[EXCLUSIVE] WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping
Flaviano Bada
Setting up an online store can be an exciting endeavor. However, when it comes to handling day-to-day logistics such as delivery, you may feel a little overwhelmed. This process can be even more challenging if you want to set up shipping rates based on weight.
Fortunately, several tools can help simplify the process. Choosing the right WooCommerce weight based shipping plugin can ensure that costs are calculated correctly for each order made in your online store.
Some WooCommerce weight based shipping plugins are available for free. However, you might want to create multiple custom shipping methods and conditions. In that case, you may consider investing in a more advanced tool.
WooCommerce Weight Based Shipping is a user-friendly plugin that can set up multiple shipping rates based on order weights. Furthermore, you can also use the tool to create pricing rules based on other conditions.
Conditional Shipping and Payments is a WooCommerce plugin that gives store owners a lot of control over their shipping methods. You can set up various rates and conditions for a more straightforward and efficient checkout process. The plugin also enables you to restrict delivery methods based on different factors, including order weight and quantity.
As the name suggests, Multi-Carrier Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce enables you to display rates of different carriers, including FedEx, DHL, and UPS. Moreover, the plugin can set up conditional shipping rules based on weight. You can also establish restrictions using other parameters, such as item quantity and product category.
Table Rate Shipping Method by Flexible Shipping is another powerful tool you can use for weight based shipping. This WooCommerce plugin enables you to calculate shipping costs based on cart weight and/or cart total. The pro version comes with even more options, including delivery charges based on dimensional weight and the volume of the products in the cart.
Flat Rate Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce is a simple yet flexible tool that lets you create multiple custom flat rate shipping methods. These rates can be based on various factors, including the product category, quantity, or weight. Moreover, the premium version gives you unlimited delivery methods and cost calculation rules.
WooCommerce Advanced Shipping lets you create your shipping rates based on conditions such as volume and weight. This plugin is very easy to use, thanks to its simple interface. Moreover, you can create as many delivery methods as you want.
The last plugin on our list is a bit different than the rest. Custom Shipping Methods for WooCommerce has a variety of shortcodes that you can use to set up different shipping conditions. These include a shortcode for cost calculation according to the total weight of items in a cart.
If you sell products of varying weights, it makes sense to offer weight-based shipping in your online store. You can charge a fair price for orders of all sizes with this setup. Furthermore, you can choose from several WooCommerce plugins to set up delivery costs based on weight.
For instance, Flat Rate Box Shipping enables you to set a fixed rate for each box (based on size and volume) and add charges per weight unit. Meanwhile, Table Rate Shipping lets you configure multiple delivery rates based on order weight and other factors.
Weight Based Shipping is a simple yet flexible shipping method for WooCommerce focused mainly on the order weight (but not limited to) to calculate shipping cost. The plugin allows you to add multiple rules based on various conditions.
Previously, weight based shipping option has not been shown to user if total weight of their cart is zero. Since version 2.2.1 this is changed so shipping option is available to user with price set to Handling Fee. If it does not suite your needs well you can return previous behavior by setting Min Weight to something a bit greater zero, e.g. 0.001, so that zero-weight orders will not match constraints and the shipping option will not be shown.
As you can see for yourself, this is basically a one-to-one copy of a table created earlier with shipping costs and weight ranges. With this simple layout of the Flexible Shipping plugin, setting up shipping should be effortless. Just make sure that the scales in the rules do not overlap. Otherwise, the plugin will calculate the shipping cost by adding two rules.
I have a client currently running WordPress, WooCommerce for their online store. The issue we are having is with shipping. They would like the shipping to calculate by weight using USPS up to 15 Lbs and Fed Ex for shipping for anything over the 15 Lbs. They would also like only the shipping option and price to ship the order on the check out page. (Currently two options show and it is very confussing to the customer) can your plugin help with these things?
hey i am using this plugin and it works very well for heavy weight products but for my lighter products(like products in grams) its shipping rate as per weight is too high can u please help me with this
TIA
Weight Based Shipping is a simple yet flexible shipping method for WooCommerce focused mainly on cart weight (but not limited to) to calculate shipping cost. Plugin allows you to add multiple rules based on various conditions.
WooCommerce weight-based shipping is the ideal and preferred way to calculate the shipping costs of a physical product. It makes even more sense if you have multiple products that vary significantly by weight.
You can say for sure that there will be a significant weight & price difference in shipping a pair of shoes compared to a light summer dress. So clearly, charging different shipping rates based on weight slabs is more fitting in such scenarios.
To calculate accurate shipping costs, you need to measure products based on their weight, dimensions, and other factors that may affect the final cost. And beyond a defined range, you can define the shipping rate per weight unit.
As shown above, you would find the necessary weight-based shipping options such as min weight, max weight, base costs, etc., in the plugin settings. Here you can set up the shipping rules based on your business needs and requirements.
For example, USPS Shipping Rates are cheaper when it comes to shipping small products. However, as the product weight increases, the shipping rates are almost similar to that of UPS. UPS, on the other hand, provides much better shipping service as well as support for freight shipping.
The WooCommerce Multi-Carrier Shipping plugin allows store owners to choose from the shipping carriers like UPS, FexEd, USPS, DHL, and Stamps. It also supports conditional shipping rules based on the product weight.
It is clear from this image that, until the product weight is below 50 lbs, she will only get the USPS shipping rates and UPS shipping rates will be shown on the cart page only when the customer adds products weighing more than 50 lbs.
This tutorial, linked from this same article, should help: -disable-free-shipping-if-cart-has-shipping-class/#woocommerce-how-to-find-shipping-method-id-woo-2-6-after-the-introduction-of-the-new-shipping-zones
Hi!
I have a multivendor marketplace (DOKAN) and each store sets their own shipping costs. I have a couple of stores that wish to set their shipping costs based on weight while others stillw ant to set flat rates. Is it possible to use your code for weight and still be able to use the normal flat rate?
I live in Mexico and I have a client that has his store in Mexico City but he wants to offer shipping to other states in mexico but he has heavy products so in my opinion the calculation for the shipping has to be based on the zip code + weight of product, how can I do something like this? thanks buddy
Thanks for the tutorial Rodolfo! It works perfectly. Just wondering whether this could work with the Woocommerce Free Shipping feature (Based on minimum spend or coupon code). At the moment, if a customer puts in a free shipping coupon code or spends over $100, two radio button options appear, one for free shipping and another for the weight based shipping price.
I am a beginner trying to set up weight based shipping fee on my website. I tried integrating some third party plugins but they were causing issues within the theme so I had to delete them. I came across your blog and have been following the steps mentioned to set up the weight based shipping fee on my website but I am encountering an issue getting the unique id. I am sharing the exact point from the blog here for your reference- First, take a note of the unique ID of the three flat rates. They should look look something like flat_rate:9. For more info on how to find them, check here: -disable-free-shipping-if-cart-has-shipping-class/#woocommerce-how-to-find-shipping-method-id-woo-2-6-after-the-introduction-of-the-new-shipping-zones
I need 3 shipping zones which I could create without any difficulty but when I am trying to inspect the check out page, I am able to get the unique id of only the first zone. How do I get the unique id of the second and third zones. Can you please help me figure this out. And in case there is a nice plugin that I could use, please share the name of that as well.
The data we are using to test here is stored in the `woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods` table (instance_id = the instance). And the descriptions of the resp. shipping methods are stored in the options-table by the option_name scheme `woocommerce_flat_rate_instance_id_settings`. The value is a serialized associative array which might be auto-converted into an array when fetching the data using the get_option() function (if not, maybe_unserialize() should help).
Adding delivery country is simple, 2 extra lines of code: thanks, I started from zero and got this working first time using your snippet as a starter! I have 3 zones of which 2 (Europe, rest of World) have two rates based on a weight threshold.
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