When you first set up your Shopify account, you choose your default shipping rate. This is the rate that you charge your customers for shipping, no matter where they are located.
If you want to offer different shipping rates to different countries, or if you want to offer free shipping, you can create shipping zones in Shopify. A shipping zone is a group of countries that you want to ship to, and each shipping zone has its own shipping rates.
To set up USPS shipping on Shopify:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Shipping and delivery.
- Under Shipping zones, click Add shipping zone.
- In the Add a new shipping zone dialog, enter the name of the shipping zone.
- Note: Shipping zones can be named after countries, regions, or anything else that makes sense for your business. For example, you could name a shipping zone “United States” or “North America”.
- (Optional) In the description field, enter a short description of the shipping zone.
- (Optional) In the tag field, enter a tag for the shipping zone.
First, you will need to create a shipping label for each order. You can do this through the Shopify interface, or you can use a third-party service like Shipstation.
Second, you will need to make sure that your products are properly packaged and that the correct postage is applied to each package. If you are using Shopify’s built-in shipping labels, you will need to enter the weight and dimensions of your products manually.
Third, keep in mind that USPS does not offer tracking for First Class packages. If you want to offer tracking to your customers, you will need to upgrade to Priority Mail.
Finally, be aware that there may be some additional fees associated with using USPS for your shipping needs. Make sure to factor these into your overall shipping costs.
- (Optional) Under Countries included in this zone, click Add countries and select the countries that you want to ship to.
After you add all of the countries that you ship to in your new shipping zone, click Save.
Now that you’ve created a new shipping zone, you need to add at least one shipping rate for it.
To add a new USPS Shipping rate:
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From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Shipping and delivery.
Then next to the name of the new shipping zone that you just created, click Manage rates. In the Rate calculator section, click Add rate. - Now do one of the following:
- If there are any existing rates in your list of rates for this particular zone with exactly the same conditions as what you’re about to create..
- (Recommended) Check I’ll edit these details later and then click Save.
- If there aren’t any existing rates with exactly the same conditions.
- (Recommended) Under Carrier calculated rates (recommended), select Create carrier calculated rate.
- (Optional) Under Flat rate (not recommended), select Create flat rate.
- Under Conditions (optional), click Add condition and then do one of the following. If your customers are located in specific regions or countries.
- In the Condition dropdown menu, select Country is or Region is. In the Value text field that appears below it,. Type in the region or country that this condition applies to. (You can also add multiple regions or countries by clicking +Add another value after typing in your first region or country). Click Save. Repeat these steps until you’ve added all of the regions or countries that this condition applies to.
If you want to offer different flat rates depending on where your customers are located or what items they’re buying.
