I am wanting to charge a shipping deposit and then bill the customer for the full amount once I know exact weight of order. I need all products to fall into this custom shipping profile and not the general profile. Is there any way to remove the general shipping profile so new products don’t default into it?
Topic summary
Merchant wants a B2B workflow to collect a shipping deposit at checkout and bill the final shipping cost later once the exact order weight is known. They also want all products assigned to a single custom shipping profile, avoiding Shopify’s default “General” profile.
Key ask:
- Can the default General shipping profile be removed or disabled so new products don’t automatically default into it, ensuring all products inherit rates from the custom profile? (Shipping profiles group products to apply distinct shipping rates.)
Status:
- No replies or solutions yet; no workarounds or official guidance provided.
Open questions:
- Whether Shopify Plus allows deleting or bypassing the General profile.
- How to implement/automate deposit-at-checkout with post-purchase billing for final shipping based on actual weight.
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