Matthew Turland has posted part nine of his in-depth series on the Blue Parabola blog looking at the features the Magento e-commerce platform has to offer. This time the focus is on tools it offers to help with shipping information.

Topics spotlighted include:

• Integrated for Real-Time Shipping Rates
• On-site Order Tracking from Customer Accounts
• Ability to Specify Allowed Destination Countries Per Method
• Free Shipping
• Table Rates for Product Sub-totals and Destination
• Table Rates for Number of Items and Destination

More parts of this series can be found linked from the magento category on the Blue Parabola blog.