How to apply different royalty rates for single vs bundle sales of the same product?

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Topic summary

A merchant is struggling to apply different royalty rates based on how products are sold: 12.5% for single items and 25% for bundles.

The core issue: The native Shopify Bundles app draws from single product inventory, causing all sales—whether bundled or not—to be tracked as individual product sales. This results in incorrect royalty calculations, with everything being charged at the lower 12.5% rate.

Proposed solution: One commenter recommends switching to Rapi Bundle, a third-party app that:

  • Tags orders with bundle-specific metadata (e.g., rapi_bundle_sale)
  • Allows clear differentiation between single and bundle sales
  • Maintains native inventory tracking while enabling accurate royalty application
  • Supports customizable bundle types (volume discounts, mix-and-match)

The discussion remains open for additional solutions or alternative approaches to distinguish bundle sales within Shopify Plus.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I’m selling products on Shopify, and I offer them in two ways:

  1. As single copies at price X

  2. As bundles (multiple copies) at price Y using “Shopify Bundles” app

Here’s the catch:
I want to pay royalties based on how the product is sold:

  • 12.5% royalty for single-copy sales

  • 25% royalty for bundle (bulk) sales

The issue is, the Shopify Bundles app pulls from single product inventory, so any sale bundle or not gets treated as a single product sale by my royalty tracking app. That means I’m getting charged 12.5% across the board, even when it should be 25% for bundles.

Is there a way either in Shopify Plus or using a third-party app to distinguish between single and bundle sales so I can apply the correct royalty rate?

Appreciate any advice or recommendations!

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This is a known issue with the default Shopify Bundles app. It pulls inventory from the original product, so your royalty tracking system can’t tell whether the sale came from a bundle or a single item.

If you’re looking for a fix, I highly recommend trying Rapi Bundle. It lets you create bundles that still use native inventory, but the key difference is that it tags every order with bundle metadata. That means you can clearly identify when a product was sold in a bundle and apply your 25% royalty rate accordingly.

A few reasons Rapi Bundle works well in this case:

  1. Orders containing bundles are flagged with a tag like rapi_bundle_sale

  2. You can customize how each bundle behaves (volume discount, mix and match, etc.)

  3. It’s built for Shopify standards so it works smoothly with reporting and third-party apps

We had the same royalty issue and switching to Rapi solved it instantly. Worth checking out if accurate royalty tracking matters to you.