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How to invoice the shipping cost to the customer?
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Overview
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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
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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?
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Invoice the price set on the sale order
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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
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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`