Shipping Settings: Setting Up Rates and Zones

What This Page Does

Shipping Settings controls how customers can receive your products and what you charge for it — flat rate, free shipping over a minimum, local pickup only, or a combination. This page is what customers see when they reach checkout and choose their delivery method.

Setting Up Local Pickup

1. Go to Settings → Shipping.
2. Enable Local Pickup and add your pickup location details (general neighborhood is fine — you don’t have to give your home address).
3. Set pickup to free or add a nominal fee if you have a specific pickup window.

Setting Up Flat Rate Shipping

1. Click Add Shipping Zone and name it (e.g., “United States”).
2. Add Flat Rate as a shipping method and enter your rate.
3. Optionally add Free Shipping as an additional method with a minimum order amount (e.g., free shipping over $50).

Things to Consider

• Many cottage food products don’t ship well — perishable baked goods, fresh produce. Consider offering local pickup or local delivery only.
• Preserved goods (jams, honey, dried herbs) ship well. USPS Priority Mail Regional Rate boxes are often the most cost-effective.
• If you sell both shippable and non-shippable items, you can set shipping restrictions on individual products in the product editor.