Multi-Origin Shipping Methods and Rates for Shopify
Set up your Shopify shipping methods based on multiple ship from locations or vendors. Automatically select the optimal origin for the product to ship from if it is available in multiple ones. Split shipping or sum up shipping rates by origins on Shopify checkout.
What is Shopify Multi-Origin Shipping?
Multi-Origin Shipping (aka Multi-Source Shipping or Multi-Vendor Shipping) feature for Shopify allows you to set up shipping methods and rates based on multiple ship from locations. For example, your FedEx shipping option may serve the warehouse in Los Angeles, while UPS serves New York warehouse. Our Multi-Origin algorithm automatically selects the optimal origin for the product to ship from if it is available in multiple locations. It is also compatible with Shopify locations and Shopify order routing rules. You may whether split shipments or sum up shipping rates by origins.
Shopify Multi-Origin Shipping: Key Features and Benefits
Multi-Vendor Shipping for Shopify
Origin-based shipping methods for Shopify
Shipping rates highly depend on location your orders are shipped from. If you ship from multiple locations, Calcurates app for Shopify will help you to set up individual shipping methods for each of your vendors or warehouses.
Origin mapping using Shopify Locations
Multi-Origin shipping for Shopify is fully compatible with Shopify locations and Shopify order routing rules based on stock availability or distance.
Origin mapping using the Shopify "Vendor" parameter
Alternatively you may map Origins with Shopify "Vendor" product parameter values and then Calcurates will be responsible for Origin selection based on the distance and your custom origin selection routing rules.
See how Calcurates app can overcome Shopify's Multi-Vendor Shipping limitations
The need to use Shopify Locations for multi-origin shipping
For origin mapping Calurates supports not only Shopify Locations, but also the "Vendor" product parameter
Lack of flexibility for multi-origin shipping rates calculations
With Calcurates you may configure Carrier Real-Time Rates or Table Rates and Methods for multiple origins or vendors
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Shopify Multi-Origin Shipping Rates from Major Carriers
Connect own carrier accounts to Calcurates for displaying most accurate real-time rates for certain Shipping Origins at Shopify checkout
Why Do You Need Multi-Origin Shipping for Shopify?
Shipping rates depend not only on the location you ship your orders to but also on the location you ship them from. If you ship from multiple locations, the Calcurates app for Shopify will help you to set up individual shipping methods for each of your vendors or warehouses.
How to use Multi-Origin Shipping for Shopify?
Popular Shopify storefront shipping challenges solved
UPS shipping rates from warehouse #1 and USPS rates for warehouse #2
With Calcurates app for Shopify you may set individual shipping methods per every location or vendor.
Select optimal origins for the Shopify order
Calcurates multi-origin algorithms select optimal origins for the Shopify order if products available in multiple warehouses considering distance and minimum number of origins for the order.
Sum up shipping rates between multiple origins
You may sum up individual shipping rates by origins and display a single price for shipping at Shopify checkout if order is shipped from multiple locations.
Or split shipping by origins
You may also split shipping at Shopify checkout using Shopify Split Shipping. Customers will need to select shipping method per each origin. The Calcurates app is fully compatible with Shopify Split Shipping.
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Multi-Origin Shipping for Shopify — FAQ
Popular questions answered
With Shopify multi-origin shipping, orders are fulfilled from more than one place. This may be needed if a store has more than one warehouse, vendors or dropshipping suppliers, or other ways to get orders to customers.
There are 2 options for mapping Calcurates Origins with Shopify: 1) Shopify Locations 2) Shopify "Vendor" parameter values. If you map Origins with Shopify Locations and the item is stocked in multiple Locations, then Shopify is responsible for selecting the right Location to ship from according to Shopify order routing rules. If you map Origins with Shopify "Vendor" parameter values and the item has multiple values (stocked in multiple Origins), then Calcurates is responsible for selecting the right Origin to ship from according to Origin selection algorithms.
Yes, you can display a single aggregated shipping rate on Shopify checkout if order is shipped from multiple locations. In this case the "Split shipping" feature must be turned off in your Shopify admin.
Yes, you can split shipping on Shopify checkout if order is shipped from multiple locations. For this you should map Calcurates Origins with Shopify Locations and the "Split shipping" feature must be turned on in your Shopify admin.
How to Configure Shopify Multi-Origin Shipping with Calcurates
Multi-Origin is a built-in Calcurates Shopify app feature. Set up your shipping methods based on multiple warehouses through a simple interface with the help of a step-by-step guide.
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