Wix Stores: Setting Up a Rate by Weight Shipping Rule
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Setting up Rate by Weight shipping rules makes sense for businesses that sell both lightweight and heavy items. This lets you charge for shipping in a way that reflects your actual shipping costs.
When customers check out, they'll only see the rates that apply to their order.
In this article, learn more about:
Setting up a rate by weight rule
After selecting a shipping region, you can create one or more sets of weight rules for that area.
For example, you can offer customers 2 shipping options, each with its own prices:
- Standard Shipping: $5 for packages under 2 pounds and $10 for packages over 2 pounds.
- Express Shipping: $8 for packages under 2 pounds and $16 for packages over 2 pounds.
Before you begin:
If you previously set up shipping (and tax) in a merchant account (e.g. in PayPal), remove these settings before starting.
To set up a rate by weight rule:
- Go to Shipping & fulfillment in your site's dashboard.
- Select an option:
- Create a new shipping region and click Add Rate.
Tip: Learn how to Create a shipping region. - Add a rate to an existing region: Click Add Another Rate.
- Create a new shipping region and click Add Rate.
- Select Shipping.
- Select Rate by Weight from the drop-down.
- Enter a name in the Name at checkout field (e.g. Standard Shipping).
Tip: Customers see this name at checkout. - (Optional) Enter a time in the Estimated delivery time field (e.g. 2 - 4 business days).
- Enter your first weight range (e.g. 0 lb. to 2 lb.).
- Enter your second weight range (e.g. 2 lb. and up or add a maximum weight).
- Click Add Range to add additional weight ranges.
- (Optional) Offer free shipping over a certain amount:
- Select the Offer free shipping when customers buy over a certain amount checkbox.
- Enter the amount.
- Click Add Rate.
- (Optional) Create an additional rate by weight for this region (e.g. Express Shipping):
- Click Add Another Rate.
- Select Rate by Weight.
- Create an additional rate and click Save.
- Follow the instructions below to add weights to each of your products.
Tip: If a product doesn't have a weight added, it's calculated as though it weighs 0.
Next steps:
- Click Add Another Rate to add a local delivery option to the same region.
- Click Add Another Rate to add a store pickup option to the same region.
Add weights to your products
To calculate shipping costs correctly, add a weight to each of your products. If you created product options and are managing inventory separately for each variant, make sure to enter the weight for variants.
To enter product weights:
- Go to Products in your site's dashboard.
- Select a physical product.
- Select an option:
- For products without product options:
- Scroll down to the Inventory and shipping section.
- Enter the product's weight in the Shipping weight field.
- For products without product options:
- For products with product options:
- Enable the Manage pricing and inventory for each product variant toggle.
- Enter a weight for each variant.
FAQs
Click a question below to learn more.
What happens if there's no shipping rule in a particular region?
Can I add a handling fee when I create Rate by Weight shipping rules?
How can I delete a region or a rate?
next to the region name and click Delete region.
What is the maximum number of weight ranges I can create?
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