Follow this step-by-step guide to configure your Shopify store to sell Inkthreadable products to anyone, anywhere in the world.

Shopify offers two methods for handling shipping costs for your customers: price-based and weight-based.

We'll use weight-based rules as they allow you to mimic our shipping costs and ensure that customers always cover the postage cost.

Shipping costs vary by parcel weight and destination, so you'll be setting up a profile in Shopify to match Inkthreadable's pricing structure – easy peasy!

If this all sounds a bit overwhelming, don't panic – by the end of this guide, it'll all make perfect sense, and you won't ever have to do this again.

Let's get to it and set you up with shipping rates for worldwide fulfilment.
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Head to your Shopify dashboard, then click Settings > Store details to get started.

We will set the weight units to Kilogrammes (since this is used for the weight of Inkthreadable products).

Scroll down to the Time zone and units of measurement section and change the Unit System to "Metric System" and the Default weight unit to "Kilogram (kg)".
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Click Save to apply the changes.

Changing these settings changes the default weights for calculating shipping.
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Since we're using weight-based shipping, you'll also need to make sure your products have weight values assigned to them.

If you're just getting started and don't yet have any products listed in your Shopify store, you can ignore this step (though it may be helpful to understand the method if you plan to create any products manually).

Any products exported from Inkthreadable to Shopify will automatically have the correct weight values assigned to them. We recommend syncing products from Inkthreadable to your store for this reason, and you can always edit the finer details afterwards.

But if you already have some products that you created manually in your Shopify store, follow the process in the drop-down below to ensure your shipping is calculated correctly:

In the latest edition of Shopify, you must enable International markets before setting up worldwide shipping rates.

You may already have set this up during your Shopify onboarding, but we'll provide instructions for the most straightforward set-up that will allow you to ship to a worldwide market, just in case.

To get started, head to Settings > Markets.

Once you've assigned weights to each of your products and enabled the international market, we can move on to setting your shipping rates.

Before we get started, it's worth mentioning that your shipping rates don't need to match ours. We simply pass on the cost of shipping to you, and to keep this cost as low as possible, we don't make any profit ourselves from shipping your parcels.

You can charge your customers less to offer them cheaper shipping, more to increase your profit, or nothing if you want to offer free shipping. In each case, we'll still charge the rates listed on our site.

Please note: the prices in this guide were last updated in July 2024. We always aim to keep this guide updated, but we recommend following the rates from the shipping costs page if you view this in the future.

Head to your Shopify Dashboard > Settings > Shipping and Delivery to create your rates.

Then, click "Manage" next to General shipping rates.

If you plan to sell only Inkthreadable products, you'll need to check that the Inkthreadable Warehouse location is included in your General shipping origins. Scroll to Not shipping from, click "Add rates" next to Inkthreadable Warehouse and then "Use same rates as".

However, if you plan to sell products from a mixture of suppliers or even ship some yourself, we'll need to separate the Inkthreadable Warehouse location before adding new rates.

To do that, open up the Shipping Origins drop-down. Next to Inkthreadable Warehouse (App), click "Manage", then select "New rates for Inkthreadable Warehouse".

Click Done, then scroll down to the new profile that's been created for the Inkthreadable Warehouse App location.

To add new rates for your Inkthreadable products, click "Create Zone" (if you didn't separate the fulfilment location in the last step, delete any existing zones to start from scratch).

Then, name the zone "United Kingdom" and search for this region in the box below. Click the checkbox next to the United Kingdom, then Done to save the zone.

Your zone should look like this:

Next, we'll create a rate for the weight brackets available with each shipping method, starting with Royal Mail 48 Tracked.

Add Royal Mail 48 Tracked Shipping

Now, you'll need to repeat those steps for several more rates following the table below:

*This rate above 6kg+ will rarely be used but may be worth adding if you expect large orders on Shopify. It covers orders between 61 - 120 x t-shirts or 31 - 60 x hoodies.

You can change the rate names if you wish - however, the words "48 Tracked" / "24 Tracked" and "Courier" are keywords and must be included for the order to be received on the correct method via the integration. Learn more about keywords.

Once you're done, it'll look something like this:

Remember to click 'Save'. You've now set up your rates for the UK!

Next, click Create Zone. Add zone name Europe Zone 1.

Then, you'll need to enter each European nation manually. The list is included below and, regretfully, cannot be copied/pasted in full since only one country can be entered at a time.
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We suggest copying/pasting one country at a time and selecting the box; it should only take a few minutes!

Now, let's add the rates to this zone. The steps are the same as previous rates, following the table below:

Now, click Create Zone again. Add zone name Europe Zone 2.

Then, you'll need to enter each European nation manually. The list is included below and, regretfully, cannot be copied/pasted in full since only one country can be entered at a time.
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We suggest copying/pasting one country at a time and selecting the box; it should only take a few minutes!

Now, let's add the rates to this zone. The steps are the same as previous rates, following the table below:

Once you're done, you'll have 7 rates within your Europe zone:
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Next, we're going to create a zone for the USA.

Click Create Zone. Add zone name USA, and then add the United States under Countries.

Then, add the rates to this zone to match the following table.

Once you're done, the zone will appear as follows:
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You're halfway there! Click Save to apply the changes so far.

Click Create Zone, enter the 'Zone Name' Canada and select the Canada region to include all 13 provinces.

Then, follow the process Add rate using the details of this table:

Once complete, it'll look like this:

Almost there... All we need to do now is update your rates for the rest of the world.

The last steps to finish your rates are to cover the rest of the world. All remaining countries will be covered under one zone.

Click the Create zone link one last time. This zone should be called Rest of World, and rather than searching or adding countries manually, you should check any box that isn't yet greyed out due to being included in a previous zone.

Then, using the Add rate process, follow the rates in this table:

Once done, it'll look something like this:

Don't forget to hit Save again to apply the changes.

And that's it. You've now created rates for all services shipping to all destinations!
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We recommend reviewing your shipping profile to double-check your condition columns and prices. It's so easy to accidentally type an extra 0 or forget to add a minimum weight, which could cause checkout errors for your customers.

We've provided screenshots to make it easy for you to check your profiles. Do it now!

At this stage, it's a good idea to add some products to your basket to see the shipping rates in action. Test different product combinations and shipping destinations to ensure your store calculates the prices correctly. If not, see our troubleshooting article.
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