Dropshipping - Setting shipping rates - WooCommerce

The best way to set up weight-based shipping in WooCommerce is to use a plugin. If you search 'Weight based shipping' in the WordPress plugin section you will find lots of options, choose the one that is most suitable for you.

For this example, we use a plugin from weightbasedshipping.com

Shipping method keywords

Once you have a plugin installed you can configure the required weight-based shipping. We require that each of your methods uses a keyword. When your customer places an order, the keyword is transferred with their order so we know which method to use and how much to charge you. 

The keywords should be included as part of the title that you give to each of the weight-based shipping rules you create.

The keywords are as follows:

Domestic/UK shipping:

• UK Royal Mail 24 (Standard) Keyword: 24
• UK Royal Mail 48 (Standard) Keyword: 48
• UK Royal Mail 24 Tracked Keyword: 24 tracked or tracked 24
• UK Royal Mail 48 Tracked Keyword: 48 tracked or tracked 48
• UK Courier Keyword: courier

Rest of the world shipping:

• Europe Royal Mail standard Keyword: Europe
• Europe Royal Mail Tracked Keyword: tracked
• Rest of World Royal Mail standard Keyword: Rest of world
• Rest of World Royal Mail tracked Keyword: Rest of world tracked

Set up the zones and shipping rates

In Wordpress go to your WooCommerce settings page and select 'shipping'. Now follow the instructions in this video to setup each of the shipping methods you wish to offer.