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How to create a shipping zone

Create shipping zones for the areas you charge different shipping prices for, such as a state, a group of states or a postcode range.

A shipping zone is an area you deliver to. It can be a whole country, one or more states, or a range or list of postcodes (ZIP codes in the US). You use shipping zones in your shipping rates to charge different prices for different areas.

Before you start

  • Decide which areas need their own shipping price, for example Sydney Metro, East Coast and Western Australia in Australia, or West Coast and Northeast in the US.

  • You need access to Shipping settings for your brand.

Create a shipping zone

  1. Go to Settings > My Brand > Shipping.

  2. Next to Shipping Zones, click Edit.

  3. If a Country hasn't been added yet, select one from the dropdown then Add Country.

  4. A Country can be a zone on it's own or you can set more specific areas by adding a Region.

  5. Click Add Region.

  6. In Region Name, type a name for the shipping zone, for example East Coast. Customers don't see this name.

  7. Click Add Criteria. A list of states opens.

  8. Click each state you want in the shipping zone. Each state you click adds a row under Region Criteria and shows a tick in the list.

  9. Click Done. The shipping zone now shows as a list of its states.

  10. Repeat steps 3 to 7 for each shipping zone you need.

  11. Click Save at the bottom of the page.

Important: your shipping zones are only kept when you click Save. If you leave or refresh the page first, your changes are lost.

Example shipping zones

  • East Coast: Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria

  • Middle States: Northern Territory and South Australia

  • Western Australia: Western Australia

  • Tasmania: Tasmania

Add a country

To ship to another country, choose it from Add a Country at the top of the Shipping Zones page, click Add Country, then click Save.

What happens next

A new shipping zone doesn't change what customers pay until you use it in a shipping rate. Next, set up your shipping rates and choose a price for each shipping zone.

Troubleshooting

My shipping zone disappeared. The shipping zone wasn't saved. Create it again and click Save before leaving the page.

I only want part of a state. Use the Postcode Filter to limit the state to certain postcodes or ZIP codes.

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