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  • 03-01-2021 2:47am
    #1
    Petrol Head_Pilot
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭


    I am currently building a website and I am wondering about the shipping zones?


    My suppliers are based all over the world and I will ship all over the world if nessesary. So I presume I will need several shipping zones and shippng rates for each country. Then X rate will be calculated by the system depending on customer location.


    I'm new to Shopify but the Helpdesk on Shipping isn't very clear.



    Thanks


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    #2
    Protelos01
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Protelos01


    This is fairly tricky for a new site, but I guess it is in your business model so has to be done. So the main issue is that you will have a decent amount of Ship From addresses?

    I know out of the box Shopify has good zones for ship to locations but since you need a good amount of combinations of zones I think you will need an app for this.

    I would do a trial and error on all to top rated apps and see what will work, some of the ones I have worked with are: shipeasy, shippo and advanced shipping rules. You could also look at shipperHQ but that is a bit more than an app and can be 300 a month or so.

    Out of curiosity (and this may add complexity to your rules) are your suppliers use a UPS or fed ex or will they just use the local an post equivalent?

    I am interested in this now and might add a few of the apps to my test site and get back to you.

    Also, if you don’t have a huge amount of ship from addresses and not a lot of products you could get a quote for shipping to your most popular locations and bake in the shipping costs to the product and give free shipping.


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    dartboardio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Shopify support is amazing, in terms of the forums/chats between people, if you summarize your question and put it into google you should find the answer, i usually find all the answers no problem re shopify issues


    If it's a bit too tricky would you consider putting up the prices of the items and calling it 'free shipping'? if it was worth your while?


    My supplier includes delivery when I buy a product so maybe it's easier but worth a thought.


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