Shipping and Sales Tax Calculations:

Accessing Shipping Calculations:  (Scroll Down for Sales Tax)
Shipping Options are located under My Account, under the Profile Tab.

Under the Profile Tab, select Shipping Calculations.

Create New or Select Existing Profile:
You can now set Domestic and International Shipping Methods.  To create a new Shipping Method, click on Add Another Shipping Method.  To Edit an existing method, click to select the existing method, and then choose Edit.

Select States:
Choose either All State and Territories and hit ADD, or else choose specific states, and ADD or REMOVE each state.  When complete, press Continue.

Set Rates:

  1. Choose your Shipping Method Name, e.g. Parcel Post, etc.
  2. Select the estimated delivery time.
  3. Choose whether to base the shipping on the total order amount, the total order weight, or the total item quantity.
  4. For books or other items that are sold on a per item basis, an example is shown with rates dependent on the number of items sold.
  5. When the calculations are complete, click on Continue.

Save:
Verify that the calculations are correct and choose Save Shipping Methods.  You can come back and edit this shipping method at any time and it will update any buttons you have on your website. You can also come back and create new shipping methods for new buttons.

Accessing Sales Tax Calcuations:
Sales Tax Options are located under My Account, under the Profile Tab.

Under the Profile Tab, select Sales Tax.

Create New or Select Existing Profile:
You can now set Domestic and International Sales Tax Options.   To create a new Sales, click on Add Another Sales Tax.  To Edit an existing Sales Tax, click to select the existing Sales Tax, and then choose Edit.

Set Sales Tax:

  1. You can configure your sales tax, either by the default State option, or click on Zip Code to se a local tax rate.
  2. Choose the state that you are selling from (Only in-state customers will pay the state sales tax.  Out of state customer will not pay sales tax.)
  3. Enter the tax rate (in percentage)  Example, for an eight percent tax rate, enter 8.
  4. Check Apply Rate to Shipping Amount if your state taxes the shipping amount.

Save:
Verify that the calculations are correct and choose Continue.  You can come back and edit this sales tax at any time and it will update any buttons you have on your website.