Now-a- days, fast & multiple shipping options in checkout process can boost-up your store sales as this would let the customers to choose their preferred shipping method. Moving further, we have created a ‘Pickup from Store’ Shipping Method Extension that provides freedom to the customer to choose their nearest pick-up store, view its location using Google map and enter preferred date and time of pickup just by selecting ‘Pickup from Store’ shipping method at the time of checkout and this will save their shipping cost and they will need not to wait for their products to get shipped.
Extension make shipping module more advanced. It will show the chain of stores so customers can choose from the nearest one during checkout.
How it works:
1. Add your favorite products to cart and proceed to checkout.
2. During checkout, select ‘Pickup from Store’ shipping method.
3. View list and map view of all the stores and select your nearest pickup store.
4. Select preferred date and time.
5. Proceed to checkout and place order.
Benefits:
Works as free shipping method
Works as store locator
Increase Productivity: eliminates the need of ship products.
Improves customer relationships as you get an opportunity to meet your customers face to face.
Increases branding and popularity of your store offline.
Backend Features:
Enable/Disable this extension
Add another shipping Method on your store as "Pickup from Store".
Manage the stores from backend
Enable/Disable pickup from store date
Configure week off days (like Saturday and Sunday)
Configure Date format to display pickup from store date
Enable/Disable comment box for delivery section
Enable/Disable Google map view of pickup stores
Manage "Pickup from Stores" page layout for frontend
Frontend Features:
Adds a new Magento shipping method "Pickup From Store"
Allows customers to enter expected pickup date in order to collect the products from store.
Add comments/special note while placing order.
Cannot select previous dates as well Day Off
Show ‘Pickup from Store’ information in print order, invoice, shipment and credit memo.
"Pickup Stores" page on frontend which will list all stores.
Pickup Stores markers on Google map
Extension Code Standard:
Easy to install, configure and manage
Doesn’t affect any core files
User-friendly interface
Responsive design
100% open source
‘Developer Notes’ for how to use the pickup from store information in order emails.
The module working good as expected even though conflict with one-page checkout but support team gave me full support to solve the problem and make it work.