Shopify: Setting Up Shipping Rates

Learning how to set up Shopify shipping options and rates with Live Ink's

To use our shipping rates on Shopify you will need to configurate Shopify to match the weight-based system rather than the price-based option.

How to change the default unit of weight

As our shipping rates are based on points/weight first off you need to change the weights to Kilogrammes to match ours.

Assigning weight values to your Shopify products

Products will have to have a weight value assigned to them for the postage to work.

All products created on the Live Ink site and exported to your Shopify store with automatically have the point/weight value assigned, so you won’t need to do anything extra, this is why we always recommend creating new productions on our site. So, you can skip this section and go straight to SHIPPING RATES.

If you have existing products on your site and are linking them to our integration then you will need to make sure the weight-based value has been assigned.

Assigning weight values

Below are the point values of items produced by Live Ink. Most items fit into either 100 or 200. Please note the points given in the chart below don’t relate to the actual weight of the garment. We are more interested in the value of the product. The value relates to the weight, size and bulk of the product to calculate the shipping costs.

The prices on our site are subject to change and may differ from the rates shown on this guide. Please check our shipping costs for the most up to date prices to use when setting up your shipping rates. 

SHIPPING RATES

The guide below shows how to set up your shipping rates to match ours, if you want to offer your customer free deliver or charge them more, adjust the prices are you go. Live Inks shipping costs that are charged to you will stay the same, even if you change yours.

Rate name

Keywords for the UK:

• UK Royal Mail 24 Tracked
• UK Royal Mail 48 Tracked
• UK Courier 

Keywords for the rest of the world:

• Europe
• Europe Tracked & Signed
• Australia / New Zealand
• Australia / New Zealand Tracked & Signed
• USA
• USA Tracked & Signed
• International
• International Tracked & Signed

Setting Up International Shipping Rates

We have listed below how to create shipping rates for all international post. You only need to set up the Shipping Rates for the regions / countries you would like to ship to. Make sure that you have set up the Markets (Settings – Markets) for all the territories you would like to sell to before setting up the shipping rates. We recommend making a Market for each of the different postal areas listed below, as this makes it easier when setting up the Shipping Rates.

Europe Shipping Rates

Create Shipping Zone – name it Europe – select European countries from the search box – Add Rate – fill in details as listed below, using the prices based on our Shipping Cost page – click Save

USA Shipping Rates

The USA shipping rates only apply to North America, the rest of the USA would be classed as International.

Create Shipping Zone – name it US – select North America / United States from the search box – Add Rate – fill in details as listed below, using the prices based on our Shipping Cost page – click Save

Australia / New Zealand Shipping Rates

Create Shipping Zone – name it Australia / New Zealand – select Australia / New Zealand from the search box – Add Rate – fill in details as listed below, using the prices based on our Shipping Cost page – click Save

International Shipping Rates

Create Shipping Zone – name it International Shipping Rates – select all other countries that haven’t already been selected in the other postage rates from the search box – Add Rate – fill in details as listed below, using the prices based on our Shipping Cost page WEBLINK – click Save

Packages

Once all the shipping rates have been set up, we recommend running a couple of tests for the different shipping rates.

Once you have done all this, then everything should be set up! Your Shopify store will now charge customers shipping the same rates that Live Ink charges you.