Thread: Renaming Shipping Method Titles/Names

How can the shipping methods displayed in the checkout process be renamed? For instance, if I want to calculate shipping using FedEx yet I actually ship via USPS, UPS, and FedEx depending on the item, I wouldn't want the checkout to have "FedEx Ground Service" as the shipping option display. I would rather it display "Ground Shipping" which is more generic, yet still have that option be the "FedEx Ground Service" option as far as the storefront/site can see.

This is a simple display issue as the functionality of my shipping system is fine. I tried to look up the shipping names/titles as string resources, but they are not there. Can anyone please advise on this?

In current versions, there are a couple ways to do this.

1. Open up the RTShipping class (requires source), and modify the names as they are retrieved from the carrier before they are added to the shipping method collection.
2. Find the ShipMethods string that is set by the cart.GetShippingMethodList method in the InitializePageContent method in checkoutshipping.aspx.cs (does not require source). Create a list of known shipping methods that you would want to change, and do a String.Replace on that value replacing the shipping method names with the ones you'd like to display.

In our next version, you'll be able to change shipping methods by using AddIns, which we've developed on the .NET System.AddIn framework that allows you to develop "AddIns" to modify core logic without actually touching any code. Shipping is one of these areas and an AddIn to do this could be done in only a few lines of code, and would be upgrade safe

I am no expert, can you confirm or correct this attempt for me? I won't be surprised if this is 100000% wrong. I just thought I should give it a try before asking for a tutorial!

C#/VB.NET Code:

                String ShipMethods = cart.GetShippingMethodList(String.Empty, out AnyShippingMethodsFound);
                    {
                        ShipMethods = ShipMethods.Replace("FedEx Ground Service", "Ground Shipping");
                    }
                ShippingOptions.Text = ShipMethods; 


Can someone let me know about my attempt above? What is the correct way to go about this?

After looking at this again, I am still just a lost

Try this. In checkoutshipping.aspx in the InitializeShippingMethodDisplayFormat method, add the bolded line below where shown:

Code:

        private void InitializeShippingMethodDisplayFormat(ShippingMethodCollection shippingMethods)
        {
            foreach (ShippingMethod shipMethod in shippingMethods)
            {
                string freightDisplayText = string.Empty;
                
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ThisCustomer.CurrencySetting))
                {
                    freightDisplayText = Localization.CurrencyStringForDisplayWithExchangeRate(shipMethod.Freight, ThisCustomer.CurrencySetting);
                    if (shipMethod.ShippingIsFree && Shipping.ShippingMethodIsInFreeList(shipMethod.Id))
                    {
                        freightDisplayText = string.Format("({0})", AppLogic.GetString("shoppingcart.aspx.16", SkinID, ThisCustomer.LocaleSetting));
                    }

                    if (cart.FreeShippingReason == Shipping.FreeShippingReasonEnum.AllDownloadItems || cart.FreeShippingReason == Shipping.FreeShippingReasonEnum.AllOrdersHaveFreeShipping)
                    {
                        freightDisplayText = string.Empty;
                    }
                }
                shipMethod.Name = shipMethod.Name.Replace("FedEx Ground Service", "Whatever you want to call it instead");

                shipMethod.DisplayFormat = string.Format("{0} {1}", shipMethod.Name, freightDisplayText);
            }
        }

Obviously you'll want to fix the replacement text, but that should work for you. You can add more lines right after that one if there are more names you want to change.