How to Set Up Free Shipping on Shopify

Paying additional shipping fees and handling charges are just some of the main reasons why customers abandon their carts. The easiest way to avoid this is by offering shoppers a free shipping option at checkout.

Luckily, if you’re on Shopify, setting up free shipping is easy! There are various ways you can set up free shipping choices in the shipping settings page on your Shopify admin dashboard. You can offer free shipping or discounted shipping choices in the following ways:

• Cost-based rates
• Weight-based rates
• Free shipping codes

Often merchants are reluctant to offer free or discounted shipping because they fear this will eat into their bottom line. However, you can still take care of your expenses. In fact, you could even benefit from offering free shipping. For instance, you can avoid additional expenses by increasing the cost of your products. Customers are more likely to leave at checkout if they incur additional shipping fees rather than because of the price of a product. 

How to offer free shipping over a fixed amount on Shopify 

Here’s how you offer free shipping for orders over a fixed amount:

• From your Shopify admin, click on Settings, and after that click on Shipping.
• Click on Edit by the zone where you need to offer free shipping.
• In the Price based rates segment, click Add rate.
• In the Add cost based rate exchange, enter a Name for the shipping rate, and then enter the minimum and maximum value of the order.
• Check the free shipping rate.
• When you have completed the above steps, click done.

After you include a free shipping choice, eligible customers between the said order values will be able to checkout with free shipping.

How to offer free shipping over a set weight on Shopify

Here’s how to offer free shipping for orders over a set weight:

• From your Shopify admin, click on Settings, and after that click on Shipping.
• Click on Edit alongside the zone where you need to offer free shipping.
• In the weight-based rates segment, click Add date.
• On the Add weight-based rate section, enter a Name for the shipping rate, and then enter the minimum and maximum weight of the order.
• Check free shipping rate.
• When you have completed the above steps, click done

After you include a free shipping choice, eligible customers between the said order weights will be able to checkout with free shipping.

Your Shopify experts

After reading this article we hope you now understand how to set up free shipping on your Shopify store. However, if you still need help or would like to understand more about what Shopify can do for your business, get in touch with our team of ecommerce experts today.