================================================= How to invoice the shipping cost to the customer? ================================================= Overview ======== There are two ways to invoice the shipping costs: 1. Agree with the customer over a cost and seal it down in the sale order 2. Invoice the real cost of the shipping. Configuration ============= To configure the price of your delivery methods, go to the **Inventory** app, click on :menuselection:`Configuration --> Delivery --> Delivery Methods`. You can manually set a price for the shipping: It can be fixed or based on rules. Or you can use the transportation company computation system. Read the document :doc:`../setup/third_party_shipper` How to invoice the shipping costs to the customer? ================================================== Invoice the price set on the sale order --------------------------------------- On your sale order, choose the carrier that will be used. Click on **Delivery Method** to choose the right one. .. image:: media/invoicing06.png :align: center The price is computed when you **save** the sale order or when you click on **Set price**. To invoice the price of the delivery charge on the sale order, click on **Set price**, it will add a line with the name of the delivery method as a product. It may vary from the real price. When you create the invoice, it will take the price set on the sale order. .. image:: media/invoicing01.png :align: center Invoice the real shipping costs ------------------------------- On your sale order, choose the carrier that will be used. Click on **Delivery Method** to choose the right one. .. image:: media/invoicing05.png :align: center The price is computed when you **save** the sale order. Confirm the sale order and proceed to deliver the product. The real shipping cost are computed when the delivery order is validated. .. image:: media/invoicing02.png :align: center Go back to the sale order, the real cost is now added to the sale order. .. image:: media/invoicing03.png :align: center When you create the invoice, it will take the price computed by the carrier. .. image:: media/invoicing04.png :align: center .. note:: If you split the delivery and make several ones, each delivery order will add a line to the sale order. .. seealso:: * :doc:`../setup/third_party_shipper` * :doc:`labels`