Shipping with Shopify
At this blog, we share tips, best practices, and updates to help you optimize your Shopify store’s shipping operations. Insights on setting up shipping methods, automating order processing, handling returns, or making the most of carrier services, we've got you covered.
Shipping to the US After De Minimis: What Shopify Merchants Need to Know
One-line definition: US de minimis was the rule that let parcels valued under $800 enter the United States free of duties and formal customs entry - and as of 29 August 2025 it's gone, meaning ever...
The Logistics of Sustainability
One-line definition: sustainable shipping is reducing the real environmental impact of getting orders to customers - fewer emissions, less packaging, fewer wasted journeys - by changing how you act...
Shopify Market-Driven Shipping: What It Is and What Changes for Your Store
One-line definition: market-driven shipping is Shopify's new way of setting up shipping, where your delivery options and rates live inside each market (for example Finland, Sweden or Norway) instea...
Nordic Black Friday & Christmas Shipping Deadlines 2026
Last updated 28 September 2026. Carriers publish their Christmas dates at different times. Where a 2026 date isn't out yet we show last year's date and flag it, and we'll update this page as soon a...
Small Business Guide to Negotiating Carrier Rates
One-line definition: negotiating carrier rates means moving off a carrier's published price list onto a custom agreement - discounts on base rates plus caps or waivers on the surcharges - based on ...
Managing Multi-Location Fulfillment
One-line definition: multi-location fulfillment is shipping orders from more than one place - several warehouses, a warehouse plus retail stores, or a mix of your own sites and a third party - with...
Reducing Return Shipping Costs: 5 Strategic Tips
One-line definition: return shipping costs are what you spend physically moving a returned parcel back to you and processing it - the reverse-logistics side of returns, which is usually the single ...
Barcode Scanning for Shopify: The Secret to 99.9% Order Accuracy
One-line definition: barcode scanning is a fulfillment step where the picker scans each item's barcode and checks it against the order before it's packed, so the system - not a tired human eye - co...
Bulk Printing Shipping Labels in Shopify (Manual vs. App)
One-line definition: bulk printing shipping labels means generating and printing labels for many Shopify orders in one batch - filtered by carrier, location, or order type - instead of opening and ...
How to Automate Customs Forms for International Shipping
One-line definition: automating customs forms means capturing the data a cross-border parcel needs - product descriptions, HS codes, values, your EORI and tax numbers - once, then generating the co...
Top 5 Shipping Workflow Automations You Need
One-line definition: shipping workflow automation is the practice of letting software handle the repetitive steps between an order coming in and a parcel going out - choosing delivery options, prin...
Shopify Shipping Rates 101: Comparing Carriers
One-line definition: a Shopify shipping rate is the delivery price a customer sees at checkout - it can be a flat fee, free, calculated from cart weight or value, or a carrier-calculated rate based...
