How Several Shipping Rules Combine on One Order

When more than one shipping rule matches an order, Profitario first picks one rule per item. Then it combines the rules of the order as the setting Multi-item shipping says.

Where

In the sidebar: Shipping, then Settings.

Who

Stores with more than one shipping rule.

Updates

When you save the setting, you choose which orders are recalculated.

Which Rule an Item Gets#

One rule per item. For every item of an order, Profitario checks the levels from the most specific down. The first level with a matching rule decides:

1. 1Is there a rule for this product or variant (Level 5)?

   Yes

   Yes

   The product rule is used. Product tag, country and All orders rules are skipped for this item.
   No
2. 2Is there a rule for one of the product's tags (Level 4)?

   Yes

   Yes

   The product tag rule is used. Country and All orders rules are skipped.
   No
3. 3Is there a rule for the delivery country (Level 2)?

   Yes

   Yes

   The country rule is used. The All orders rule is skipped.
   No
4. 4Is there an All orders rule (Level 1)?

   Yes

   Yes

   The All orders rule is used.
   No
5. The item has no shipping cost from rules.

Several rules on the same level. When more than one rule of that level matches, these decide, in this order:

1. A rule limited to countries beats a rule without that limit. This applies to product and tag rules with Limit to specific countries.
2. On Level 5, a rule for the variant beats a rule for the whole product.
3. The higher Priority wins.
4. With equal priority, the rule with fewer countries wins. A rule for Ireland beats a rule for all EU countries that also lists Ireland.
5. After that, the older rule wins.

The amount plays no role. A more specific rule wins even when it is cheaper.

Order tags come on top. A rule for Orders with tags (Level 3) is not part of this choice. See Orders with tags is different below.

See It in the Rules List#

The rules list on the Shipping page shows your rules in the order Profitario checks them: Products and variants first, then Product tags, Order tags, Countries and Default last. Only levels that have rules appear. Each group starts with a header row with the number of rules and when they are used. The note under the list shows the ranking within a level.

When another country rule wins for some of a country rule's countries, the Country column says so, for example Not used in Ireland (own rule). The rule is skipped in those countries. Under Scope details, country rules show All products and the All orders rule shows All products not covered above.

The same rule counts once. When all items of an order end up with the same rule, the order gets that rule's cost once. With Tiered rules, the items that share a rule are counted or weighed together.

Multi-Item Shipping#

When items of one order end up with different rules, the setting Multi-item shipping decides. Click Settings on the Shipping page:

1. ASum all itemsThe costs of all rules on the order are added. This is the default.
2. BHighest onlyOnly the rule with the highest cost counts.
3. CLowest onlyOnly the rule with the lowest cost counts. A free shipping rule ($0.00) then beats every other rule.

The same dialog holds the Default weight unit (kg or lb, used by weight tiers of rules without their own unit) and the Shipping Label Import (Import Shopify Shipping Labels).

Example. A store has an All orders rule of $4.80 per order and a rule for one bulky product of $12.00 per order. An order contains the bulky product and a second, ordinary item.

An order with only the bulky product costs $12.00 with every option, because no item uses the All orders rule.

Orders with tags is different. A rule with the scope Orders with tags is not picked per item. An order gets at most one such rule, chosen by the same ranking. Profitario calculates it once for the whole order, then combines it with the rules of the items as Multi-item shipping says. With Sum all items, a $3.00 rule for the order tag "express" and a $4.80 All orders rule give $7.80 for a tagged order.

Multi-item shipping only combines rules. Carrier costs, label costs, supplier costs and the amount the customer paid replace all rules. When an order has several of these real costs, they are always added up, never reduced to the highest or lowest.

To save a change, click Continue, choose which orders are recalculated and click Save. The options are Future orders only, All existing orders (preselected) and From a specific date.