Shipping costs

The costs for shipping and handling of an order depend on the items and country. You don't need to calculate these yourself: you can request the shipping cost from the API before creating an order.

TIP: You can find an indication of the shipping and handling rates in our products list.

Example

$quote = $api->post('/shipping/quote', get_shipment_data());
    
function get_shipment_data()
{
    return array(
        'country' => 'NL',
        'items' => array(
            array('productId' => 'canvas_30x20', 'quantity' => 1)
        )        
    );
}

$amount = $quote->shipping + $quote->handling;

echo 'Cost price: € ' . $amount . ' excl. VAT <br />';                 
echo 'Cost price VAT: € ' . round($amount * $quote->taxRate, 2) . '<br />';

// If you use our payment screen:

echo 'Retail price: € ' . $quote->payment . ' incl. VAT';

The API response contains the cost prices for shipping and handling, excluding VAT. If you use our payment screen, you can find the payment due in the field payment: this is the shipping + handling cost including VAT, rounded up to a consumer-friendly amount.