shipping internationally from New Zealand

[avril38]

Hi everyone. I am just about ready to launch my new site, but I am stuck on the shipping. I will have several hundred unique items for sale on my site, all of which would need an up to date quote on the day for shipping inernationally. I am in New Zealand, so the options with Shopify for shipping carriers is very limited, then enter Covid and regularly fluctuating shipping rates etc. - it makes sense to me to quote the shipping once the customer has made the purchase. That way I can give an accurate figure for shipping. Third party shipping carriers are not an option for New Zealand either. Having been a brick and mortar store for 40 years and sending international parcels weekly, we are completely set up with our own systems. I want to be able to sell internationally on Shopify and then complete the process of shipping myself, with manual systems. Having put 2 months work into setting up my Shopify store and coming acress this problem right at the end, just before launching, has me totally flabbergasted. What are my shipping options? Can I just turn off international shipping and when a customer enters an international address - can there be a “contact us for an international shipping quote” option?