[Shopify] How Shipping Works

Shipping Rates for Scheduled Orders are managed and powered by your connected QPilot Site. 


Merchants can create and manage Shipping Rates in their connected QPilot Site by visiting Shopify > Apps >> Autoship Cloud >> Shipping Rates. To learn more about how Shipping Rates Work see here: QPilot Shipping Rates

3 Important Features of Shipping Rates

  1. Automated
  2. Matched to Specific Scheduled Order Conditions
  3. Optimized for Lowest Cost

How a Shipping Rate Is Automatically Applied to a Scheduled Order

A Shipping Rate is automatically applied to a Scheduled Order when it matches a cascading set of rules that are defined on the Shipping Rate. 

  1. A Shipping Rate is validated by matching Scheduled Order and Product(s) data.
  2. A Shipping Rate is validated by matching the Shipping Address of the Scheduled Order.
  3. Matching Shipping Rates are filtered by following an order of "specificity" to see if they are available and can be applied to a Scheduled Order.

How the "Default" Shipping Rate is Automatically Applied to Each Scheduled Order

When all available Shipping Rates have been determined for a Scheduled Order, the Shipping Rate that is the lowest cost will be labeled as "Default" and automatically applied to the Scheduled Order.

If no Shipping Rates are available for the Scheduled Order, the Scheduled Order fails ( processing error #1002).  This error occurs when there is no Shipping Rate found for the Scheduled Order.

For additional details on how Shipping Rates work see here: QPilot Shipping Rates

Shopify Shipping Examples

Free Shipping at Checkout for Autoship Orders

Free Shipping can be enabled at checkout for Autoship orders if the cart includes exclusively Autoship items via Shopify discounts.

  1. From Shopify > Discounts create a "Free shipping" Shipping discount and select "Automatic discount".

  2. Set the Purchase type to "Subscription".

Result: "Free Shipping Discount will apply to a checkout order containing Autoship items.

Local Pickup

When local pickup is selected at checkout, the local pickup address will be applied to the Scheduled Order as the shipping address. To apply a local pickup shipping rate to the recurring orders, create a rate containing the local pickup address in Autoship Cloud > Settings > Shipping Rates.

  1. Create a new Shipping Rate and give it a name (for example, "Local Pickup") within Autoship Cloud > Settings > Shipping Rates.
  2. Enter the local pickup address.
  3. For the Base Price of the Shipping Rate, enter a value (for example, $0).

Result: "Local Pickup" shipping rate applies only when a Scheduled Order has an address matching that of your local pickup address.