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Product fees vs. order fees

FeeBee can charge each matching item or add one charge to the cart. If the charge should increase with the number of matching items, choose a Product fee. If it should appear once per cart, choose an Order fee.

Compare the fee types

Comparison
Product fee
Order fee
Best for
Use when the charge belongs to particular products.
Use when one charge should apply to the cart as a whole.
Applies to
Matching products in the cart.
The whole cart.
Charged
Once for each matching unit.
Once per cart.
Example
Three bottles with a €0.25 deposit add €0.75.
One €3 handling fee, regardless of the number of items.
Targeting
All products or selected products, variants, and collections.
The cart, with optional market and customer conditions.

Product fee

Use when the charge belongs to particular products.

Applies to
Matching products in the cart.
Charged
Once for each matching unit.
Example
Three bottles with a €0.25 deposit add €0.75.
Targeting
All products or selected products, variants, and collections.

Order fee

Use when one charge should apply to the cart as a whole.

Applies to
The whole cart.
Charged
Once per cart.
Example
One €3 handling fee, regardless of the number of items.
Targeting
The cart, with optional market and customer conditions.

Common examples

Charge Choose Why
Bottle deposit on every bottle Product fee It increases with the number of bottles
Recycling fee on selected appliances Product fee Only the selected products receive it
€3 handling fee per order Order fee It appears once in the cart
2% service fee on the order subtotal Order fee It is calculated from the whole cart

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