Shipping rules are enabled at the discretion of the marketplace operator. They might not be available in your marketplace. Reach out to your operator if you need assistance regarding the shipping functionality available in your marketplace.
Shipping rules let you provide buyers with shipping options that balance cost and speed by determining shipping costs for an order based on the delivery address and the line items (variants). A shipping rule links one or more shipping zones, shipping profiles and shipping rates.
This topic discusses the generic support for configuring shipping rules through the Seller Portal. Shipping rules are queried, via the GraphQL API, by the operator. The business logic applied is marketplace specific. If shipping rules are available in your marketplace,
Setting a shipping profile on a product variant is optional in Marketplacer, but the marketplace operator may require this field to be set if they are using shipping rules.
You can set a shipping profile by manually editing each variant, by doing a bulk product upload, or by using the API.
How to apply shipping profiles
- Log in to the Seller Portal.
- Go to Products > Manage products.
- Find the product you want to edit.
- Select View product at the far right column.
- Click the Variants tab.
- Click the edit pencil icon at the far right column.
- Select the profile in the Shipping profile dropdown.
To apply shipping profiles in bulk, you can use the bulk product manager.
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