Setting up weight-based shipping

Offering weight-based shipping rates may be necessary depending on the products you offer on subscription, or storewide promotions you may want to offer. This guide provides instructions on how to set up weight-based shipping rates for your subscription products. 

Before you start

• Weight-based shipping rates use the weight of the product configured through your eCommerce platform to calculate the total order weight at the checkout. 

Recharge Shipping Zones and Rates

With our advanced shipping settings available through Recharge Shipping Zones and Rates, you can manually configure a shipping rate with conditions based on the order weight. This ensures that specific rates are available depending on the weight of a customer's order.

Basic shipping settings

With Basic shipping rates, you use the shipping rates you've configured in Shopify to charge shipping on subscription orders. We send a request to Shopify each time an order is created and they provide us with the shipping rate to charge on each order.

Step 1 - Configure weight-based shipping in Shopify

Follow Shopify's instructions to set a flat shipping rate with weight-based conditions. Ensure that you check the weight of the default package as set by Shopify. This can also interfere with your shipping rules. We recommend setting the default package rate to 0.

You must also configure the weight of your products to match the rates configured. 

Note: Shopify views products in pounds but the actual weight in the cart token as grams. Shopify does the conversion which can result in minor rounding errors if your weight range is too narrow.

Step 2 - Set Recharge to Charge Shipping

After setting up your shipping rates and weights in Shopify, you will need to go into your Recharge shipping settings and make sure that the Charge shipping radio button is selected.

1. In the Recharge Dashboard, click the wrench icon. Select Shipping from the dropdown.
2. On the following page, select Charge shipping.
3. Click Save.