shipping question

Hello @leroytuttle!

I made a shipping class for the mug called fragile mug and thought if I added the price to that in the shipping class costs it would work…but noooooo it doesn’t.

You need to do the following to make it works.

1. Create the “fragile” class.
2. Add the class “fragile” to the specific product(Mug).
3. Set the price for the “fragile” class. Screenshot: https://snipboard.io/UBHpku.jpg

Here is a detailed guide on how to do the above. → https://octolize.com/blog/woocommerce-shipping-classes/

Let us know how it goes!

Mashi
I’ve done this it doesn’t work, I just added the single price in class and what the issue is now is that 2 different products with 2 different shipping prices in one country, don’t add together when in cart. so if one 7.55, the other is 12.50 to ship it would be 20.05 in shipping, instead it says 11.50. It’s not recognizing separate rates. I have a different class for each item each class has a price.
thank you

• This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by leroy.

Hi @leroytuttle, thanks for writing back!

To help us troubleshoot, can you share the steps that we can take to reproduce the behavior on our side, with a link to those products?

Also, could you please share a copy of your site’s System Status? 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.

I hope to hear from you soon! All the best,

Andrea,

When I first started I was clueless about shipping classes. So I would put the price in the cost. I needed also to have a 4 dolla extra charge for addtional items. Sew all this did was not distinguish and double the prices whenever I’d put a item in cart like 2, it would double the price. Then I was told to do the 4* [qty] that worked then it didn’t as it added the 4 twice, so I was told to do 4* [qty] -4 it worked. Low and behold I then learn about shipping classes, duh..so I took the 4* [qty] out of cost and made two different shipping classes, fragile-for glassware, normal for clothes.and added the 4* [qty] to my shipping class price. well it worked but now it’s doing is…if I put two items in the cart it doubles, then adds the 4 for the additional item. It should be one item shipping price then the other item 4 instead of 2 different shipping prices. I dunno I explained it the best I could but I’m just getting more confused the more I mess around with this. this is what I now have in shipping class
7.55 +( 4* [qty] – 4 ). if that’s not right let me know

Hello,

Thanks for writing back!

It’s not yet totally clear what you’re trying to achieve. Please consider the following example – check the image below for reference:

• head to your Flat Rate shipping settings
• set Cost to 5 * [qty] – this will assume that shipping any item on your store will cost a minimum of $5
• then for the mugs and shirts shipping class cost insert the additional cost for each class – that is, the amount to be added on top of the base cost – I’ve chosen $2.50 for mugs and $1 for shirts
• finally, set Calculation type to “Per class”

Link to image: https://snipboard.io/VsMtj2.jpg

Make sure you have added the shipping class to each product, like shown here:

Link to image: https://snipboard.io/EAiGDW.jpg

The expected behavior for this configuration is:

• each unit in the cart will be charged a minimum of $5
• if there are products from a specific shipping class, that cost will be added on top
• for example, if you add 3 mugs and 2 shirts to the cart, the shipping cost will be 5 * $5 + $2.50 + $1 = $28.50

With a few tweaks to the settings show on the screenshot, you could have different outcomes:

• if on the Calculation type, you switch to “Per order” then only the most expensive class surcharge will be added, and the final cost would be 5 * $5 + $2.50 = $27.50
• if you would like the class surcharge to be added for each individual item from each class, you would keep “Per class” and change the class cost to 2.50 * [qty] and 1 * [qty], and the final cost would be 5 * $5 + 3 * $2.50 + 2 * $1 = $34.50

If none of these suit your goals, it’s best that you give us a concrete, real world example of how you would like your shipping costs to work – don’t worry with WooCommerce lingo or what has been done or discussed before.

We’ll try to provide a solution.