Per shipping class and per item

Rateline prices the whole order with one rule. Rateline Pro adds a Calculate setting to each Table rate method, under the tax status:

• Per order (the default, Rateline's own): the first rule that matches the whole order sets the rate.
• Per shipping class: each shipping class in the cart is priced with its own rule, and the costs are added up.
• Per item: each product in the cart is priced with its own rule, and the costs are added up.

Per shipping class

The cart is split into groups: one per shipping class, plus one for the items without a class. Each group goes down the table on its own and uses the first rule that matches it:

• a rule for a class matches that class's group;
• a rule for No shipping class matches the items without one;
• a rule for Any matches any group.

The group's weight, number of items, subtotal, volume and longest side are its own items', not the whole order's.

When	To	Shipping class	Cost	Per lb	Label
Always		Bulky	49		Freight delivery
Weight	5	No shipping class	6.95
Weight		No shipping class	9.95	0.50

A bench (Bulky) and a 4 lb kettle: $49 for the bench plus $6.95 for the kettle, $55.90 in one rate.

Per item

Each cart line (a product with its quantity) goes down the table on its own. Two of a 2 lb mug count as one line of 4 lbs and 2 items:

When	From	To	Cost
Weight		2	3
Weight	2	10	8

A 1 lb candle and two 2 lb mugs: $3 + $8 = $11.

When a group has no rule

If any group (or item) has no rule that matches, or its rule is No shipping, the whole rate isn't offered. That way nothing ships at a price you didn't set. To be sure every group is priced, end the table with an Always rule for Any class.

Labels

When every group's rule has the same Label, the rate shows it; otherwise the rate shows the method's name (or the rate's name, see Several rates from one table).

The method's settings

The handling fee, minimum and maximum cost and free shipping coupons apply once, to the added-up cost, not to each group.