thread Re: Setting Local and International Shipping Rates for Single Items in Online Store

Setting Local and International Shipping Rates for Single Items

shaunkirk — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 01:35:39 GMT

Hi Folks,

I'm currently trying to set local (Australia) and international shipping rates for single items, however square will only let me add a singular item to one shipping profile.

Is there anyway around this, or am I doing something wrong?

Reason I need to set rates for singular items is because I have a range of items that differ significantly in size and weight. For instance CD's, Vinyls, Guitar Picks, T-Shirts, ect.

Having a local shipping rate of $10 makes sense for Vinyls and T-Shirts, but is too expensive for CD's and Guitar Picks. And likewise, have any international rate of $20 for Vinyl and T-Shirts makes sense, but is too expensive for CD's and Guitar picks.

Any help or advise anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated, as I am currently unable to offer my items internationally through my site.

Thanks,

Shaun

Re: Setting Local and International Shipping Rates for Single Items

Arie — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 06:58:09 GMT

Hey @shaunkirk,

Thanks for writing back in, this is a great question!

Could a weight-based shipping rate work for you? While an item can't be assigned to multiple shipping rates, you could consider having your smaller / lighter items set up this way so you can offer a shipping price point that makes a bit more sense when customers purchase multiple items as well. You can then still set up an international shipping rate, too. Let us know if this could be a workable workaround for you, and hopefully some other sellers shipping internationally can chime in here, too.

Re: Setting Local and International Shipping Rates for Single Items

crankinhaus — Fri, 03 May 2024 05:15:12 GMT

I think it's very poor than an ecommerce platform in 2024 does not offer - as a very basic feature, I would've thought - the ability to set multiple shipping rates for a single item. Ready to leave and find another solution after discovering this after spending weeks trying to get an SSL certificate issue with domain migration fixed. My bad, I guess, for assuming something... for what is otherwise a seemingly good platform with lots of features, this miss is going to see me leaving for another platform. With only a week to go before a new product launch, I hope I can get it all up in time. Only thing I'm grateful for is that I had held off uploading a stack of products while the SSL was being fixed.

Re: Setting Local and International Shipping Rates for Single Items

Lou8 — Tue, 07 May 2024 13:50:01 GMT

Hi @crankinhaus, thanks for posting.

I've followed up on your post and Katie's response directly on the thread here. Let us know if you have any more questions.