Fixed shipping rate directly shown in basket and checkout

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment
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Topic summary

A merchant ships all orders via freight forwarding at a fixed €60 rate and wants to display the total cost (product + shipping) upfront in the basket and checkout, rather than having it appear only after customers enter personal details.

The current Shopify default behavior causes the total to jump unexpectedly late in the purchase process, reducing transparency.

Current situation:

  • Fixed shipping can be hardcoded in the basket theme
  • Standard shipping rate apps require zip code entry, which is unnecessary for a flat rate

Seeking: A solution to show product price + €60 shipping = total amount immediately when customers enter checkout, without requiring additional customer input or zip code verification steps.

Summarized with AI on November 2. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi everyone,

we have a fixed shipping rate of 60€ as we send out goods by a freight forwarding company. With the standard shopify function to show shipping rates after entering the personal details, the amount jumps unnecessary up before final purchase. We want to have more transparency beforehand.

Is there a way to have product price + shipping rate = total amount when customers get into the checkout?

In the basket we can hardcode it in the theme. I know there are numerous apps existing to calculate shipping rate before checkout but this is not what we are looking for as they ask for e.g. zip code before you enter the basket or in the basket and with the fixed shipping rate we just don’t need this step.

Thanks and best regards

Julian