{"id":2773,"date":"2024-12-31T20:26:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T20:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/learn-to-set-up-free-shipping-on-shopify-based-on-conditions\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T10:00:20","slug":"set-up-free-shipping-on-shopify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/set-up-free-shipping-on-shopify\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Set up Free Shipping on Shopify [Based on Conditions]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shockingly, high extra costs\/fees are why&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/online-shopping-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">people abandon shopping carts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may not want that to happen with your Shopify store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The way to avoid this is to offer free shipping on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shopify<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The power of the word \u2013 \u2018FREE\u2019 is unignorable to marketers. Businesses have been using it for marketing and sales strategies for a long time. It provokes the feeling of being rewarded or benefitted with no harm. Naturally, customers are more likely to purchase a product with no additional cost, even if it is a bit more expensive than other alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For the customers<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>$120 + Free Shipping<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>is better than<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>$100 + $20 Shipping Charges<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merchants can set up free shipping on Shopify using the in-built options and get benefitted from it.&nbsp;The platform also facilitates free shipping options based on various conditions and rules. In this post, I will share a complete method to&nbsp;<em><strong>set up free shipping on Shopify<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What\u2019s included?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reasons to Offer Free Shipping to Customers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Different Ways to Offer Free Shipping on Shopify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Set up Free Shipping on Shopify?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set up Free Shipping on Shopify Over Certain Amount<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set up Discount-based Free Shipping on Shopify<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free Shipping on Shopify: Best Practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s learn some of the plausible reasons to set up free shipping in Shopify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"reasons-to-offer-free-shipping-to-customers\">Reasons to Offer Free Shipping to Your Customers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offering free shipping in Shopify benefits your business in multiple ways, such as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>More Conversions:&nbsp;<\/strong>Just like mentioned in the beginning of this article, high extra costs such as shipping is a major cause customers abandon their carts. Offering free shipping in Shopify can help you convert more customers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enhanced Brand Loyalty:&nbsp;<\/strong>Offering free shipping to your customers, you are making it easier for them to purchase the product with apparently no additional costs. This delightful experience can help you build a loyal customer base.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Competitive Advantage:&nbsp;<\/strong>Today, almost all the online stores are offering free shipping to their customers. Therefore, adding free shipping facilities to Shopify store will help you stay competitive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free shipping in Shopify is certainly going to benefit your business if used strategically\u2014it can be an excellent marketing tactic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, let\u2019s learn the different ways to offer free shipping in Shopify briefly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"different-ways-to-offer-free-shipping-on-shopify\">Different Ways to Offer Free Shipping on Shopify<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mainly, there are two ways you can offer free shipping in Shopify, based on your strategy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Default Free Shipping:&nbsp;<\/strong>Set up free shipping from&nbsp;<strong>Settings &gt; Shipping and Delivery<\/strong>&nbsp;in Shopify.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discount-based Free Shipping:&nbsp;<\/strong>Create a discount code for free shipping in Shopify.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the default free shipping configuration, you can further set up product, category, and\/or customer group-wise free shipping. You can also offer free shipping only above a certain order amount in Shopify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s see the step-wise method to add free shipping on Shopify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-set-up-free-shipping-on-shopify\">How to Set up Free Shipping on Shopify?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to set up site-wide free shipping on Shopify, you need to remove all the shipping rates. Follow these steps to do this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the Shopify admin, go to&nbsp;<strong>Settings &gt;&nbsp; Shipping and Delivery<\/strong>, and click&nbsp;<strong>Manage<\/strong>&nbsp;against the respective shipping profile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Manage-shipping-rates-in-Shopify.png\" alt=\"Manage shipping rates in Shopify - set up free shipping in Shopify\" class=\"wp-image-31550\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the following screen, click on&nbsp;<strong>Manage&nbsp;<\/strong>against the respective shop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now, a pop-up to remove shipping rates will appear on the screen. Click&nbsp;<strong>Done&nbsp;<\/strong>to set up free shipping for the respective shop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Remove-shipping-rates-in-Shopify.png\" alt=\"Remove shipping rates in Shopify\" class=\"wp-image-31551\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The above steps will remove all the existing shipping rates from the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to set up free shipping on Shopify based on conditions, you can use the following alternate methods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"over-certain-amount\">Set up Free Shipping on Shopify Over Certain Amount<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s say you already have a flat rate shipping in your Shopify store and want to offer free shipping on orders over a certain amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can do this by setting the minimum &amp; maximum price-based conditions for the shipping rates. Follow these steps to do that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the&nbsp;<strong>Manage Shipping Profile<\/strong>&nbsp;section, create a new rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Add-rate.png\" alt=\"Set up free shipping rate in Shopify\" class=\"wp-image-31552\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now, configure the following options:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Select&nbsp;<strong>set up your own rates<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the rate name (\u201cFree Shipping Above 100\u201d for example)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep the price empty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set the price-based conditions, and enter the minimum price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Set-up-free-shipping-over-certain-amount-in-Shopify.png\" alt=\"Set up free shipping over certain amount in Shopify\" class=\"wp-image-31553\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Done&nbsp;<\/strong>to save the settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Similarly, edit the other shipping rate, so that it is applied only on orders valued less than the threshold amount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Set-order-value-based-shipping-in-shopify.png\" alt=\"Set order value based shipping in shopify\" class=\"wp-image-31554\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voila..!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ve successfully set up Shopify free shipping over amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, you can create weight-based free shipping rates in Shopify per your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shopify allows you to create country\/region-based shipping rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also specify the applicable products, categories, and customer groups in the shipping profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"discount-based\">Set up Discount-based Free Shipping on Shopify<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, this is an alternate method to set up free shipping on Shopify using discount codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this method, you\u2019ll create discount codes which can be applied by the customers to get the free shipping in Shopify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow these steps to set up discount-based free shipping on Shopify:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the Shopify admin, go to&nbsp;<strong>Discounts<\/strong>, and click on&nbsp;<strong>Create discount<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select&nbsp;<strong>Free shipping<\/strong>&nbsp;as the discount type.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Set-up-free-shipping-on-Shopify-using-discount-code.png\" alt=\"Set up free shipping on Shopify using discount code\" class=\"wp-image-31555\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Now, on the create shipping discount window, configure the following settings:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Discount Code:&nbsp;<\/strong>Enter a custom code or generate it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select all or the applicable countries for free shipping.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configure other settings per your needs<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Discount-Code-for-free-shipping-in-Shopify.png\" alt=\"Create discount code for free shipping in Shopify\" class=\"wp-image-31556\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finally, click&nbsp;<strong>Save<\/strong>&nbsp;to create the free shipping discount code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&amp; that\u2019s it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can now share the created discount code with the customers and offer them free shipping.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the above method, you can also configure the discount code to be valid only on orders over a certain amount, select the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/how-to-create-customer-groups-in-shopify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">specific customer groups<\/a>, and active dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"free-shipping-on-shopify-best-practices\">Free Shipping on Shopify: Best Practices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Offering free shipping is an effective strategy for your business. Here are some best practices to follow while offering free shipping in Shopify:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Display Free Shipping Bar:&nbsp;<\/strong>Tell your customers that you are offering free shipping. Install a Shopify app to display free shipping bar at the prominent places.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leverage Free Shipping to Increase AOV:&nbsp;<\/strong>Set up product price or quantity-based free shipping conditions to encourage the customers purchase more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Offer Free Shipping to Nearby Customers:&nbsp;<\/strong>Offer free shipping to customers from your city\/region by setting the zone-based shipping rates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cover the Shipping Cost in Price:&nbsp;<\/strong>Make sure that the shipping cost does not cut down the profit margin. You can slightly increase the product price to stay profitable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that you know how to set up free shipping on Shopify, it\u2019s time to craft an effective shipping policy. In case you\u2019re looking for a Shopify professional to help you customize the store, you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/hire-shopify-developer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hire our expert Shopify developers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shockingly, high extra costs\/fees are why&nbsp;people abandon shopping carts. You may not want that to happen with your Shopify store. 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