> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dc.ag/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Best Practices

> Recommendations for a clean setup and maintenance of your shipping options

With these recommendations, your shipping options remain clear and reliably deliver the correct result in orders.

## Setup

* **Descriptive labels:** Name shipping options unambiguously (e.g. "DHL Standard up to 5 kg") so it is clear in the order what is being selected.
* **Keep ranges seamless:** Weight and order total should follow one another without gaps, otherwise there will be orders for which no option is valid.
* **Do not filter too narrowly:** Very narrow weight or total ranges quickly lead to no option matching at all.

## Controlling the selection

* **Manage overlaps deliberately:** If several options can be valid at the same time, you control which comes first via **Priority** or the sorting (**Move up/Move down**).
* **Use the default sorting:** In the [Setup](/docs/en/bc-shipping-costs/user-guide/einrichtung), use **Default sorting shipping options** to define the order in which options generally appear.

## Maintenance

* **Limit promotions in time:** Use **Valid from/to** to restrict time-limited shipping promotions.
* **Deactivate cleanly:** Instead of deleting an option, you can temporarily disable it via **Is Active** and reactivate it later.
* **Copy instead of retyping:** Create similar options more quickly via **Copy shipping option** and then only adjust the differences.

## Related topics

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    Typical scenarios to recreate.
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    Answers to common pitfalls.
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