> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ecwid.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ecwid.com/guides/shipping-methods/process-online-shipping-requests/step-3.-send-a-response-with-shipping-options.md).
# Step 3. Send a response with shipping options
Once your app has shipping rates, it must pass them as **shipping options** back to Ecwid. Ecwid API expects a JSON object with the shipping option name, description, and shipping rate.
### Code example for the response JSON
The following response will display 4 shipping options to the customer: 2 delivery and 2 pickup options.
```json
{
"shippingOptions": [
{
"title": "SuperMail First Class",
"rate": 10.31,
"transitDays": "1",
"description": "Courier will come tomorrow between 10AM-12PM.",
"titleTranslated": {
"en": "SuperMail First Class",
"it": "SuperMail di prima classe"
},
"descriptionTranslated": {
"fr": "Courier will come tomorrow between 10AM-12PM.",
"it": "Il corriere arriverà domani tra le 10:00 e le 12:00."
}
},
{
"title": "SuperMail Regular Delivery",
"rate": 5.01,
"transitDays": "5",
"description": "This method provides tracking number.",
"fulfilmentType": "SHIPPING",
},
{
"title": "Pick up at store #1",
"rate": 0,
"transitDays": "1",
"description": "Pick you order at 210, 5th West street, New York",
"fulfilmentType": "PICKUP",
"scheduled": true,
"businessHours":"{\"THU\":[[\"09:00\",\"18:00\"]],\"TUE\":[[\"09:00\",\"18:00\"]],\"WED\":[[\"09:00\",\"18:00\"]],\"FRI\":[[\"09:00\",\"18:00\"]],\"MON\":[[\"09:00\",\"18:00\"]]}",
"fulfillmentTimeInMinutes": 60,
"blackoutDates": "{blackoutDates:[{intervalStart:\"June 23, 2022, 4:00:00 AM\",intervalEnd:\"June 25, 2022, 12:12:10 PM\",repeatAnnually:true}]}"
},
{
"title": "Pick up at store #2",
"rate": 2,
"transitDays": "2",
"description": "Pick you order at 88, Town street, Chicago",
"fulfilmentType": "PICKUP",
"scheduled": false
},
{
"title": "Local delivery Chicago",
"rate": 5,
"transitDays": "0",
"description": "2 hours delivery",
"fulfilmentType": "DELIVERY",
"scheduled": false
}
]
}
```
### Response JSON
Ecwid API expects a JSON object with the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| title | string | Shipping method name visible to customers at the checkout.
Required
|
| rate | number | Shipping rate added to the order total cost.
Required
|
| transitDays | string | Estimated delivery time visible to customers at the checkout.
Formats accepted: empty "", number "5", several days estimate "4-9".
You need to pass both transitDays and description. One of them will be displayed to customers depending on store's internal settings.
Required
|
| description | string | Shipping method description in text format, for example, "Estimated delivery time is 3-5 days".
You need to pass both transitDays and description. One of them will be displayed to customers depending on store's internal settings.
Required
|
| titleTranslated | object [translations](#translations) | Available translations for the shipping method name. |
| descriptionTranslated | object [translations](#translations) | Available translations for the shipping method description. |
| fulfilmentType | string | Fulfillment type. Only two of the three types are available for custom shipping methods.
One of:
SHIPPING for everything else (default). Only visible to customers if they chose Ship to address option at the checkout.DELIVERY for local delivery methods. Only visible to customers if they chose Ship to address option at the checkout.
The following one is unavailable:
PICKUP - Disabled for custom shipping methods as it represents the Ecwid-made in-store pickup methods only.
|
| scheduled | boolean | Define if the shipping option should require the datepicker (similar to the or "Ask for Pickup Date and Time at Checkout" setting)
Set true to enable.
Ignored if fulfilmentType has value "SHIPPING".
|
| businessHours | string [businessHours](#businesshours) | Should be passed if `"scheduled": true`. Available and scheduled times to pickup orders. |
| fulfillmentTimeInMinutes | number | Amount of time (in minutes) required for store to prepare pickup or to deliver an order (*Order Fulfillment Time* setting) |
| blackoutDates | object [blackoutDates](#blackoutdates) | Dates when the store doesn’t work, so customers can't choose these dates for local delivery. Each period of dates is a JSON object. |
#### businessHours
Limit available hours when customers can pickup their orders in your store.
Format: String made from a JSON `object` with one or several weekdays, each having an `array` of time ranges (also in the `array` format).
{% hint style="info" %}
Quotes must be escaped
{% endhint %}
Code example:
```json
"{\"MON\":[[\"07:00\",\"19:00\"]], \"TUE\":[[\"07:00\",\"13:00\"],[\"13:30\",\"19:00\"]]}"
```
#### blackoutDates
| Field | Type | Description |
| ---------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| fromDate | string | Starting date of the period, e.g. `2022-04-28`. |
| toDate | string | The end date of the period, e.g. `2022-04-30`. |
| repeatedAnnually | boolean | Specifies whether the period repeats in the following years or not. |
#### translations
Object with text field translations in the `"lang": "text"` format, where the `"lang"` is an ISO 639-1 language code. For example:
```
{
"en": "Sample text",
"nl": "Voorbeeldtekst"
}
```
Translations are available for all active store languages. Only the default language translations are returned if no other translations are provided for the field. Find active store languages with `GET` `/profile` request > `languages` > `enabledLanguages`.
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