Manual shipping entry?

HI @sreford

Unfortunately, there isn’t a specific free plugin that can place orders on hold until manual shipping costs are added. However, you can achieve this by combining WooCommerce’s built-in features with additional plugins.

You can set up shipping zones in WooCommerce. For the countries not covered, you can use the “Locations not covered by your other zones” option. For these locations, you can set the shipping method as a “Flat rate” and set a high or unusual cost, like $99999. This would effectively put the order on hold, as customers are unlikely to proceed with such a high shipping cost.

Then, you can use the WooCommerce Order Status Manager plugin to create a custom order status like “Awaiting Shipping Cost”. You can manually change the status of these orders to “Awaiting Shipping Cost” and add the actual shipping cost. You would then need to contact the customer to inform them of the exact cost and ask them to complete the payment.

I hope this helps and let us know if you have any other questions.

Free plugins would be a preferable rather than paid plugins, is there something that would give the same functionality as the Woocommerce Order Status Manager as a free plugin?

Hi @sreford,

Unfortunately, we do not promote third-party plugins on this forum. In that case, you can try running a search from your favorite search engine from the www.remarpro.com plugin repository to see what you can get, similar to the WooCommerce Order Status Manager.

While there are free plugins available, they may not provide the same comprehensive functionalities, and the support level may not be as robust as with our premium plugins.

We understand the importance of cost-effectiveness, and we assure you that our premium plugins, including the WooCommerce Order Status Manager, are priced competitively and offer great value for their features and the support provided.

Thank you for understanding.