How can customers be informed about shipping costs at checkout?

Topic summary

Seeking a way to notify customers at checkout to contact the store for a shipping cost/quote instead of using automated shipping rate calculators. Applies to international orders from Australia.

Wants full manual control over shipping prices and to avoid label-printing integrations or app-based calculations. Intends to support a local post office rather than integrated carriers.

No solutions or decisions presented. The question remains open, requesting guidance on how to configure checkout messaging or workflows to enable manual shipping quotes.

Summarized with AI on February 28. AI used: gpt-5.

Is there a way for customers to be told to contact the store for shipping costs/quote at checkout?

I want to ship to international customers (from Australia) but want control over shipping costs - not just relying on an app to calculate it for me. I’m not wanting to be able to print labels etc as I wish to support my local post office (I live in a very small town!).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!