping matrix.  

To restore the default shipping rates, speeds and countries:

  1. Click the [Restore Default Shipping Rates] button.
  2. Click [OK].
 

If you find that you are rarely shipping to a country in your shipping matrix, you can remove that country.  Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and "International" cannot be removed from your shipping matrix.

To remove a country you have added:

  1. Locate the country you would like to remove from your shipping matrix.
  2. Select the [Remove] check box.
  3. Click the [Remove] button.
  4. Click [OK].
 

Book buyers located in the removed country are now charged your "International" rate when ordering from you.  Their packages are required to arrive within your quoted "International" time.  

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