Shipping: Posting Orders to Customers

What This Page Does

Store Settings → Shipping is only for orders you post. Pickup and local delivery have their own page, Pickup & Delivery.

Shipping is completely optional. Plenty of shops never post a thing, and that’s a perfectly normal way to run a shop.

Open Shipping →

Turning It On

1. Under Do you ship orders?, choose I post orders to customers.
2. Choose Where will you ship to? Anywhere in the US, or (on Bloom) only certain states or ZIP codes.
3. Set What do you charge for postage?: One price, any order, or A price per size so big heavy things cost more.
4. Optional: Free postage over an order amount. Shoppers spend more when it is set.
5. Press Save.

The Right now box tells you what shoppers are being offered.

Choosing Which Products Ship

Shipping only appears at checkout for products marked I ship this. Set it in the product editor under Getting It to Your Customer. Anything left on Pickup / local only stays pickup, even in the same basket.

Pricing by size? Give each product its size in that same section. A product with no size uses your fallback price.

Things to Consider

• Check your state’s cottage food law before you post anything. Many states don’t allow shipping cottage food.
• Fresh baked goods and produce rarely travel well. Jams, honey, dry mixes and dried herbs usually do.
• Weigh a packed box before you set your price, so postage doesn’t eat your margin.