Main request: add a one-click “Continental US” option in Shopify shipping profiles/market zones, since the default US selection includes territories (e.g., Guam, American Samoa, Marshall Islands) and military regions, creating tedious deselection of many entries (reported as up to 62). “Continental US” refers to the 48 contiguous states.
Current status: Shopify does not offer a preset for Continental US; no official fix or update is mentioned.
Workarounds shared: use the zone editor’s search to speed up removal—first select “United States,” then search “Armed” to uncheck three military regions, and search “Samoa,” “Guam,” “Mariana,” “Puerto,” and “Virgin” to deselect those territories.
Alternative approaches offered: implement custom US shipping zones, automated region exclusions, bulk rule setups, or a private app to manage complex shipping profiles; assistance was offered to set this up.
Outcome: No resolution. The feature request remains open, with practical manual and custom solutions available to streamline configuration.
It makes no sense to include the US Marshall Islands and Guam and American Samoa in the default set of shipping options when you make a shipping profile. The continental US is an extremely common option that Shopify needs to support with one-click. As it currently stands, you have to select all 62 (!) and then go through and find all the crazy stuff and deselect them. That’s a terrible user experience.
Please fix this, Shopify.
Hi @PrimaUSA
It is a pain isn’t it?
While Shopify does not currently have a “Continental US” preset, there is a faster way to handle this than scrolling through the entire list.
You can speed up the process significantly by using the search bar inside the zone editor. First, select “United States” to include everything. Then, type “Armed” in the search bar to quickly find and uncheck the three military regions. Next, search for specific territories like “Samoa”, “Guam”, “Mariana”, “Puerto”, and “Virgin” to uncheck them as they appear.
Hope this help!
I totally get your frustration — Shopify’s default shipping regions often include places like Guam, American Samoa, and the Marshall Islands, and for most US-based merchants it creates a lot of unnecessary work. Unfortunately Shopify hasn’t added a “Continental US only” option yet.
That said, there are cleaner ways to handle this without manually unchecking 60+ locations every time. I’ve helped stores set up:
If you want, I can take a quick look at your store’s shipping setup and help streamline it so you don’t have to manually filter regions ever again.