Title: Shipping not charged
Last modified: March 4, 2021

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# Shipping not charged

 *  Resolved [tcwaters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcwaters/)
 * (@tcwaters)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-not-charged/)
 * This is a variable product. The variations are colors.
 * In the main product, under “shipping” I have a shipping class specified.
 * In the various variations, shipping is listed as “same as parent”
 * but when someone purchases, no shipping is being charged. What am I doing wrong?
 * WP 5.6.2
    WooCommerce 4.9.2
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [Aashik P – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aashik/)
 * (@aashik)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-not-charged/#post-14137131)
 * Hi there!
 * I tried attempting to check out one of the variations and it seems they’re offered
   free shipping:
 * ⌊free⌉⌊free⌉
    Link to image: [https://d.pr/i/jhgVNi](https://d.pr/i/jhgVNi)
 * If you want to charge shipping based on shipping class, you will need to set 
   up Flat rate shipping options: [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/flat-rate-shipping/#shipping-classes](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/flat-rate-shipping/#shipping-classes)
 *  Thread Starter [tcwaters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcwaters/)
 * (@tcwaters)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-not-charged/#post-14143681)
 * Yes! I have a flat rate shipping set up already! And on the product, I have that
   shipping specified.
 *  Thread Starter [tcwaters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcwaters/)
 * (@tcwaters)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-not-charged/#post-14143735)
 * Sorry, I think shipping in WooCommerce is absolutely frustrating for variable
   products! , and variable products are especially nuts.
 * I set up a flat rate shipping zone called US Shippingtube. This means I have 
   two flat rate shipping zones- one that its free shipping I use with coupons, 
   and this one to use with shipping tubes.
 * But in the product, you don’t select a shipping zone- you specify a shipping 
   class.
 * So, I ALSO have a shipping class with the same name- US Shippingtube. But there
   appears to be no way to connect the shipping class to the shipping zone.
 * But in the products table, you don’t specify a shipping zone- you specify a shipping
   class. So, if the shipping class isn’t connected to the correct shipping zone,
   that is the problem?
 * So, on the main product page, I specify the shipping class.
 * and then, in each variation, I had shipping set as “same as parent.” But maybe
   that is the problem?
 * So, I can set each variation to use the specific shipping class. But that is 
   a lot of extra clicks just to get a product set up.
 * Extremely frustrating.
 * And, the pics in the documentation appear to be an older version of WooCommerce?
   My screens don’t appear as the documentation, and my WooCommerce is up to date.
   so, documentations that is visually different from the actual product just makes
   it more frustrating.
 *  Plugin Support [Aashik P – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aashik/)
 * (@aashik)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-not-charged/#post-14147763)
 * Hi there!
 * It seems there’s some confusion with regards to how the options should work.
 * Please take a look at the following documents:
 * * [Variable Product](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/variable-product/)
   *
   [Product Shipping Classes](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/product-shipping-classes/)*
   [Setting up Shipping Zones](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/setting-up-shipping-zones/)*
   [Shipping Classes](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/flat-rate-shipping/#shipping-classes)
 * While the styling may have changed since the document was created, the options
   still remain the same with regards to Flat Rate setup:
 * ⌊options⌉⌊options⌉
    Link to image: [https://d.pr/i/Osn5Jv](https://d.pr/i/Osn5Jv)
 * I even set up shipping class for the parent product and then set variations to
   use the same shipping class as the parent, and could still receive shipping method
   configured for the same:
 * ⌊flat-rate⌉⌊flat-rate⌉
    Link to image: [https://d.pr/i/vaxQi7](https://d.pr/i/vaxQi7)
 * —
 * If you’re still having trouble configuring the shipping options, can you please
   get back to us with:
 * 1. An example `shipping to` address
    2. A screenshot of **WooCommerce > Settings
   > Shipping > Shipping zones** 3. Screenshot of your Flat rate setting under the
   zone that relates to the example shipping address 4. A screenshot of the product
   configuration on the product edit page: **Product Edit Page > Product data > 
   Shipping > Product Shipping class** 5. A link to the product itself 6. System
   Status Report: You can find it via WooCommerce > Status. Select “Get system report”
   and then “Copy for support”.  Once you’ve done that, paste it here in your response.
 * If you don’t already have a screenshot service installed, you can try [https://snipboard.io](https://snipboard.io)
   or [http://skitch.com/](http://skitch.com/).
    _You can share the direct link 
   to the image as a response to this topic._
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 * Thank you for working with us on this.
 *  Plugin Support [abwaita a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abwaita/)
 * (@abwaita)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-not-charged/#post-14182131)
 * Hi [@tcwaters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcwaters/),
 * We’ve not heard back from you in a while, so I’m marking this thread as resolved.
   Hopefully, the above info and resources were helpful!
 * If you have further questions, please feel free to open a new topic.
 * Thanks.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shipping-not-charged/#post-14182131)
 * Status: resolved