Australian Freight have modules or Freight Calculators for Websites: Including modules for Virtuemart, Magento, Oscommerce and other extensions available at no charge. Australian Freight also offer a third party service to install the postage / freight calculator on your site. Talk to our installation team for our ecommerce solutions.
Key benefits to website owners of having a freight calculator or shipping modules on their shopping cart: In this day and age people like to compare apples to apples when surfing on the internet consumers would like to know what is called the “landed cost” or complete cost to my door. Consumers need to know the exact cost of products including the delivery cost and they need it “now”. Generally online shoppers will find an item they like – then skip around in search of the same product then compare the complete cost.
Website shipping Calculators: If your online store shows “contact us for the shipping cost” then many shoppers will simply compare two other shops who have the delivery cost listed. Many Australian stores to fight this battle will either a) provide guestimates on the freight pricing b) provide free shipping and take the hit to regional areas c) pay a web developer to load up a freight chart into their website that pulls the rates d) Some Australian transport companies you can connect to directly e) connect their online store to the postage calculator.
a) Providing guestimates on the delivery / pricing: Dangerous when you look at the regional price differences in courier rates. Knowing and budgeting properly for your delivery costs is the best way to ensure you do not loose money on a sale. Our shipping calculators provide complete accurate costings as we maintain the database and with many of our carriers we have a direct link with the providers.
b) Providing free shipping is one way to go however many consumers know that the price is ultimately built in to the product price. Cautious that “nothing is free” online consumers need to feel comfortable that they are getting a safe transaction.
c) Pay for a web developer to load up a freight chart into their website. An option that many ecommerce sites undertake however lacks the flexibility or rate changes , extra charges, direct bookings, shipping note generation and choice of multiple courier services.
d) Some transport companies you can connect to directly. Our experience and feedback shows that transport companies business is moving freight not interfacing with ecommerce websites – the two industries talk separate languages – thats why we have built a freight calculator that speaks transport and tech talk to bring you the connecting software for ecommerce to Australian freight companies.
e) Connect your online store to our freight calculator: With seven years in production and the computer code built up by our director we have listed Australia’s favourite transport, freight and courier companies on our ecommerce connecting software. Dont worry we cater for websites of all sizes from a store that sells one item per day, to a large corporate auction or buy it now website.
How do I get started with a freight caluclator? Easy complete the below form for the modules or the web developers guide: To make things easier for our small to medium business we searched the market and found that most Australian online stores are built on a common shopping cart platform. These common platforms we have built you downloadable “apps” The “apps” are downloaded into your shopping cart and with some simple instuctions and mapping your online store can generate live freight rates on Australian courier companies ( wholesale rates). View some of features on our Iframe / api for shipping
View example stores our software powers at:
Anaconda | Baby Village | Ozvan | OTA | Online Furniture | BLA | Costume Stores