In our previous post, we learned how to set up a Delivery Time period using the Product Delivery Date Pro for WooCommerce plugin where you can add a Fixed Date Range or opt for a Delivery all year round option. After selecting the delivery option for the product, this plugin allows you to add delivery charges as well, and today we shall discuss about how to set up delivery charges for recurring weekdays, specific dates & time slots.

How does this work?

You have the provision to add delivery charges for the added delivery option on the Product page. To do so, go to the Product Delivery Date Meta box -> Delivery Charges tab. Here you can add delivery charges for either weekdays or specific dates. Firstly, let us understand how this works for Recurring Weekdays and Specific Dates.

Recurring Weekdays

Admin Experience:

Say you have a product Red Wine which is available for delivery only on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with a delivery charge of $10. Let us first add the recurring weekdays when delivery of this product is available. Hence go to Delivery Charges tab and select weekdays from the Select Days dropdown for Monday as shown below:

Adding weekdays in Delivery Charges tab

Now add the delivery charges applicable for Monday in the Delivery Charges field as $10 as shown below:

Adding delivery charges

Click on the Add Delivery Charges button to display the selected weekdays and their delivery charges under the Delivery Charges section. Repeat the same steps for Tuesday and Wednesday.

All these added weekdays and their respective delivery charges will be displayed in the Delivery Charges section as shown below:

Display of delivery charges

Customer Experience:

So now if a customer selects this product to be delivered on 30th July, 2018 which is a Monday, then the Product page on the frontend will show the applicable delivery charges below the delivery date calendar as shown below:

Frontend showing applied delivery charges

As seen in the above screenshot, the total amount payable for the product Red Wine is $500 + $10 (delivery charges) = $510.

Specific Dates

Admin Experience:

Now considering the same product Red Wine, let us add the settings for specific dates and the delivery charges that will be applicable. Say when a customer selects specific dates – 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th of March, 2025, a delivery charge of $20 is applicable.

So go to Product Delivery Date Meta box -> Delivery Charges tab click on Select Date dropdown and add 4th March 2025 as shown below:

Now add the applicable delivery charge of $20 in the Delivery Charges field as shown below:

Adding delivery charges for a specific date

You need to click on the Add Delivery Charges button to add delivery charges for 4th March 2025. Repeat the same steps for all other specific dates.

Once it is done, you can find all the added specific dates with their delivery charges in the Delivery Charges section as shown below:

All specific dates and its delivery charges added

Customer Experience:

So now if a customer visits the front and selects 4th March 2025 from the delivery calendar on the Product page, the applicable delivery charges will be displayed below the delivery calendar as shown below:

Frontend showing applicable delivery charges for the product

As seen in the above screenshot, the total amount payable for the product Winter Boots is $150 + $20 (delivery charges) = $170.

Time Slots

Admin Experience:

Again consider the same product Winter Boots and add the settings for different time slots and delivery charges which will be applicable. For time slots, delivery charges have to be added on the Product page under the Delivery Options tab of the Product Delivery Date Meta box, when you select a time slot for the product.

Say Red Wine is delivered on Monday and Tuesday and the time slot added is 10 am to 1 pm when the delivery charge of $20 is applicable. Let us add settings for these, under the Delivery Options tab as shown below:

 

Time slot and its delivery charges added

This shows that Red Wine is delivered on Monday and Tuesday, between 10 am to 1 pm for a delivery charge of $20.

Customer Experience:

On the front, when the customer selects Winter Boots, the delivery calendar will display Monday and Tuesday enabled for delivery as shown below:

Monday and Tuesday enabled on the delivery calendar

Once you select a delivery date, let’s say 27th January 2025 for delivery, the option to select the time slot will appear in the Delivery Time dropdown as shown below:

Added time slot is displayed

After selecting the time slot, the delivery charge applicable for the product will be displayed below the delivery calendar as shown below:

Delivery charges are displayed

This way you can add delivery charges for recurring weekdays, specific dates, and time slots.

Priority:

Here, the most important aspect of the feature is that when delivery charges are set for all 3 delivery options, priority will be given to delivery charges for time slots. As you saw in the above examples, the delivery charge for recurring weekdays was set to $10 for all Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and for the time slot was set to $20 for Mondays and Tuesdays. Therefore on the front end when you select Monday, 27th January 2025, you were asked to select a time slot and accordingly delivery charges of $20 were displayed.

This shows that on a selected delivery date when settings were added for both recurring weekdays and timeslot, the delivery charges of $20 added for the time slot option were considered.

Apply One-Time Delivery Charges for Multiple Products

Moving ahead, there is another feature of the Product Delivery Date Pro for WooCommerce plugin which allows you to set one time delivery charges for multiple products. This implies that once a delivery charge is added for a delivery date, you will not be allowed to again add a delivery charge for any products delivered on the same date.

This setting is available in Global level settings. So go to Product Delivery Date -> Settings -> Product Page Settings page. There is an option to Apply one-time delivery charges for multiple products, enable this checkbox and click on Save Settings as shown below:

Enabling Apply one-time delivery charges for multiple products option

Say if you add a delivery charge of $15 for Thursday, 6th February 2025, then this will be applicable for all products for delivery on this selected date.

So let’s create a new product Hoodie Jacket and add a delivery charge of $15 for 6th February 2025 in the Delivery Charges tab of the Product Delivery Date Meta box of the product as shown below:

Delivery charges added for Monday and Tuesday

On the front, you will see the delivery charge of $15 is displayed for the product Hoodie Jacket when you select Thursday 6th February 2025 for delivery as shown below:

Delivery charges added for 6th February 2025

Now if you select another product Pink Dress to the same order for delivery on the same day 6th February 2025, then the delivery charge of $15 for the product Pink Dress will not be calculated again as shown on the Cart page below:

Delivery charges are not calculated again for the another product for same delivery date

This implies that even after a delivery charge was added for the product Red Wine, it was not calculated again for that order since the delivery charge of $15 was already applied for product Umbrella. However, if customer individually adds the product Red Wine to the cart, delivery charges will be applicable to that order as shown below:

Delivery charges got added for the order

Conclusion

This extensive post explains how delivery charges work with all 3 types of product deliveries and also discusses another feature of Apply one-time delivery charges for multiple products, associated with it. This saves time and lengthiness of the product delivery process where delivery charges are applicable.

Such features and enhancements make Product Delivery Date Pro for WooCommerce plugin highly usable and acceptable by huge masses.