Live Shipping Rates / Best Webflow Shipping Practices

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Hi Webflow Community,

I need a solution to a roadblock with Webflow’s e-commerce functionality, and I am now up against a bit of a deadline.

I am reaching the end of a project for a client that involves entirely around a physical product-based e-store and shipping is now the topic in our focus. I am reading in the forums a lot of unrest about not being able to get live rates pushed through to customer checkout.

  1. My first question: are there any third-party platforms that I can use along with my Webflow E-Commerce site-plan to push through lives shipping rates? Note: I’d like to do this without entirely axing Webflow’s e-commerce plan out of my project because of logistical time issues, and simply cause I enjoy Webflow’s native features.

  2. Conditional second question: (if there is no viable live-rate solution) how do you typically handle the setup for shipping rates for your clients?

Shipping pricing and shipping logistics are integral to making a successful e-commerce store, and I’m sad that it is the first time I feel let down by Webflow’s functionality. Maybe I am commenting too soon on the matter, though, but regardless any feedback and suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

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@maxwellx did you ever find any type of solution to your question?

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Hi Maxwell,

I don’t think I’ll be of much help here and I hope you found a solution but essentially I am in the same boat at the moment. I used Zapier to connect the two (Webflow + third-party shipping service) and received good results there regarding WF “New Order” Trigger followed by “Get Rates” from my clients shipping service, and it’s all based off of the product weight + quantity at checkout.

So, although Zapier has been successful there it is however not proving easy to show those live rates at checkout for the customer to select before completing their order. Webflow with its native “Shipping method” functionality is proving to be annoying regarding this and I’m yet to figure out a way to display those live shipping rates at checkout.

I’ll report back if I figure this out mate.

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