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<h1>Automatically Calculate Shipping Rates from New Zealand</h1>
<p><div class="woo-sc-box note  info "> PLEASE NOTE: This plugin is developed by OPMC and is not affiliated with New Zealand Post. For support or enquiries please contact OPMC directly as New Zealand Post is unable to provide assistance with this product.</div><br />
<div class="woo-sc-box ”info”  info "> <strong>NEW PROCESS: </strong>Customer only needs to provide a valid NZ Post Account Number <strong>(TPID) </strong>and <strong>Site Code</strong> to use the Plugin. If customer doesn’t have an NZ Post Account number, please call the NZ POST National Call Center for assistance with query on – <strong>0800 501 501 </strong>or email NZ Post Sales leads – leads@nzpost.co.nz </div></p>
<p>The <em>New Zealand Post</em> Group offers services to help New Zealand run, connecting people, businesses and communities. The NZ Post for WooCommeerce plugin lets you offer New Zealand Post rates to your customers, which are pulled directly from the NZ Post API.</p>
<p>When a customer enters their shipping information, the cost of the order’s shipping is calculated based on the Address fields. Using the weight and dimensions of the product(s)s the plugin enabled an API call which returns the correct shipping rate for the customer. Save time manually calculating shipping costs and avoid unexpected variances shipping costs.</p>
<p>The NZ Post Plugin requires that your store uses NZ Dollars currency and New Zealand as the base country. It primarily works with <span style="font-family: monospace">mm</span> and k<span style="font-family: monospace">g</span>, but can also work with all other Units. Other units can be converted automatically.</p>
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<h2>Calculate Domestic and International Shipping Rates for NZ Packages</h2>
<p>NZ Post can calculate rates worldwide – international and domestic:</p>
<table style="width: 100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Domestic</th>
<th>International</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 8px">
<ul>
<li>ParcelPost</li>
<li>ParcelPost Fast</li>
<li>ParcelPost Tracked</li>
<li>Courier</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="padding: 8px">
<ul>
<li>International Express Courier</li>
<li>International Economy Courier</li>
<li>International Air</li>
<li>International Economy</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Add Handling Fees or Offer Shipping Discounts</h2>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-5065221 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/nz-post-adjust-shipping-rates-1.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="356" /></p>
<p>Easily customise your shipping rates in the plugin’s settings. Modify the service costs by a fixed amount or percentage.</p>
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<h2>Specify Custom Box Sizes</h2>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-5065257 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/packing-methods.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="235" /></p>
<p>Specify the size, maximum weight and dimensions of the boxes you use for shipping. Items will automatically be added to these boxes automatically based on their size and weight.</p>
<h2><strong>Create and Print Labels and Track Parcels with NZ Post Shipping APIs </strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">NZ Post Shipping APIs integration offers the following operations, based on your subscription type:</span></p>
<h3>Multiple Shipping Options on Checkout Page</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Provide multiple shipping options for customers based on location, region and shipping volume.</span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734000778059" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Shgipping-options.gif" alt="" width="980" height="582" /></p>
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<h3>Nearby Collection Points</h3>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400">Provides customers with options for selecting nearby collection points.<br />
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<h3>Easy Order Tracking for Customers</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Customers can track orders directly from their WooCommerce Account and checkout screen</span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734000778113" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Customer-tracking-NZ-Post.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="846" /></p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400"><strong>Shipping Details on Order Detail pages for Merchants</strong></span></h3>
<p>Merchants can print labels and track orders from within Order Detail pages.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734000778120" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/NV-Post-Details-formerchants.jpg" alt="" width="669" height="344" /></p>

New Zealand Post

<p>Offer Shipping Rates Directly from the NZ Post API</p>

<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li><strong>Configure multiple table of rates based on cart items and conditions</strong></li>
<li><strong>Use arithmetic formulas and shortcodes in table rates for dynamic cost calculations</strong></li>
<li><strong>Display shipping methods based on user role, categories, and products</strong></li>
<li><strong>Add row cost, item cost, or percentage cost for precise shipping rates using table rates</strong></li>
<li><strong>Set minimum and maximum thresholds for table rates shipping cost</strong></li>
<li><strong>Apply conditions based on cart dimensions like weight, length, width, and height</strong></li>
<li><strong>Customize shipping labels for better customer understanding</strong></li>
<li><strong>Supports shipping classes and items without shipping classes</strong></li>
<li><strong>Works seamlessly with WooCommerce zones settings</strong></li>
<li><strong>Enable conditional logic to hide or show shipping methods dynamically</strong></li>
</ul>
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<p>Shipping costs play a crucial role in customer decision-making, yet many e-commerce businesses struggle to calculate accurate and fair shipping rates.<br />
Standard shipping methods often fail to account for factors like product weight, dimensions, quantities, or specific cart conditions. As a result, businesses may overcharge or undercharge customers, leading to dissatisfaction and reduced profitability.<br />
Furthermore, the inability to show tailored shipping options based on user roles, product categories, or promotional campaigns limits the flexibility needed for competitive businesses.</p>
<p>The <strong>Conditional Shipping and Table Rates</strong> plugin solves this by providing a highly customizable plugin for calculating shipping rates.<br />
Businesses can configure <strong>Table Rates Shipping</strong> dynamically using product attributes, cart conditions, and formula based logic. Additionally, they can set minimum and maximum costs, display shipping methods conditionally, and set table rates for different user roles or coupons.</p>
<p>This plugin ensures precise, fair, and transparent shipping charges. It empowers store owners to create optimized shipping strategies that enhance customer satisfaction, improve conversions, and boost profitability.</p>
<h2>Benefits</h2>
<h3>Table Rate Shipping</h3>
<p>With the Conditional Shipping and Table Rates extension, you can create multiple shipping rate tables based on factors like product weight, dimensions, shipping classes, and more.</p>
<h3>Weight-Based Shipping</h3>
<p>Set up shipping methods with <strong>table rates</strong> that calculate shipping costs based on the weight of the products in the cart.</p>
<h3>Shipping Based on Dimensions</h3>
<p>Set distinct shipping methods with<strong>table rates </strong> based on the product’s dimensions, ensuring better control when directing customers to shipping methods that accommodate oversized or special items.</p>
<h3>Shipping Based on Cart Content</h3>
<p>You can configure shipping methods and fees based on the cart’s total amount, item quantity, specific products, or categories, allowing for extra fees or special shipping methods based on the customer’s cart contents.</p>
<h3>Conditional Shipping Rates</h3>
<p>This extension gives you more control by offering shipping rates only when certain conditions are met, such as cart value, specific products in the cart, applied coupon codes, and user roles.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734005076268 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/weight-based-conditional-shipping-table-rates-01.png?w=896" alt="conditional logics to apply on table rate shipping method" width="896" height="434" /></p>
<h3>Shipping Per Product, Category, and Class</h3>
<p>Set different <strong>table rates shipping</strong> for individual products, categories, or shipping classes, with the option to define various rates for different quantity ranges.</p>
<h3>Shipping Based on Location</h3>
<p>Create custom shipping methods with flat or varying rates for specific zip codes, states, or countries, and apply them to different shipping zones.</p>
<h3>Create Multiple Shipping Rates</h3>
<p>You can define multiple shipping rates for a shipping method using Conditional Shipping Rates, allowing you to apply various conditions based on product weight, dimensions (length, width, height), price, item count, and more. These conditions can also be set for specific shipping classes</p>
<h3>Formula Based Shipping Calculation</h3>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734005076265 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/weight-based-conditional-shipping-table-rates-01-01.png?w=896" alt="available settings of conditional shipping and table rates shipping method" width="896" height="434" /></p>
<p>You can use different shortcodes to create formulas in Row Cost and Item Cost to calculate shipping dynamically.</p>
<p>The Table Rate Shipping plugin is a powerful tool for setting up custom shipping rules in WooCommerce. Whether you need weight-based, quantity-based, price-based, product-category-based, shipping-class-based, or location-based rates, this method provides complete flexibility.</p>
<p>By implementing conditional shipping and table rates, store owners can optimize their shipping strategy, reduce cart abandonment, and improve the overall shopping experience.</p>
<h2>Use Case Examples</h2>
<h3>Weight-Based Table Rate Shipping</h3>
<h4>Use Case:</h4>
<p>A store selling gym equipment wants to charge shipping based on the total order weight. Lighter orders should have lower shipping costs, while heavier orders should have higher shipping rates due to increased logistics costs.</p>
<h4>Solution:</h4>
<p>To implement <strong>weight based</strong> <strong>conditional shipping and table rates</strong>, create a rule in the <strong>Table Rates</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Orders up to 5 kg: $5 shipping fee</li>
<li>Orders 5.01 – 15 kg: $10 shipping fee</li>
<li>Orders 15.01 – 30 kg: $20 shipping fee</li>
<li>Orders above 30 kg: $20 + $2 per extra kg</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Table Rates Configuration</strong><br />
<img class="alignnone wp-image-18734005076267 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/weight-based-shipping-01.png?w=896" alt="weight based condition on table rate shipping calculation" width="896" height="379" /></p>
<h3>Quantity Based Table Rate Shipping</h3>
<h4>Use Case:</h4>
<p>An office supplies store offers bulk discounts on shipping. If a customer buys more items, they get reduced per-item shipping rates.</p>
<h4>Solution</h4>
<p>To set up <strong>quantity-based conditional shipping and table rates</strong>, configure rules based on item quantity:</p>
<ul>
<li>1 – 5 items: $3 per item</li>
<li>6 – 10 items: $2 per item</li>
<li>More than 10 items: Flat $15 shipping</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Table Rates Configuration</strong><br />
<img class="alignnone wp-image-18734005076266 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/quantity-based-shipping-table-rate-01.png?w=896" alt="table rate shipping configuration on the basis of cart items quantity condition" width="896" height="345" /></p>
<h3>Price-Based Table Rate Shipping</h3>
<h4>Use Case:</h4>
<p>An electronics store wants to encourage higher purchases by reducing shipping costs for large orders.</p>
<h4>Solution:</h4>
<p>With price-based conditional shipping and table rates, set the rules:</p>
<ul>
<li>Orders up to $50: $10 shipping</li>
<li>Orders $50 – $200: $5 shipping</li>
<li>Orders above $200: Free shipping</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Table Rates Configuration</strong><br />
<img class="alignnone wp-image-18734005076269 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/price-based-conditional-shipping-table-rates-01.png?w=896" alt="table rate shipping configuration on the basis of order price condition" width="896" height="345" /></p>
<h3>Table Rate Shipping Based on Shipping Class</h3>
<h4>Use Case:</h4>
<p>An online clothing store sells regular apparel and luxury items. They want to charge different rates for standard and premium shipping classes.</p>
<h4>Solution:</h4>
<p>Set shipping-class-based conditional shipping and table rates:</p>
<ul>
<li>Standard Class (Regular Clothing): Flat $7 shipping</li>
<li>Premium Class (Luxury Items): Flat $15 shipping</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Table Rates Configuration</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734005076273 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/class-based-conditional-shipping-table-rates-01.png?w=896" alt="table rate shipping configuration on the basis of shipping class condition" width="896" height="390" /></p>
<p>With <strong>Conditional Shipping and Table Rates</strong>, you can implement <strong>Table Rate Shipping</strong>, <strong>Condition-Based Shipping</strong>, and <strong>Formula-Based Shipping</strong> Calculations with ease. Whether you run a small business, dropshipping store, or enterprise-level eCommerce site, this plugin will help you create a dynamic, optimized shipping strategy.</p>

Conditional Shipping and Table Rates

<p>Define dynamic shipping costs with condition-based rules and formulas using Conditional Shipping and Table Rates. Customize by items, roles, categories, and more.</p>

New Zealand Post vs Conditional Shipping and Table Rates