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- Company. The name is public, so use the official name. You could also add a description of the service. For instance, you could fill in "PrestaPost – 500 lbs and over". If you have create one PrestaShop carrier per shipping services from a single carrier, the name will help you differentiate them.
- Logo. Having a logo helps customers more easily choose between different carriers. PrestaShop will resize your image in order to fit in the order form.
- Transit time. This is displayed to customers during checkout. It will help them select their carrier according to the amount of time they are willing to wait to receive their shipment. Customers can often accept to pay more for a faster carrier.
- Speed grade. The "Transit time" field can contain any text, and thus cannot be used to compare the carriers' transit times. The "Speed grade" setting enables you to give the carrier a grade, from 0 (very slow) to 9 (very fast). This is then used to sort carriers by their speed grade, and help customers choose the one they prefer.
- URL. This field must be filled with the tracking URL provided by your carrier. For example, France's postal service (La Poste) offers this URL: http://www.colissimo.fr/portail_colissimo/suivreResultat.do?parcelnumber=@. When customers select their carrier, they will be sent the URL that you enter into this field, with the "@" replaced by the tracking number provided by the carrier.
- Zone. Not all carriers can deliver worldwide. Indicate the geographical zones in which this carrier is available (the zones where the carrier can make deliveries). You can add more zone zones using the "Zones" page under the "Localization" menu. Note that the "Europe (out E.U)" zone groups European countries which are not part of the European Union, such as the Vatican, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaca, Norway...
- Group Access. You might want only some user groups to be able to use a carrier. This option serves this purpose.
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