Adding Customer Groups to Carriers in Prestashop 1.5

There are times when you want to limit what a customer may see in terms of the available shipping providers.  Prestashop allows you to do this in the Administration panel.  The following tutorial will show you how to set group access for the available carriers.

Setting the Customer Groups for your Carriers in Prestashop 1.5

1. Login to the Administration Panel as an Administrator
2. Hover over the menu bar where it says SHIPPING, and then click on CARRIERS in the drop down menu. This will bring you to a list of the existing carriers
3. Click on the green ADD NEW button or select the shipping company that you wish modify and select the EDIT icon on the far right side of the screen. Then go to the CARRIERS section and click on GROUP ACCESS as per below:
   
   
   
   
   
4. Select the group or groups that will have access to the specific shipping carrier.  Remember that removing the check mark will make the carrier unavailable for that particular group
5. Select the green SAVE button in top right hand corner in order to save your selection

Sometimes costs or other issues may lead you to not make a particular shipping company available to a group of your customers.  Prestashop allows you to quickly make assignments for the available carriers. However, show care when removing carriers from a customer group in order to avoid removing all possible carriers from a customer group.

To find more information on addition of shipping carriers and their specific information please select one of the links below:

Overview of how to create a new Carrier in Prestashop 1.5
How to set the Shipping Company Name
How to set the Transit Time
How to add the Speed Grade for a Shipping Company
How to add a Shipping Company's URL
How to select a Continental Zone for Shipping
How  to enable Carrier in the Front Office
How to enable Apply regular shipping and additional shipping Costs
How to add regional tax in  addition to shipping costs (United States domestic)
How to include shipping and handling costs in Carrier price
How to  set default Billing- by total price or total weight
How to determine Out-of-range Behavior for Carriers
How to set the Maximum package height for Carriers
How to set the Maximum package width for Carriers
How to set the Maximum package depth for Carriers
How to set the Maximum package weight for Carriers