Defining jurisdictions

Jurisdictions are geographical regions or zones representing a country or region, province or territory, or zip code range, to which you sell goods.

Note: For more information on defining jurisdictions, and an example, see Defining shipping data.

To define jurisdictions, do the following:

  1. Open the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
  2. From the Store menu, select Change Shipping.
    The Shipping overview page displays. If you do not see this menu, then your logon ID does not have the appropriate authority to perform this task. Contact your Site Administrator.
  3. Click Shipping Jurisdictions. The Jurisdictions page displays.
  4. To define a jurisdiction, click New. The New Jurisdiction page displays.
  5. In the Name field, type a name for the jurisdiction.
  6. You must define at least one of the following:
    • Country/Region
      • From the Country/Region drop-down list, select a country or region.
    • State/Province
      • If the shipping rate applies to the entire country or region, or if the country or region does not have states or provinces, leave this field blank.
      • lf the shipping rate applies to a specific province or state, type the name of the state or province, for the chosen country or region, in the State/Province field.
    • City
      • In the City field, type the name of the city.
    • ZIP code range
      • Select the Zip code range check box to define a jurisdiction by zip codes. The Start and End fields display
      • In the Start field, type the first ZIP code in the range. For example, 00001.
      • In the End field, type the last ZIP code in the range. For example, 00300.
  7. Click OK to save your settings and return to the Jurisdictions page. A confirmation dialog displays. Click OK. The new jurisdiction now displays in the list.
  8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 to define another jurisdiction.