Choose shipping and delivery methods for your store

Choose shipping and delivery methods for your store

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Last updated June 10, 2026 14:40

Find the best way to deliver your physical product to customers.

Create a shipping strategy for your business by comparing shipping methods to find the best fit. You can add as many shipping options as you need.

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Flat rate shipping

Use flat rate shipping to apply a per-order fee that applies to any order, regardless of the total number of items or product weight. You can also use flat rate shipping to create a per-item fee, or add a free shipping option.

Recommended for:

Small packages of high-value merchandise where shipping is negligible to the item cost, like jewelry.
Stores where all products are roughly the same weight and size.

Tip: If you have an existing Etsy store, you can import your flat rate shipping rates to your Squarespace store. Learn more about importing your Etsy shipping rates.

Weight-based shipping

Use weight-based shipping to charge shipping based on the total weight of all physical products in an order. You can create weight tiers to cover various products and any products exceeding your pre-set ranges.

Weight-based shipping doesn’t account for package dimensions or shipping distance, but you can limit it to a specific shipping zone to control for distance. To use this option, you must enter the weight for all of your products.

Recommended for businesses where weight is critical but all of your products are similar in size.

Carrier calculated shipping

If you’re on a Core plan or higher, or a Business plan or higher, use carrier calculated shipping to automatically calculate shipping costs based on the retail rates for popular carriers in your country.

Carrier calculated shipping takes location, weight, and dimensions into account to give estimates based on true shipping costs. To use this option, you must enter package dimensions and weights for each physical product.

Recommended for:

Packages where the cost of shipping is a significant percentage of the price and depends on product dimensions.
Larger items where increased distance adds a lot of costs.
Many different types of items that require different shipping costs.

Local pickup and delivery options

You can also create local pickup and delivery options so nearby customers can pick up their orders for free, or receive them via a local courier service.

Limit shipping options with fulfillment profiles

You can limit shipping options to specific products or groups of products by creating fulfillment profiles. This is a useful option if some of your products require special shipping arrangements.

Use extensions for more shipping options

In addition to our built-in shipping options, we have Squarespace Extensions, a collection of third-party tools, to streamline your shipping. If you connect these extensions, you still need to set up shipping rates in Squarespace.

Enable print-on-demand, drop shipping, and fulfillment services

You can connect your store to print-on-demand, drop shipping, or fulfillment services using our inventory and products or shipping and fulfillment extensions.

Simplify return orders

You can simplify customer returns by connecting the Returns Center by Aftership extension. If a customer needs to return a product, they can print a return label and ship the product back to you.

Note: Our scope of support for extensions is limited. Our support team can help you connect or disconnect extensions, but we can’t help troubleshoot issues with their use. We recommend reviewing the Squarespace forum for more help.

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Choose shipping and delivery methods for your store