The article explains how to set up shipping rules in WooCommerce using the free Flexible Shipping plugin. It shows how to define rules based on weight, price, and provides practical examples for real store scenarios. This helps store owners optimize shipping costs and offer more flexible delivery options.
It is a format a shop manager uses to write down the shipping rules such as:
Every store has its own shipping rules. They depend on the industry, shop size or carrier companies a store works with.
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Once you add a new shipping method, configure rules like this:
These rules are strange in fact. I hardly can imagine a store that uses such rules in their shipping table.
Also, we need to use a shipping class on this shipping table. Flexible Shipping supports shipping classes but only in the PRO version.
So, let’s use some other example. It’s kind of a basic example but it’s still powerful. Also, you don’t need a PRO version here.
Shipping rules go like this:
How can we write these rules down?
I recommend becoming acquainted with How to Set Up WooCommerce Shipping Options for Your Ecommerce to learn more about setting up different shipping options in your WooCommerce store.
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