How do I set my shipping costs, with TWM as my European supplier?

Shipping costs are often a tricky issue when running a dropshipping shop: what shipping costs do you charge? Is it more convenient to include shipping costs already in the selling price? How do I deal with different packages and sizes? In this blog you will read how to best set your shipping costs if you use TWM as your European supplier.

Shipping costs at TWM

TWM ships throughout almost all of Europe. This European dropshipping supplier charges different rates per country and per type of package. Below are the rates for shipping to the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, per package.

What exactly do the different package types mean and how do I translate them to the shipping settings in Shopify? That depends on the weight of the products in the order in Shopify. Basically, you can set your shipping costs in Shopify exactly as shown in the table above.

Curious about TWM's shipping costs and delivery times to countries other than the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany? Check out more information on TWM's website here.

Shipping labels in the GOGETTERS Dropshipping App

To pass on the shipping rates per order to your customer who orders something on your webshop, fictive weights have been added to the products of TWM in our dashboard. These fictitious weights are not the exact weights of the products, but they allow you to set up your shipping settings in Shopify better than before.

These notional weights are divided into labels. Every TWM product in our system, contains one of these labels with its corresponding weight:

XS = 1 KG

S = 5 KG

M = 35 KG

L = 60 KG

XL = 80 KG

Suppose your customer orders five products labeled S as the fictive weight (5 kg per product). Then the total notional weight, will be 25 kg. As shown in the table earlier in this blog, there can be a maximum of 34.99 kg of notional weight in a small package at TWM.

So that means an order can contain a maximum of 6 products with a notional weight of 5kg (total 30kg notional weight), to pay the shipping cost of a small parcel at TWM. In this way, it also works for medium packages, large packages and pallets. The fictive weight of the products in the order is added together. Based on that, the shipping costs for the respective order are calculated.

How do I set my shipping costs within Shopify, using TWM's rates?

You set your shipping costs as follows, in your Shopify account:

1. Log in to your Shopify account.
2. Click on the Settings tab in the lower left corner.
3. Go to "Shipping and Delivery.
4. Under Shipping, click on Manage rates.
5. Under "Shipping from," select the GOGETTERS location in your shop.
6. Then click 'Create shipping zone' and choose the country you want to set the rates for. If you are shipping to Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, we recommend setting up three shipping zones. Each country has its own shipping rates.
7. Choose the country you want to set the rates for and click done.
8. Select 'add rates' and set 'rates' by package type. Select 'set up your own rates' and 'add conditions'. Use the table in this blog for that.
9. Under 'add conditions' you can set the weights per package as shown in the table. There you can add a shipping rate per package type.
10. Click "Save. Once an order is now placed, Shopify automatically calculates which shipping rate applies to your order.

In the end, your shipping settings will look like the screenshot below. In this example, we used TWM's European shipping rates with corresponding weights:

If you want to apply the weight labels across all your products, send us an email at [email protected] or call or app us at +31 35 203 11 52. If you don't, the weights will remain as they are now.