Hello! We are examining our shipping options. We currently used flat rate and would like to move towards weight based rate to cut some shipping costs. However, customers can buy a wide range of product sizes and quantities. Orders can range from 1 lb to 12 lbs. This means that we have nearly a doze…

Hi @Bkcoleman , There has been a lot of queries regarding the use of multiple boxes for packaging and calculation of rates. Unfortunately, Shopify only offers one box size to be sent off for live rate calculations, regardless of the size of the actual order. The problem with using Shopify’s single…

But these apps don’t allow you to then use the special rates that Shopify has with for example UPS. So… a big loss. Any other option? I don’t understand how so many businesses on Shopify can put up with this…

Yes, I have to agree that this is unacceptable. I really regret not researching this before migrating my store over to Shopify. How this is even an issue in 2022 blows my mind.

Yes and its also super irritating that noone from shopify responds to questions that don’t have a positive answer… If there was an onboard solution to this or one in the works, there would be gurus telling us so. but if theres not there is just tumbleweed.

Hello Shopify support team, has this issue being resolved. It is impacting my ability to move forward also considering the type of product I sell.

Hi @josemartinblanc , Unfortunately, Shopify is yet to introduce this feature. However, there are apps that help you to achieve this. Let me know if you are willing to know. I can help you with that!

yeah Ill be leaving shopify asap if this isnt changed like..today. what borederline intelligent person launching a HUGE ecommerce site sets the whole GIANT opperation up but cant figure out how to use multiple box sizes for each product to affect the hipping cost? like, that is one step dumber then …

Hi Anindita, Are there any apps that will let us offer more than one box size, while still using Shopify’s discounted rates? Thank you.

No way to use Shopify’s rates with multiple package sizes. If you have your own shipping accounts you can use Advanced Shipping Manager (ASM) or Boxify. If you’re primarily shipping smaller domestic items Shopify’s rates won’t be much better than you can get yourself anyway so I wouldn’t worry about…

How to manage multiple shipping box sizes for weight-based rates?

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stevepudney September 8, 2023, 10:42am 10

Hi .. did you find a way around this problem.

We make a particular product that comes in 7 different sizes, and cannot work out how to set up the shipping rates.

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