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This article explains the basics of shipping settings on Walmart marketplace and how they can be overridden via M2E Pro.
Walmart shipping overview
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Shipping settings are global and must be configured in your Seller Center under the Settings > Partner Profile > Shipping.
Depending on the criteria that impact a cost calculation, you may select one of the two shipping models:
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- Tiered Pricing - a shipping cost depends on the purchased item price. For example, you can charge shipping for a product that is priced below $50 and offer free shipping if the ordered product price exceeds $50. You will need to provide a rate for each item price range.
Tiered Pricing or Item/Weight Pricing
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. Please be advised that shipping models cannot be combined. The settings saved for one model will override the settings previously specified for another model.
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You can read more information in Walmart Partner Profile Settings article
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US marketplace
- Value - it is preconfigured as free shipping method with 3-7 business day transit time for 48 State - Street region. The method cannot be disabled in Seller Center, however, sellers may set up shipping exceptions to exclude certain items from offering Free Value shipping.
- Standard - the optional method that is preconfigured with 2-5 business day transit time for 48 State - Street and 48 State – PO Box regions. The transit time for other regions may vary. Enabling and pricing this shipping method is up to the seller.
- Expedited - the optional method that is preconfigured with 1-2 business day transit time for 48 State - Street and 48 State – PO Box regions. The transit time for other regions may vary. Enabling and pricing this shipping method is up to the seller.
- Next Day - the optional method that is preconfigured with 0-1 business day transit time for 48 State - Street and 48 State – PO Box regions. The transit time for other regions may vary. Enabling and pricing this shipping method is up to the seller.
- Freight - this method can only be enabled through the shipping overrides. It covers all regions and has the preconfigured transit time of 5-10 business days. Sellers may charge buyers for shipping or offer it for free.
CA marketplace
- Standard - the transit time and pricing for this shipping method are up to the seller.
- Express - the method is optional, the transit time and pricing may vary.
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Shipping overrides
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After you select your shipping model, you have to set up shipping methods. Walmart marketplace offers several default shipping methods and requires sellers to support at least one. The available shipping methods vary depending on Walmart marketplace.
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Please refer to Walmart US and Walmart CA documentation for more details.
Shipping overrides
Using M2E Pro Selling Policy, you may create the
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overrides to your global shipping settings. To do it, please complete the steps below.
Step 1. Under the Shipping section, enable the Override Mode option, then click Add Shipping Override Service to open the override options:
Step 2. Select a shipping method that you want to override or add to your global shipping settings:
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Step 3. Define the region to which you want to apply these settings:
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Step 4. Choose an action, i.e. Add/Override or Remove.
Step 5. Set up the mode, i.e. free or paid. The paid mode is offered by two options: a custom value or custom attribute.
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6. Provide the shipping cost if you select one of the paid mode options:
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The override information will be applied to the relevant products on the Walmart website.
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| If you are going to list products on the Marketplace which has different Base Currency compared to your Magento one, and the shipping cost is set to be taken from Magento Attribute with Price input type, you can enable an automatic currency conversion. M2E Pro will automatically convert the relevant Magento Attribute value based on the Currency Rates in your Magento. |