WooCommerce sto that of UPS. UPS, on the other hand, provides a much better shipping service as well as support for the freight shipping.
Hence, the best way to use a real-time UPS calculation. How would you go about setting this up? I’m lost. thanks..!”
In this article, we will be covering WooCmmerce Multi-Carrier Shipping plugin and how using this plugin you can save your shipping cost by smartly choosing different shipping carriers based on the product weight.
Setting Up Weight based Shipping Rule
WooCommerce Multi-Carrier Shipping plugin allows sto choose from the shipping carriers like UPS, FexEd, USPS, DHL, and Stamps. It also supports conditional shipping rules based on the product weight. Hence, based on Samantha’s shipping scenario, she can easily set this up using WooCommerce Multi-Carrier Shipping plugin. Since she requires using USPS below 50 pounds and UPS above 50 pounds, we will set up weight based shipping rates for both UPS and USPS.
The image below shows the shipping rule based on Samantha’s scenario.
It is clear from this image that, until the product weight is below 50 lbs, she will only get the USPS shipping rates and UPS shipping rates will be shown on the cart page only when the customer adds products weighing more than 50 lbs.
Summary…
In this article, we discussed the WooCommerce Multi-Carrier Shipping plugin and how using this plugin you can use UPS and USPS based on your product weight. This way store owners can save shipping cost as the shipping carriers have different shipping cost based on the product weight.
If you have any suggestions or queries regarding the article, feel free to share your views in the comments section below.
About the Plugins
WooCommerce Multi-Carrier Shipping plugin
- Get real-time accurate shipping rates
- Supports UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS and Stamps USPS
- Provide discounts on shipping cost
- Table Rate/Conditional Shipping Rules
- Basic Version of the plugin
- Premium Version Cost – $89