Calculated Shipping?

Howdy Jess!

Can you let us know more information about how you had the shipping per item cost setup?

Did each item in the order cost the same amount, no matter the item? Example: 10 items cost $4.50 per item to ship, or did different items cost different amounts to ship?

You can use the “Flat Rate” shipping method here to setup the costs:

https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/flat-rate-shipping/

It would be setup following the Advanced Costs information here:

https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/flat-rate-shipping/#section-2

If you have different costs per product, you could setup shipping classes, the assign the different classes to each product that it applies to, then use the advanced costs under each shipping class in the “Flat Rate” method to set that up:

https://cld.wthms.co/EQJuHA

I thought I had always had it factored in at each product shipping weights and measurements that was then calculated in the shopping cart based on destination zip code. Perhaps I confused this—I sell on multiple sites but have recently building my own domain as a destination.

If that is the case, you must have been using a plugin like USPS to do that.

If I were to upgrade to something that calculate the shipping based on the order shipping weight and destination with USPS, is there a simple extension you’d recommend?

Yes, you can use this free option to display USPS rates:

https://woocommerce.com/products/shipping

Or we also have this option:

https://woocommerce.com/products/usps-shipping-method