Makes sense right? Given this we’re going to store our schedule as a string as, though in a future step we will need to get each individual component separately so that we’ll be able to assign them to the cart items. Luckily, Autoship Cloud does this for us so no need to rack our brains coming up with a complex definition.Īutoship Cloud defines a schedule as a configured frequency type ( i.e. We’re going to eventually offer multiple schedule options ( who doesn’t like flexibility? ) and just like those Meal Box Subscription sites we’ll need a way to save and retrieve the schedule a customer chooses.īefore getting into the functions we’ll need to manage a schedule, we’ll need to define what a schedule is and how it’s stored. Some services don’t offer choices and ship every week, while others offer options for Weekly or Monthly. The next big piece to any Meal Box Subscription service is the Schedule.

We’ve laid out what subscription box plans will be available to our customers and the functions we’ll use to manage those. We’re going to start our tutorial with Box Sizes & Delivery Schedules, and after which we’ll move on to the next three focus areas.īox Sizes & Delivery Schedules Managing a Customers Schedule There are four main parts to all Meal Box Subscription sites ( other than the actual food ), the Box Size, the Shipping Schedule, the Shipping & Billing Address, and finally the Saved Payment Method ( the last two are typically taken care of by the checkout ). If you haven’t read our other tutorial be sure to check it out! If you already walked through our tutorial on creating a meal subscription site using the WooCommerce checkout here, Great!, then you’ve seen a lot of what we’ll cover below, however there are quite a few differences so keep that in mind as we walk through the steps. In the next few chapters we’ll be covering the following main key areas, diving into depth within each and walking through the details with the end result being your own Meal Box Subscription Site. Follow our tutorial and allow your customers to fill a box with tasty meals, schedule that box to be auto shipped monthly, weekly, or even daily ( Wow talk about fresh! ), add a billing and shipping address, and even add a saved payment method to be charged when the first order actually ships.

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