How can I upload shipping rates using a CSV file?

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

Core Issue:
Merchants need to upload complex shipping rate matrices via CSV files, as manual entry is extremely time-consuming. Multiple users report having complicated rate structures from freight companies that require frequent updates.

Shopify’s Official Position:

  • No native CSV import/export functionality exists for shipping rates
  • Custom solutions are not currently possible through Shopify’s platform
  • Rates must be added manually following documented steps
  • Shopify staff collected feedback and .myshopify.com URLs to forward to development teams
  • No timeline provided for if/when this feature might be implemented

Community Requests:

  • Variant-level shipping profile specification (not just product-level)
  • CSV export capability for backup purposes before bulk changes
  • Multi-national/global shipping rate management

Third-Party Solutions:
Two apps emerged as workarounds:

  • CSR (CSV Shipping Rates) - allows uploading shipping rate tables via CSV
  • Toolify Shipping Rate Manager - recently launched app for bulk shipping rate management

Current Status:
Nearly 4 years since initial request with no official Shopify solution. Merchants express frustration and some consider switching platforms. Community relies on third-party apps to address this gap.

Summarized with AI on October 23. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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For anyone who needs to add their products to their shipping profiles and doesn’t want to do it manually, we created an app to do this for you. It will map your products to the appropriate profile, and can go as granular as your variants.

If you are spending hours updating your shipping rates one by one, Intuitive Shipping may be a good fit for you. When you’re updating your flat rates, you can assign % or $ based increases that update all rates within a Scenario (profile).

I hope this helps some of you guys!

Warm regards,

Sharon

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