Whether this is your first foray into creating an e-commerce store, or you are transitioning your products from Shopify, eBay, Magento, or BigCommerce, just to name a few, ensuring your shipping options are configured correctly can be a bit of a daunting task.
This training will take you step by step through how to configure Flat Rate Shipping options in your WooCommerce store. In case you missed the Flat Rate configuration in the WooCommerce Wizard, like I did. (Seen Below)
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nitazWealthy
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Hello. Since we are being advised against using jetpack, we cannot use USPS. Any suggestions?
smokeywins
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All the configurations in the training still work without the use of Jetpack. I don't have it on my site, and I still can use USPS without an issue. Of course, my site is a dropship site, so I don't create shipping labels, I just input the tracking #'s from my supplier.
smokeywins
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I don't pay for anything extra because I dropship. So, customers make a purchase and pay the flat shipping charge which is what my supplier charges me to ship. They have one flat fee for shipping within the US, and another to ship internationally. If you're physically shipping the products yourself you might need to add additional features that I do not have configured. Hope that makes sense.
ipalladino
Premium
Hi, I am having problems with guests of my site being able to ship my product to a different address than the billing address. My site does not want to accept the new address. Do you have any thoughts on how to fix this?
thank you for your help,
Irene
thank you for your help,
Irene
smokeywins
Premium
Hmm, that's odd. When you log in to your site, go under WooCommerece and select settings. In there locate the shipping tab, and check your settings in Shipping Destination. I have my sent to default to the billing address. Make sure you don't have "Force shipping to the customer billing address" as that would prevent customers from entering a different ship to location.Hope that solves the issue.
ipalladino
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codevonish
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All my shipping is free via parcel post only. It saves me lots of headaches and postage via the alternative shippers are prohibitive.
smokeywins
Premium
It all depends on the options you want to offer. The supplier I work with lets me know what the charges are, so it's easy for me to add them in. Free Shipping can get costly unless you have it built into the price of your items. Sometimes offering multiple options can be more appealing to customers, but I understand the headaches, especially for those outside the US.
