{"id":608,"date":"2019-02-07T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/blog\/woocommerce-shipping\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:53:45","slug":"woocommerce-shipping","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/blog\/woocommerce-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up WooCommerce Shipping Options for Your Ecommerce Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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WooCommerce shipping options made easy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting started with WooCommerce shipping (and how to set up your shipping zones)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to set up WooCommerce shipping rates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to set up shipping classes for product-specific charges with WooCommerce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the best WooCommerce shipping fulfilment options?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WooCommerce shipping with ShipBob<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

What do you want to learn?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set Up Shipping on My WooCommerce Store<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Best Way to Handle WooCommerce Fulfilment<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Request WooCommerce Fulfilment Pricing from ShipBob<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With over 60 million downloads around the world, WooCommerce<\/a> has grown from a simple WordPress plugin to a fully customisable ecommerce platform. WooCommerce seamlessly empowers businesses to sell directly on WordPress \u2014 the CMS that powers 26% of all websites<\/a>. Plus, WooCommerce offers a comprehensive suite of shipping options and settings, including the opportunity to work with fulfilment partners that can help you grow your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we\u2019ll cover everything you need to know about shipping for your store, including WooCommerce shipping setup, shipping zones, and ecommerce fulfilment<\/a> options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WooCommerce shipping options made easy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the backend of an ecommerce store, WooCommerce makes it easy for ecommerce sellers to calculate shipping rates based on zones and product weights. The platform offers a variety of tools to group products, automatically apply different shipping methods to different groups, and much more.
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Regardless of whether you do in-house fulfilment<\/a> or work with a third-party provider, following the steps in this guide will make sure that your WooCommerce shipping setup is simple, so you can start shipping orders ASAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting started with WooCommerce shipping (and how to set up your shipping zones)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve recently migrated your store, it\u2019s especially important to double-check your shipping setup. Even if a WooCommerce migration expert<\/a> handled the technical transition, shipping zones, rates, and product-level settings often need to be reviewed and optimised post-migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To complete your WooCommerce shipping setup, you need to create shipping zones, followed by shipping methods and rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A WooCommerce shipping zone is a geographical area where certain shipping methods and rates apply. Within WooCommerce, these can be as general as entire countries or as precise as specific postcodes. Each customer\u2019s address can be associated with only one WooCommerce shipping zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can set up as many shipping zones as you like, as well as add different shipping methods and rates to each zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your WooCommerce shipping zones and methods determine where and how you ship your products. To set up these WooCommerce shipping options, follow the steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Go to \u201cShipping location(s)\u201d in the dashboard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First, head to your WordPress dashboard, then navigate to WooCommerce > Settings. About halfway down the page, you should see a field marked \u201cShipping location(s).\u201d This is where you can indicate which countries you ship to. Most sellers choose to ship to all countries that they sell to, which is the option shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Go to \u201cShipping\u201d > \u201cAdd shipping zone\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve set your shipping location, go to the \u201cShipping\u201d tab in your WooCommerce settings, then click \u201cAdd shipping zone.\u201d This is where you\u2019ll define shipping zones for your ecommerce store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To add a new WooCommerce shipping zone, you\u2019ll enter your Zone Name and define your Zone Region:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2.\"4.It\u2019s worth noting that shipping couriers like USPS use the term shipping zones<\/a> to measure the distance a package travels on a scale from 1 to 8 in the contiguous United States \u2014 in groupings of postcodes, not miles \u2014 from the point of origin to the destination. These probably won\u2019t match your WooCommerce shipping zones, and that\u2019s fine! Just keep an eye out for this terminology elsewhere as you learn more about shipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Add \u201cShipping methods\u201d to each zone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Finally, you will need to assign shipping methods to your shipping zone. Depending on how you choose to fulfil orders on your WooCommerce store, shipping methods can include flat-rate shipping<\/a>, free shipping, local order pickup, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"3.\"6.At checkout, customers will only see the methods and rates available for their address and corresponding zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to set up WooCommerce shipping rates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve defined your shipping zones<\/a> and methods, it\u2019s time to decide how much customers will pay for each method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your method is free shipping, the customer shipping cost will, of course, be zero dollars. For local pickup, you can choose to set a fee or make it free. With WooCommerce Services shipping, you can add real-time USPS and Canada Post calculations on orders, then print shipping labels within WooCommerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For WooCommerce flat-rate shipping, you\u2019ll have to set up exactly how you want your shopping cart to calculate the rate. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Choose a shipping zone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Under the \u201cShipping\u201d tab, choose the shipping zone that you want to set up flat-rate shipping for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Create flat-rate shipping fees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once you choose your shipping zone and flat-rate shipping method, you\u2019re ready to set up WooCommerce flat-rate shipping fees by clicking on \u201cFlat rate\u201d in the \u201cMethods\u201d box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can set up these fees several different ways, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n