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The customers simply love local pickup! According to the latest research, nearly 67% of the US shoppers picked this method while placing an order at least twice in the past six months. That’s why implementing the local pickup to your WooCommerce store is an idea you should definitely give a try to! It’s easy to set up, can boost your sales, and its configuration takes only a few minutes. Interested? Just keep on reading…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What is Local <\/span>Pickup<\/span> shipping<\/span>?<\/span><\/h2>\n

It’s a popular delivery<\/span> option<\/span> that allows customers to pick up purchased products directly from sellers<\/strong>. It’s an alternative solution that can be simply implemented as WooCommerce shipping<\/span> option<\/span>. Usually, this way of delivering products is a cheaper alternative for customers. Especially if it involves regional stores. This solution will also work great if the item you’re selling is large or just difficult to ship. <\/span><\/p>\n

Local <\/span>pickup<\/span>, however, should not be a transfer of responsibility for preparing and collecting the order<\/span> to the customer<\/span>. It is important to make the pickup<\/span> process as convenient as possible for clients<\/strong>. Make sure that the customer<\/span> receives information about the pickup<\/span> location<\/span> and that they can easily find it in your store. It is good practice to add pickup instructions in the footer of the page, along with information about the pickup<\/span> time<\/span> availability.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to add Local <\/span>Pickup<\/span> to WooCommerce?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Foremost, let’s take a closer look at how the Local <\/span>Pickup<\/span> works. It allows your customers to choose to come and get the ordered products by themselves. You don’t need to install any additional plugins to use its basic functionalities, since it’s a one of the default and in-built WooCommerce shipping<\/span> methods. As a matter of fact, it works pretty similar to the flat rate <\/span><\/span>shipping<\/span><\/span> method<\/span>, however, it’s dedicated for collecting the products personally which makes its options slightly limited.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Local pickup at Order summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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To add the Local Pickup<\/strong> in your WooCommerce store, go to WooCommerce \u2192 Settings \u2192 Shipping<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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WooCommerce \u2192 Settings \u2192 Shipping \u2192 Shipping zones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, click the <\/span>WooCommerce <\/span><\/span>shipping<\/span><\/span> zone<\/span><\/span>‘s name where you want to offer your customers the <\/span>local <\/span><\/span>pickup<\/span><\/span> in. As you can see on the screenshot above, in my case I have only USA.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have e.g. a few <\/span>distribution centers<\/span><\/span> or <\/span>pickup<\/span><\/span> sites<\/span><\/span>, and want to offer <\/span>local <\/span><\/span>pickup<\/span><\/span> in more <\/span>shipping<\/span><\/span> zones than one, simply repeat the following steps for each of the <\/span>shipping<\/span><\/span> zones with <\/span>available <\/span><\/span>pickup<\/span><\/span> locations<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n

Once you click the shipping zone, you should see the shipping methods available for this particular shipping zone if you added them here before. In my case, it’s the fixed price USPS shipping handled by the Flat Rate. No matter what shipping methods you have here or if you haven’t got any yet, hit the Add\u00a0shipping\u00a0method<\/span> button.<\/p>\n

Then, select the Local Pickup<\/strong> from the dropdown list and confirm your choice with Add\u00a0shipping\u00a0method<\/span>\u00a0button:<\/p>\n

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Add shipping method: Local Pickup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Free and paid Local Pickup<\/h2>\n

Having the new method added, click its name on the shipping methods list. In the popup which should appear, you can modify its Title<\/strong> displayed in the cart and checkout. A good practice is to put the pickup point’s address here (e.g. ‘Pick up at 123 Sample St, Beverly Hills, CA 90210’) to let your customers know where exactly they can collect their orders. You can also choose whether it should be taxed or not with the Tax status<\/strong> and define its cost.<\/p>\n

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Local Pickup settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As I mentioned before, it’s free by default, since collecting the products usually eliminates the need of shipping them. However, if for some reason your case requires charging the customers even when picking up the ordered products personally, simply fill in the Cost<\/strong> field with the right value to set the fixed price.<\/p>\n

Configure it to fit your needs, or simply leave it with the default setup to make it free. Save the changes with the button below, and that’s it. Nothing more left to do – Local Pickup<\/strong> should be available now to select by your customers in the cart and checkout.<\/p>\n

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Local Pickup’s custom name displayed in the cart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Advanced <\/span><\/span>Local <\/span><\/span>Pickup<\/span><\/span> in WooCommerce<\/span><\/h2>\n

According to what I’ve said earlier, the default WooCommerce Local Pickup method does have its limitations. It is useful, nevertheless, there are many situations when it turns out to be not enough. It indeed gives you a possibility to define a fee for collecting the products in person, however, its price is always fixed. In other words, it will charge every customer the same amount no matter what the order consists of. Local Pickup’s fee based on the order specifics<\/p>\n

As I believe, you are fully aware that each order is different. So are the time and money you and your team need to spend to process the order, from collecting it from the warehouse to packing it for the customer.<\/p>\n

To be able to handle them smoothly, you require undoubtedly to set Local Pickup’s fee based on the order specifics. This is where the Flexible Shipping plugin is helpful. Allow me to introduce a real shipping Swiss army knife and the only shipping plugin you will ever need! It will definitely help you with configuring even the most advanced shipping scenarios.<\/p>\n\n

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Using it you will be able to charge your customers for Local Pickup based on multiple conditions:<\/p>\n