Hi, New Shopify user ( BestPartyCrackers.com ). I set up Standard and Expedited Shipping options with cost based bands based upon total order value. I’m trying to create a Free Shipping promotion so if that the user enters a promotion code they get free Standard Shipping. I created the Free Shipping…

This exclusion of amounts over a certain limit doesn’t even work intuitively. When I enabled it, it still shows the higher-priced shipping options, and when I choose a shipping method whose price is over the discount threshold, the error message says “FREESHIP discount code isn’t available for your …

Another vote for the option of restricting free shipping discounts to the cheapest shipping method (Ground). The features that the Shopify free shipping discounts offer are so FRUSTRATING! I just figured this issue out after I already ran into the issue that I cannot exclude specific products from f…

@shannonanderson Old thread I know, but in case you or others need, one method to have discounts apply to different people is to use “customer tags”. So you can tag your Wholesale customers with “wholesale”, then create a Customer Segment with them. Then you have “Discount - Wholesale” only apply t…

Thank you! You made this so easy!

I’m having this issue as well. I only want the free shipping to apply to Ground shipping. If I add a cap to the dollar amount of the rate- if the rate exceeds it I get a message that says “This promo isn’t available for your shipping address” which is completely wrong and will cause customers to bec…

Hi, To anybody looking for a new solution to restrict shipping discounts to certain shipping rates, you can now try Advanced Free Shipping . Advanced Free Shipping uses Shopify’s new API’s to make this very easy to set up. Ive recorded a brief video demo to illustrate how to do this. https://www.…

lol gotta spent $10/m to be able to offer customers free shipping :roll_eyes:

Hey @TC13 You can target shipping rates using Advanced Free Shipping Let me know if I can assist you in trying it out.

“There’s an app for that.” If you see a feature missing from Shopify just know that that is the feature.

How to set up a Free Shipping Promotion to only apply to Standard Shipping (not Expedited Shipping)

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

TC13 June 17, 2024, 9:22pm 37

Wondering if this issue has been addressed as of yet, just attempted to create a free shipping discount for ground only without any luck.

Thank you for your time

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How to set up a Free Shipping Promotion to only apply to Standard Shipping (not Expedited Shipping)

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