Wix Stores: Setting Up a Rate by Weight Shipping Rule

Setting up Rate by Weight shipping rules makes sense for businesses that sell both lightweight and heavy items. This lets you charge for shipping in a way that reflects your actual shipping costs.

When customers check out, they'll only see the rates that apply to their order.

Setting up a rate by weight rule

After selecting a shipping region, you can create one or more sets of weight rules for that area.

For example, you can offer customers 2 shipping options, each with its own prices:

• Standard Shipping: $5 for packages under 2 pounds and $10 for packages over 2 pounds.

• Express Shipping: $8 for packages under 2 pounds and $16 for packages over 2 pounds.

Before you begin:

If you previously set up shipping (and tax) in a merchant account (e.g. in PayPal), remove these settings before starting.

To set up a rate by weight rule:

1. Go to Shipping, delivery & fulfillment in your site's dashboard.

2. Select an option:

   • Create a new region: Click +Create Region and set up a new delivery area, then click Continue and select Shipping.

   • Add a rate to an existing region: Click Add Rate next a region and select Shipping.

3. Select Rate by Weight from the drop-down.

4. Enter a name in the Name at checkout field (e.g. Standard Shipping).

5. (Optional) Enter a time in the Estimated delivery time field (e.g. 2 - 4 business days).

6. Enter your first weight range (e.g. 0 lb. to 2 lb.).

7. Enter your second weight range (e.g. 2 lb. and up or add a maximum weight).

1. Click Add Range to add additional weight ranges.

2. (Optional) Offer free shipping over a certain amount:

   1. Select the Offer free shipping when customers purchase a certain amount checkbox.

   2. Enter the amount.

3. Click Save.

4. Follow the instructions below to add weights to each of your products.

   Tip: If a product doesn't have a weight added, it's calculated as though it weighs 0.

Next steps:

Click Add Rate next to the region name to set up any of the following:

• An additional shipping option (e.g. Express Shipping)

• Local delivery

• Pickup

• Real-time USPS shipping calculations (US only)

Add weights to your products

To calculate shipping costs correctly, add a weight to each of your products. If you created product options and are managing inventory separately for each variant, make sure to enter the weight for variants.

To enter product weights:

1. Go to Products in your site's dashboard.

2. Select a physical product.

3. Select an option:

   • For products without product options:

     1. Scroll down to the Shipping and fulfillment section.

     2. Enter the product's weight in the Shipping weight field.

• For products with product options:

  1. Click Edit Variants.

  2. Enter a weight for each variant.

     Tip: If the Shipping weight field isn't visible, click the Customize column icon

     

     and select the checkbox next to Shipping weight to display it.

FAQs

Click a question below to learn more.

What happens if there's no shipping rule in a particular region?

If there's no active shipping, local delivery, or pickup rule for a region, either setup in Wix or through a 3rd-party shipping app, customers from that region cannot make purchases from your store.

Let's look at an example. A merchant sets up shipping only in the US. As soon as a customer from outside of the US enters their location (in the Cart or the Checkout Page), they'll see a message indicating that the store doesn't deliver to their area.

Can I add a handling fee?

Yes. Click the More Actions icon

and select Add handling fees. Then, select the checkbox, enter the handling fee and save your changes.

How can I delete or deactivate a region or a rate?

You can delete any regions you don't need. For example, If you don't want to ship worldwide, you can delete the International region.

Simply click the More Actions icon

next to the region name and click Delete region.

Alternatively, if you want to make international shipping unavailable for a while, but don't want to delete your settings, you can click Deactivate region.

To delete a rate that you set up in a region, Hover over the relevant rate and click the Delete icon

.