4 Easy Steps to Set up Flat Rate Shipping Quickly

Flat Rate Shipping is a basic shipping solution in Magento 2, generally used when some carriers offer flat-rate packaging. When users choose Flat Rate, a standard rate of shipping charge is applied for per item or per shipment, regardless of its weight or size. This means that the shipping fee is estimated exactly at the beginning.

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Let’s discover how to set up your flat rate shipping in Magento backend:

STEP 1: Look for Stores on the left-side bar of Admin homepage, click Configuration below.

STEP 2: In the Sales section, click Shipping Methods and flat rate shipping configuration will appear.

STEP 3Click  on the right side of screen to expand the setting. You need to follow the instruction below

  1. Choose “Yes” in Enabled This action will allow Flat Rate method for customer to choose in the Estimate Shipping and Tax section of shopping cart and Shipping section of checkout page.
  2. Name your Flat Rate method in Title For example: “Flat Rate”, “Flat Rate Shipping”, etc.
  3. In the Method Name¸ enter the name of method that will appear beside the calculated rate in the shopping cart. If admin tap “Use system value”, this will be “Fixed”. But he/she is able to use other name that is well-fitted such as “Plus Handling”.
  4. The Type box is to control the use of Flat Rate Shipping:
  • “None”: this option is to deactivate the payment type. If admin choose this, the shipping fee of Flat Rate method that appears on screen is zero.
  • “Per Order”: a fixed shipping charge will be applied for each order. This means that with a predefined fee, customers are able to place as many products within an order as they want.
  • “Per Item”: a fixed shipping charge will be applied for each item. This means that the shipping fee will be estimated base on the quantity of products in an order whether they are one type of products or not.
  1. In the Price box, register the fee that you want to apply.
  2. The Calculate Handling Fee box is used to control your additional handling fee. There are 2 options to choose:
  • Fixed
  • Percent
  1. In the Handling Fee, admin need to enter the rate based on the chosen Calculate Handling fee. If admin chooses “Percent”, enter the fraction without the “%” symbol” such as “0.05” or “0.1”. If admin chooses “Fixed”, enter the amount of fee there.
  2. Enter or paste the Displayed Error Message to create a message box notifying customers in case Flat Rate Shipping is not available.
  3. In the Ship to Applicable Countries box, choose “Specific Countries” and select each country that can apply Flat Rate Shipping or click “All Allowed Countries” to allow customers from all countries in your store settings to be offered this shipping method.
  4. In the Sort Order box, enter a number to arrange the order of Free Shipping option in a list of methods. For example: 0 for the first, 1 for the second, etc.

STEP 4: Click Save Config to complete.

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