ShipmentMappings

Turn shipping service selection into a controlled rules layer with shipment mappings, wildcard matching, and explicit fallback behavior for edge cases.

Mapping Rules

Standard Shipping

Shipping method

USPS Ground Advantage

Carrier service

Cutoff 2:00 PM

Next Day

usps_*

Wildcard

Shipping method

USPS Cheapest Rate

Carrier service

Cutoff 2:00 PM

2 Days

Priority Shipping

Shipping method

FedEx Home Delivery

Carrier service

Cutoff 12:00 PM

Same Day

Express Overnight

Shipping method

UPS Next Day Air

Carrier service

Cutoff 10:00 AM

Same Day

12 active rules

Rule-based carrier selection with SLA enforcement

Map incoming shipping methods from sales channels to specific carrier services with cutoff times and SLA deadlines. Wildcard matching catches method variations without creating a rule for every possible string.

  • Shipping method to carrier service mapping with one rule
  • Wildcard mode for prefix-based matching
  • Configurable cutoff times in warehouse timezone

Per-Merchant Scoping

Acme Corp

Standard

USPS Ground Advantage

Next Day

Express

UPS 2nd Day Air

Same Day

Widget Co

Standard

FedEx Home Delivery

2 Days

Express

FedEx Priority Overnight

Same Day

Same shipping method, different carrier rules per merchant delegation

Per-merchant isolation

Different rules for different merchants

Mappings are scoped to fulfillment delegations, so each merchant can have their own carrier preferences and SLA requirements. Merchant A maps Standard to USPS Ground while Merchant B maps Standard to FedEx Home Delivery.

  • Per-delegation scoping for multi-merchant warehouses
  • Independent SLA and carrier rules per merchant
  • Update one mapping to change all future orders for that merchant

Advanced capabilities

Wildcards, cutoffs, and rate strategies

Mappings go beyond simple method-to-carrier lookup with wildcard matching, timezone-aware cutoff enforcement, and automatic rate strategy selection.

Wildcard pattern matching

Enable wildcard mode on a mapping to match shipping method prefixes. A rule matching 'usps_' catches usps_ground, usps_priority, and usps_express without creating three separate mappings.

Cutoff time enforcement

Configure a daily cutoff time per mapping. Orders received before cutoff are held to the same-day or next-day SLA. Orders after cutoff get an additional day, preventing unrealistic ship commitments.

Rate strategy selection

Define how the system selects shipping rates when a mapping matches. The Cheapest strategy finds and purchases the lowest-cost rate across connected carriers for the package dimensions and destination.

Make shipping decisions repeatable

Replace operator judgment calls with rule-based carrier selection, wildcard method matching, and SLA enforcement with configurable cutoff times per merchant.

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