To create new magento shipping module need to know all the useful functions to be used inside the shipping method class to put in various configuration options.

When looking for available shipping methods, Magento first gathers all available carriers. A Carrier represents a shipping carrier, just like in real world (ex. FedEx). Each carrier is represented with the class that extends Mage_Shipping_Model_Carrier_Abstract.

Following are required steps to create custom shipping module or configure the module as per our requirement.

1. Register the module:- It is necessary to register new module as below.

app/etc/modules/namespace_customShipping.xml

local true

2. Create the config.xml to set default values in app/local/Namespace/Module/etc/config.xml

0.1.5 Default name value for the module Namespace/carrier_Customshipping

3. Create the shipping method class app/code/local/Model/Carrier/Customshipping.php

getConfigFlag('active')) { return false; } $result = Mage::getModel('shipping/rate_result'); $method = Mage::getModel('shipping/rate_result_method'); $method->setCarrier('customshipping'); $method->setCarrierTitle($this->getConfigData('title')); $method->setMethod('custom_shipping'); $method->setMethodTitle($this->getConfigData('name')); $method->setPrice($this->getConfigData('price')); $method->setCost($this->getConfigData('price')); $result->append($method); return $result; } public function getAllowedMethods() { return array('custom_shipping'=>$this->getConfigData('name')); } }

4. Create required admin system config fields in app/code/local/Namespace/CustomShipping/etc/system.xml

Custom Configurable Shipping text 2 1 1 1 Enabled select adminhtml/system_config_source_yesno 1 1 1 0 Method Name text 3 1 1 1 Fixed Price text validate-number validate-zero-or-greater 5 1 1 0 Sort Order text 100 1 1 0