Simple Free Shipping based on Role

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Here's a very simple free shipping scenario with fixed rates. Customers in the "Free Shipping" role get an option for free shipping ($0). If not in that role, they see regular shipping. (The leading "!" is the NOT operator.) Everybody sees an option for "Fast Shipping".

(Update: 12/20/2021 - Customer.CustomerRoles won't work in 4.x and above. Use Customer.GetCustomerRoles() to get the full collection, or to check a specific role, use helper property Customer.IsInRole("role system name"). The below has been modified to use Customer.IsInRole() )

Order	Type	Name	Expression	Rate Expression
10	Option	Free Shipping	Customer.IsInRole("Free Shipping")	0
20	Option	Regular Shipping	!Customer.IsInRole("Free Shipping")	5
30	Option	Fast Shipping	true	10

So, if the customer is in the Free Shipping role, then she sees

Select shipping method

Fast Shipping ($10.00)

And if she's not in that role she sees

Select shipping method

Fast Shipping ($10.00)

You can always add additional criteria. If there are a lot of criteria, then create a variable to make it easier to read and maintain. For example, let's also have additional criteria that the cart subtotal must be greater than $250

Order	Type	Name	Expression	Rate Expression
5	Boolean	HasFreeShipping	Customer.IsInRole("Free Shipping") and [$SubTotalWithDiscounts] > 250
10	Option	Free Shipping	[HasFreeShipping]	0
20	Option	Regular Shipping	![HasFreeShipping]	5
30	Option	Fast Shipping	true	10

Tags : FreeShipping

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Comment:

anai.heath@sunriseid.com

Created on: 6/11/2018 2:51 PM

How can I express free shipping based on customer role and additionally limited to zip code (98109)?

support@nopTools.com

Created on: 6/11/2018 11:39 PM

The Expression field evaluates the condition and if true it will be shown to customer.  Use Customer.IsInRole() to check a role:

IsInRole(roleSystemName)

(or  IsInCustomerRole(roleSystemName)  )

Be sure to assign the Role's "System name" field.  If you need to do a wildcard match, use e.g.  Customer.CustomerRoles.Any(SystemName.Contains("Discount"))

see for more info: https://www.noptools.com/blog/60/expressions-can-use-extension-methods

For example, FedEx for everyone (Expression is 'true'), and Free Ship only for customers in role "Free Shipping" and Zip 98109.

Option    Free Shipping  Customer.IsInRole("Free Shipping") and Zip = " 98109 "     0.00

Option    FedEx          true                                                                                   Shipping.FedEx

Be sure to assign the Role's "System name" field, and use that in the IsInRole function.