Different shipping rates for different products

Hi @maybens

Thank you for reaching out — we’re happy to help!

However, now I have a new product that has a much lower shipping price, below the original flat rate, and I’m not sure how I can apply it?

To clarify, did you already have a chance to look into Product Shipping Classes, and set one accordingly to your needs for the new product, or otherwise?

I hope this is helpful! Please let us know if you have any further questions about this matter, or if we misinterpret your concern in any way. We will be happy to help you further.

Hi @maybens,

You can easily set a lower shipping price for your new product by creating a new shipping class.

Here’s a brief guide:

1. Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping > Shipping Classes, then click on “Add Shipping Class”.
2. Fill in the details for your new shipping class, and set it to a lower rate.
3. Assign this new shipping class to your new product.

Remember, you have the flexibility to set different shipping rates for different shipping classes. So, you can always create a new class whenever you want to charge a different shipping rate.

I hope this helps!

Hey, @maybens!

As far as I understand, the shipping price is the flat rate cost + class. The class is added on top of the cost. This is how it’s working so far.

Depends on how you set it up.

As you can see on the screenshot above, on the flat rate settings there’s a “cost” field above the shipping classes.

If you add a price there, the shipping class cost will be added to it.

So, if I had added a $10 cost there, the full cost of the “Group A” class would be $15.

But if you leave it blank, than the cost of the shipping class will be the one on the class only. So “Group A” would be $5.

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What I suggest you do, is set the base cost as blank, and on the shipping class cost you enter the full cost for that class.
There’s also a field for you to enter the cost for items with no shipping class.

So instead of having (for example):

Cost → 10
Class A → 5 (which would be a total of 15)
Class B → 10 (which would be a total of 20)

You would set up as:

Cost → Blank
Class A → 15
Class B → 20
No shipping class → 10

This way, you will be able to have a shipping class that costs less than the “default” one (which would now be “no shipping class”).

I hope this was clarifying.

Please let us know if there’s anything else we can do to help or if you have any questions.

Have a wonderful day!

Glad to hear it – thanks for letting us know @maybens!

I’ll mark this thread as resolved now.

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