Shipping Operations

Shipping operations customize the shipping rates customers see at checkout. Build an operation to hide, rename, or sort them.

Shopify Delivery Groups

Shopify’s fulfillment process can split a cart into multiple “packages” - shipping is calculated for each “package”, also known as a Delivery Group. If the checkout contains multiple Delivery Groups, each operation is evaluated for each group. This means that an operation only has the context of the current group - it will not be able to evaluate items or destination address from a different group. Contact support and we can share how your checkouts are fulfilling checkout items.

Available operations

• Hide shipping rates: hide matched rates, show them when conditions apply, or keep all matched rates tied at the lowest or highest price.
• Rename shipping rates: change the name shown at checkout and add translations when your plan supports them.
• Sort shipping rates: order rates by a field or by custom priority buckets.

Conditions

Shipping Line Item Value, Line Item Weight, Line Item Quantity, and Shipping Rate Cost conditions use the current delivery group. In a checkout with multiple delivery groups, their values and the operation’s result can differ by group. See Conditions and Condition types for condition types and operators.

Plan support

All plans include the core shipping operation types. Lowest/Highest modes, and condition collection filtering, require Advanced or higher. Additional locale translations for Rename operations require Pro. See Plans for the current comparison.

See also

• Conditions: understand optional conditions and AND logic.
• Order of operations: understand how the order of shipping operations can affect checkout.
• App Health: understand publishing and blocked changes.