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If you sell physical products on your WooCommerce store, you need to configure shipping zones. Shipping Zones are the foundation for most shipping options/configurations in WooCommerce. How you configure your shipping zones determines the shipping options and rates customers see on the cart and checkout pages. This page outlines three steps to configure shipping zones […]
In WooCommerce and its native shipping options, there is not a built-in way to offer insurance for goods you are shipping. Include in product price One option is to include the insurance cost in the price of your products. This, however, has the downside that it gives customers the wrong impression on actual cost of […]
Consider shipping before you start
Considering shipping before you start is important for setting up shipping correctly before taking orders in your WooCommerce store. If you are new to WooCommerce, we recommend taking some time to answer the following questions.
Shipping classes utilize a product classification system to group products of similar type (e.g. bulky products or small items). Shipping classes work with shipping methods, such as Flat Rate Shipping, to provide different rates to different classes or types of products. For example, with shipping classes and Flat Rate Shipping, it’s possible to create different […]
How to handle multiple regions and currencies with WooCommerce
In a global age, there are a number of elements that play a role in selling in multiple currencies and languages. Here we discuss several of those.
Understanding Box Packing Calculations
Many of our premium shipping methods, especially those that calculation shipping costs via the carrier’s API, have built-in Box Packers that determine which box or envelope is the best fit for all the items being purchased. How Box Packers work: Box Packers look at the dimensions of available boxes/envelopes (using the “Inner” dimensions, if specified) […]
Online Shipping Calculators & Debug Mode
If shipping costs provided by your WooCommerce installation are higher or lower than what you expect, we recommend enabling the debug mode within the shipping plugin settings section that you are using. Once this option is enabled, add a product to cart and in most cases you will see useful information on the cart page […]
