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Core Shipping Options
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Order Fulfillment
The WooCommerce Fulfillments system provides a comprehensive solution for managing the order fulfillment processes. It allows you, the store owner, to track which items in an order have been shipped, manage partial fulfillments, and communicate shipping information to your customers. This system includes both a user-friendly interface and a robust API for integration with your […]
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Setting up Shipping Zones
If you sell physical products on your WooCommerce store, you need to configure shipping zones. Shipping zones are the foundation for most shipping configurations in WooCommerce. How you configure your shipping zones determines the shipping options and rates customers see on the cart and checkout pages. This page covers three steps to configure shipping zones […]
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Offer Shipping Insurance
WooCommerce and its built-in shipping options do not include a way to offer shipping insurance. This guide describes two approaches you can use to cover insurance costs for shipped goods: including the cost in your product prices or adding insurance as a separate fee at checkout. Include insurance in product prices You can include the […]
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Consider shipping before you start
Considering shipping before you start is important for setting up shipping correctly before taking orders in your WooCommerce store. If you are new to WooCommerce, we recommend taking some time to answer the following questions.
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Product Shipping Classes
Shipping classes utilize a product classification system to group products of similar type (e.g. bulky products or small items). Shipping classes work with shipping methods, such as Flat Rate Shipping, to provide different rates to different classes or types of products. For example, with shipping classes and Flat Rate Shipping, it’s possible to create different […]
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How to handle multiple regions and currencies with WooCommerce
In a global age, there are a number of elements that play a role in selling in multiple currencies and languages. Here we discuss several of those.
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Understanding Box Packing Calculations
Several premium WooCommerce shipping extensions use built-in box packers to determine which box or envelope best fits the items in an order. This guide explains how box packers work, how to configure product dimensions for accurate packing, and how to select or customize boxes. How box packers work Box packers evaluate the dimensions of available […]
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Online Shipping Calculators & Debug Mode
If shipping costs provided by your WooCommerce installation are higher or lower than what you expect, we recommend enabling the debug mode within the shipping plugin settings section that you are using. Once this option is enabled, add a product to cart and in most cases you will see useful information on the cart page […]