<p>Take control of your shipping costs — the simple way.</p>
<p>WooCommerce’s built-in shipping methods don’t support weight limits, leaving stores vulnerable to costly mistakes when heavy items trigger free or flat-rate shipping. Simple Weight Based Shipping fixes that with a lightweight, plug-and-play solution designed for real-world merchants.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features</strong></p>
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<li>Add weight limits to existing WooCommerce shipping methods (Flat Rate, Free Shipping, Local Pickup)</li>
<li>Set minimum and maximum weight thresholds per shipping instance</li>
<li>Auto-hide methods when the cart weight doesn’t meet your rules</li>
<li>Optional max size limit based on the longest item side</li>
<li>No new shipping methods — extends what you already use</li>
<li>Set default weights and dimensions for products with missing data</li>
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<p><strong>Cost & Profit Protection</strong></p>
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<li>Prevent shipping losses by hiding costly options for heavy orders</li>
<li>Stop free shipping abuse on oversized items</li>
<li>No more manual review — orders automatically follow your rules</li>
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<p><strong>Better Customer Experience</strong></p>
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<li>Show accurate shipping options upfront</li>
<li>Eliminate surprise shipping fees at checkout</li>
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<p><strong>Operational Efficiency</strong></p>
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<li>Works seamlessly with your existing setup — no disruption</li>
<li>Configure per shipping zone and method for total flexibility</li>
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<p><strong>Risk Mitigation</strong></p>
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<li>Prevent misuse of shipping methods</li>
<li>Avoid carrier penalties for oversized or overweight packages</li>
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<p><strong>Easy Setup</strong></p>
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<li>Guided visual setup with screenshots and tutorials</li>
<li>Low maintenance — set once and forget</li>
<li>Simple, clean interface — no enterprise bloat</li>
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<p><strong>Why It’s Different</strong></p>
<p>Most shipping plugins are bloated or overly complex. Simple Weight Based Shipping focuses on one thing and does it exceptionally well: giving merchants precise weight control with zero friction.</p>
<p>Built for small to medium WooCommerce stores that need practical, cost-effective protection from shipping losses. Not enterprise overhead.</p>
<p>Lightweight. Affordable. Effective.</p>
<p>Deliver enterprise-grade control without enterprise complexity or cost.</p>
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Simple Weight Based Shipping

<p>Simple Weight Based Shipping lets WooCommerce stores show or hide shipping methods based on total cart weight and a single max item size, with sensible defaults, controls, and solid compatibility.</p>

<p>This is a fantastic solution if your store is selling one-off, heavy or large products which require additional shipping, unlike the rest of your catalog, or if you only have a few products with set shipping fees.</p>
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<li>Add costs to the<strong> other shipping methods</strong>, or used as a <strong>standalone</strong> shipping method.</li>
<li><span style="line-height: 13px">Define<strong> line and per-item</strong> costs per <strong>product</strong> or per <strong>variation</strong>.</span></li>
<li>Define different shipping <strong>costs for products</strong>, based on <strong>customer location</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Import and export</strong> rates via the built-in simple CSV handler.</li>
<li>Use as a <strong>standalone</strong> shipping method, where the final cost is the sum of all product costs.</li>
<li>-or- add per-product costs to other shipping methods</li>
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<h2>How Per-Product Shipping can be used</h2>
<p>Per-Product Shipping can be used in two ways:</p>
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<li><strong>Multiple Shipping Methods</strong>: If enabled, rates can be applied in addition to your other shipping methods. For example: If your store offered a bulky product that you wanted to set up with extra shipping fees, you could create a fee to be added to that specific product. If you had multiple items in your cart, two kinds of shipping would be represented in one cost — a) your default shipping costs for the other items in the cart, and b) the shipping cost of the bulky item.</li>
<li><strong>Standalone Method</strong>: In this scenario the ‘per-product shipping’ is the default shipping method. In this case, all product costs are added together to form a single rate. When the Standalone method is chosen, no other shipping methods are offered.</li>
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
<p>Need guidance? Check out the comprehensive documentation to learn everything you need to know about the <strong>Per Product Shipping</strong> extension.</p>
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Per Product Shipping

<p>Define separate shipping costs per product which are combined at checkout to provide a total shipping cost.</p>

Simple Weight Based Shipping vs Per Product Shipping