Setting up shipping in any e-commerce program can be a daunting task. In order to set up shipping, normally you will need to understand and manually configure zones for your e-commerce store. Fortunately, with PrestaShop, there are many free modules available to make setting up shipping with your preferred carrier(s) much easier. But, if you need to fine tune your settings after installing a module an understanding of the various Shipping options and settings in PrestaShop will be needed. This tutorial will touch briefly on the various options available in the PrestaShop shipping settings so that you can make any necessary adjustments after installing a module or if you want to create and manage shipping settings yourself.

Before we go into further details about shipping, please make sure you have already configured the following for your PrestaShop site:

• Geolocation preferences
• Countries restrictions for payments

In your PrestaShop back office, you can change your Shipping settings and subsections through the Shipping tab.

The main page contains a few settings for your PrestaShop store:

The following settings are presented in a bit different order than they are shown in PrestaShop because the order in PrestaShop is different from the order you would want to configure each setting. In this tutorial, we present the settings in the order that's easiest to set up and/or edit.

Fortunately, installing a module will automatically create the needed carrier(s) in your PrestaShop back office. Shipping modules will automatically assign carriers to all zones, so you should make sure that your Zones are configured properly before installing a shipping module in PrestaShop. You can also refine your Zones and other shipping options as needed even after installing a module.

We have tutorials on three of the most popular shipping modules: U.S.P.S, FedEx, and UPS.