Flat rate shipping is a straightforward method for managing shipping costs in a Shopify store. It charges a fixed shipping amount from customers per order based on specific conditions. This pricing strategy simplifies the shipping costs for customers and helps businesses to manage their expenses efficiently.
Shopify shipping settings allow flexible rate adjustment, which help store owners to maintain competitive pricing while covering their shipping expenses. Proper configuration of flat shipping rate helps to avoid unexpected cost, improve customer satisfaction, and streamline order fulfillment. This setup ensures customers know their shipping costs in advance, reduce cart abandonment and improve overall shopping experience.
What Is Flat Rate Shipping?
Flat rate shipping is a type of shipping where you charge a fixed amount for order based on price, weight, and location. It simplifies the shipping process by eliminating the need to weigh packages or calculate shipping costs based on distance. This helps businesses to control logistics expenses, reduce complexity, and offer consistent pricing to customers. It is a cost-effective way to manage shipping expenses, especially for heavy items or long-distance shipments.
What Are the Types of Flat Shipping Rate?
There are six types of flat rate shipping you can use:
- General Rates: A fixed shipping amount where every package is charged the same rate regardless of price, weight, and location. For instance, all products are shipped for $10.
- Price Based Rates: The cost is determined by total order value. For example, orders under $50 are charged a shipping fee of $10, while orders over $50 cost $20.
- Weight Based Rates: Rates are set according to the weight of the package. For instance, packages weight between 1-2 lbs might have a flat rate of $5, while weight from 2-5 lbs have a flat rate of $10.0
- Quantity Based Rates: Fee is determined by number of items in a shipment. For example, shipping 1-3 items might cost $5, while shipping 4-10 items costs $10.
- Location Based Rates: Rates vary depending on the shipping zone. For example, local delivery to customers in Chicago for $10, for international shipments have a flat rate of $20.
- Product Based Rates: Certain products or categories have predetermined rates. For instance, shipping electronics cost $10, while shipping books costs $5.
How to Add Flat Rate Shipping in Shopify?
Add flat rate shipping for products in Shopify follow these steps:
- Access Admin Panel
- Create Shipping Profile
- Add Flat Rate
- Conditional Rate
1. Access admin panel
- Log in to your Shopify store from where you manage all store settings.
2. Create Shipping Zone
- Navigate to Settings > Shipping and delivery.
- Under the Shipping section, click on Create a custom profile to create a shipping zone.
- Give it name, select product, and countries or regions where you want to apply rate.
- Click on Save to add it.
3. Add Flat Rate
- In the Shipping section, select the Shipping profile you created.
- Click on Add rate below the Shipping zones section.
- In the Rate Type menu, select use flat rate.
- Enter a custom name of rate like Standard Shipping Rate.
- In the "Price" field, set the fixed amount for shipping.
4. Conditional Rate
If needed, set conditions based on order price or weight.
- Select Add conditions from the drop-down menu.
- Choose Based on order price or Based on item weight.
- Set your minimum and maximum limit for the condition.
- Click Done and save to apply change.
Once preview the page to make sure that shipping rate is visible on it.
How to Edit Flat Rate Shipping?
Editing flat rate shipping settings to adjust costs based on operational needs. Th is process involves:
- In the admin dashboard, go to Settings > Shipping and delivery.
- In the Shipping section, click the shipping profile that you want to edit.
- Next to the rate, click the three dots button you want to edit.
- From the drop-down menu, click Edit rate.
- Apply the changes and then click Done.
