Problem with shipping profiles and saved packages

We are setting up shipping in our store. We sell carnivorous plants. Some need different sized boxes than others due to the size but not the weight. Some need to be shipped in tubes.

I have created custom shipping rate profiles with flat rate shipping and have also created saved packages but Shopify only uses the box I designated as default package and calculated postage based on that.

I need to be able to select the package size for each product so the customer knows up front what shipping will be. When they check out, it’s showing them two prices. The flat rate price and the default package price. Also need to be able to designate which box I’ll use when two dissimilar items are

selected. Are these things I can do in Shopify or do I need an app? Thanks!

Shopify doesn’t allow you to map Packages with Shipping Profiles. Also, only one package can be used for checkout rate calculations.

ShipBlink can totally solve your use-case. ShipBlink configures a “Rate provider” in the Shipping Profiles.

In ShipBlink, you can create multiple parcel sizes with SKU Packing Rules where you define SKUs that should be packed in specific parcel size only.

Optionally, you can use us to generate labels too (we can automatically pre-select parcels using same SKU Packing rules)

Happy to do a product demo, if convenient!

Thanks!

Sam (Founder / Creator - ShipBlink)