Exceeding maximum shipping profiles: what's your workaround?

Shopify Discussion
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Has anyone exceeded the maximum number of shipping profiles? if so what was the work around? we’re getting close to hitting the limit and we’re not sure what do to

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In you case you couldn’t find other options, third-party apps might be a solution. For example, you can replicate your shipping profiles with our app (JsRates) by grouping products using tags, collections, sku, etc and assign the corresponding zone and rates. The app needs third-party calculated rates activated on your store to use it on checkout.

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Shopify has a maximum limit of 99 custom shipping profiles. If you cross that limit, you need to use a third party shipping rate application like ShipMagic to create shipping rules, which emulate the exact functionality of shipping profiles.

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This is ridiculous. They need to enhance the system to have an option to prune shipping profiles that do not have any products. #enhancementrequest

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Hi @gazzzzzer,

Yep, Shopify does cap the number of shipping profiles and once you start juggling different product types or warehouses, it’s easy to hit the ceiling.

A couple of workarounds I’ve seen merchants use:

  • Consolidate where possible: Instead of creating separate profiles for every little variation, group products with similar shipping logic (same zones, same rates, same service levels) under a single profile. That usually frees up a good number of slots.

  • Lean on apps/integrations: Some shipping and post-purchase apps let you build more flexible rules inside a single profile, rather than splitting them out. For example, ParcelPanel Order Tracking doesn’t create profiles itself, but it does integrate with 1400+ carriers and helps centralize the customer-facing side of shipping and delivery. That way you’re not trying to solve everything with profiles alone.

  • Custom rules/automation: On Plus, you can also use Shopify Functions or third-party solutions to apply conditional rates instead of hardcoding them into separate profiles.

If you’re already at scale, this might also be a good moment to review whether all profiles are still needed (I’ve seen stores carrying “legacy” ones that don’t actually serve a purpose anymore).

If this gave you something useful, feel free to mark it as a solution so others can find it too!