Smart Packaging & Packaging Rules for WooCommerce
Get the most accurate shipping rates at WooCommerce checkout with Smart Packaging. Use Smart Packaging algorithms to pick the optimal packaging automatically for every WooCommerce order based on available packages and product dimensions. Set Packaging Rules to handle your own custom packaging scenarios for WooCommerce.
What is Smart Packaging?
The Smart Packaging feature for WooCommerce allows you to get the most accurate shipping rates from carriers or set your own rates based on dimensions. With the list of available packages and product dimensions, our algorithm finds the optimal packaging for any WooCommerce order and transmits the package's precise final parameters to the carrier. Alternatively, set Packaging Rules to handle your own custom packaging scenarios for WooCommerce.
See how the Smart Packaging feature overcomes WooCommerce shipping limitations
Impossible to apply own "per package", "per box" or "per pallet" shipping rates in WooCommerce
Apply Smart Packaging to unlock the fixed per package (FPP) shipping calculations for WooCommerce
Real-time shipping rates in WooCommerce are based on weight only
Apply dynamic packaging for WooCommerce and get high-accurate real-time rates from major carriers based on packaging result
WooCommerce shipping rates do not consider product dimensions
Set product dimensions with WooCommerce product attributes, map them with Calcurates and get high-accurate shipping rates based on product dimensions and packaging
Impossible to apply custom packaging rules in WooCommerce for high-accurate rates
Set packaging rules based on your unique packaging scenarios for shipping accuracy at WooCommerce checkout level
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Dimensional Shipping Rates from Major Carriers for WooCommerce
Connect your own Carrier accounts and use Smart Packaging & Packaging Rules for UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, Canada Post, Australia Post and other major carriers.
When Do You Need Smart Packaging & Dimensional Shipping for WooCommerce?
By applying Smart Packaging and Packaging Rules you may significantly increase the accuracy of shipping rates calculated and displayed at WooCommerce checkout. All you need is to import your box sizes to Calcurates and set product dimensions with WooCommerce product attributes.
How to Use Smart Packaging for WooCommerce
Popular WooCommerce shipping challenges solved
1. Add Product Dimensions to WooCommerce
Use WooCommerce product attributes to add dimensions length x width x height) to each product in your WooCommerce catalog and map those dimensions with Calcurates.
2. Add Box Sizes for WooCommerce
In your Calcurates account add boxes you use to pack and ship your WooCommerce orders with, their maximum weight capacity and dimensions.
3. Activate Smart Packaging for WooCommerce
Set your own Packaging Rules or allow our default algorithm to choose the optimal packaging for every WooCommerce order in real-time by enabling the Smart Packaging feature for Shipping Options you have set with Calcurates.
4. Apply Packaging Results for Shipping Calculations in WooCommerce
The Calcurates extension for WooCommerce will calculate your own "per package" rates set or request high-accurate real-time shipping rates by sending applied packages with their dimensions and weight to carriers.
How WooCommerce Shipping Rates Accuracy Grows
depending on the data and Calcuartes features you use
low accuracy
Actual Weight
(No Features)
(No Features)
Real-time rates from carriers based on the actual weight of an order. Requires product weights.
medium accuracy
Volumetric / Dimensional Weight
Real-time rates based on Dimensional (volumetric) weight. Requires products weights and one of the following parameters: product dimensions (length x width x height), volume, or volumetric weight. Limitation: ignores stacking products into a single package.
high accuracy
Smart Packaging & Packaging Rules
Real-time shipping rates based on the packaging result: weight and dimensions of the packages in an order. Requires a list of available package sizes, product weights, product dimensions (length x width x height). Packaging might be customized with packaging rules.
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Smart Packaging for WooCommerce — FAQ
Popular questions answered
Yes, you may upload your box sizes for WooCommerce via a CSV file in your Calcurates WooCommerce account > Smart Packaging section. You may also add them manually via user interface.
The weight (g, kg or lb) and dimension (cm or in) units are shared when Calcurates and WooCommerce store are being synced (Website > Settings > Platform Sync). You may specify units for every package individually in package settings and they will be converted to the Website unit.
The algorithm will use the multi-packaging and place the order items in two or more packages. Note, that some carrier services do not support shipping based on multiple packages — this will be specified in your Carrier Shipping Option and a fallback to the Volumetric Weight will be applied.
Set product dimensions using WooCommerce product attributes and map them with the Calcurates WooCommerce plugin in Smart Packaging settings.
You may condition Packaging Rules by SKUs, shipping classes, categories or any WooCommerce product attributes.
There are multiple Packaging Rules algorithms available for WooCommerce with Calcurates plugin: Pack According to Product Dimensions and Weight (default algorithm), Pack Into Fixed Packages by Qty, Pack Into Fixed Packages by Weight, Pack according to product weight, Pack individually, Pack according to product qty and Pack Into Fixed Packages by Qty with Remainders. Learn more from our user guide.
How to Set Up Smart Packaging for WooCommerce with Calcurates
Smart Packaging is a feature included into the Calcurates WooCommerce plugin. Set up Dimensional Shipping using Smart Packaging automation and your own Packaging Rules. Manage WooCommerce shipping rates through a simple interface with the help of a step-by-step guide.
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