<h2><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/contact-for-shipping-quote-image-small.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-4253274 alignnone" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/contact-for-shipping-quote-image-small.png" alt="" width="564" height="335" /></a></h2>
<h2>WooCommerce Contact for Shipping Quote</h2>
<p>Using the Contact for Shipping Quote plugin you can setup and/or require your customers to contact you to get a custom shipping quote based on their cart and shipping address.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734003588745" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003588745" style="width: 484px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woocommerce-contact-for-shipping-quote-order-totals-1.jpg"><img class="wp-image-18734003588745 " src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woocommerce-contact-for-shipping-quote-order-totals-1.jpg?w=896" alt="Contact for shipping quote - Order totals example" width="484" height="441" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003588745" class="wp-caption-text">Order totals example</figcaption></figure>
<p>After a shipping quote request is submitted it will be available in the WooCommerce backend for the store manager to review and provide the quote. The customer refreshers the order totals and will be able to complete their order with the quoted shipping cost.</p>
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<h3>Note</h3>
<p>This plugin allows for custom shipping quotes by the store managers, no automated live carrier quotes are involved.</p>
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<h2>Custom Freight Shipping Quotes</h2>
<p>A common scenario that requires a customer to contact the store for a shipping quote is when it involves large and heavy shipments requiring freight shipping. The Contact for Shipping Quote plugin works perfectly for such scenario as the customer will get clear instructions at the checkout to get in touch – a popup window can be opened with instructions written by the store – before completing their order.</p>
<p>Within each instance of the shipping quote plugin settings it is possible to configure when the Contact for Shipping Quote should appear. For example only appear when Category A or shipping class B is in the cart.</p>
<figure id="attachment_4253364" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4253364" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woocommerce-contact-shipping-quote-shipping-instance-settings.png"><img class="size-large wp-image-4253364" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woocommerce-contact-shipping-quote-shipping-instance-settings.png?w=650" alt="Contact for Shipping Quote instance settings" width="650" height="511" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4253364" class="wp-caption-text">Contact for Shipping Quote instance settings</figcaption></figure>
<h2><b><i>Custom (Inter)national Shipping Quotes</i></b></h2>
<p>If you (occasionally) ship internationally, but its not your core business, you may not be able to setup all the shipping costs for those areas. Giving those customers still a option to order products on your shop is vital if you want to retain their business. Having the option to request a shipping quote would be the ideal solution for situations like this.</p>
<p>The Contact for Shipping Quote plugin can be setup for any and multiple shipping zones, this way you can configure precisely for which location(s) customers need to request a shipping quote.</p>
<h3><b><i>Call for Shipping Quote</i></b></h3>
<p>For cases where customers need to get in touch with you to get the shipping costs for their orders, its key to provide enough information for a pleasant experience.</p>
<p>Whether you would like the customer to call you directly or if you prefer to initiate the outreach; you can determine the instructions available in the informational modal and how contact will be established.</p>
<p>When the shipping costs are known they can easily be entered in the WooCommerce admin area and they will appear on the front-end for the customer accordingly. An email will be send out automatically when the quote amount has been entered.</p>
<h3><b><i>Hide Other Shipping Options </i></b></h3>
<p>The Contact for Shipping Quote plugin allows to exclude other shipping options when a Contact for Shipping Quote option is available. This works great in combination with the option to only show the option when a certain product category / shipping class is in the cart, allowing you do force requesting a shipping quote when there’s a freight item in the cart for example.</p>
<h3><b><i>Managing Shipping Quotes as Store Manager</i></b></h3>
<p>Shipping quotes are easily accessible in the WooCommerce backend. Shipping costs can easily be assigned to quotes through a user friendly interface. The plugin has been designed to work quickly and cleanly so processing shipping quotes is a breeze.</p>
<figure id="attachment_4253354" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4253354" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woocommerce-contact-shipping-quote-overview.png"><img class="wp-image-4253354 size-large" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/woocommerce-contact-shipping-quote-overview.png?w=650" alt="Shipping quote requests" width="650" height="355" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4253354" class="wp-caption-text">Submitted shipping quotes overview</figcaption></figure>

Contact for Shipping Quote

<p>Allow customers to request a custom shipping quote from the store manager for situations where a flat rates / live quotes are not possible.</p>

<h1><b>Get real-time rates from the largest shipping network in the US</b></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Show your customers accurate shipping rates automatically with our integration for USPS,  </span><span style="font-weight: 400">the largest delivery network in United States.</span></p>
<p>Your store must use US Dollars for its currency and the United States, US Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico as the base country. It works with inches <code>(in)</code> and pounds <code>(lbs)</code>, but other units can be converted automatically.</p>
<p>USPS calculates quotes worldwide.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Domestic</th>
<th>International</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: 8px">
<ul>
<li>First Class</li>
<li>Flat Rate</li>
<li>Priority Mail</li>
<li>Priority Mail Express</li>
<li>Standard Post</li>
<li>Media Mail</li>
<li>Library Mail</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="padding: 8px">
<ul>
<li>First Class Mail® International Letters and Envelopes</li>
<li>Global Express Guaranteed (GXG)</li>
<li>Priority Mail International</li>
<li>Priority Mail International Flat Rate</li>
<li>International Postcards</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><b>We recommend using this extension in combination with </b><strong>our free service <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/shipping/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WooCommerce Shipping</a>, which creates discounted shipping labels right from your WooCommerce dashboard.</strong></p>
<h3>Other features:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Enable/disable, edit the names of, and add costs to services</li>
<li><strong>Pack items individually</strong> or using the built in <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/usps-shipping/#box-packing"><strong>box packer</strong></a></li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_2792014" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2792014" style="width: 620px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/usps-box-packing-settings.png"><img class="wp-image-2792014 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/usps-box-packing-settings.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="104" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2792014" class="wp-caption-text">Box Packing Settings</figcaption></figure>
<div class="woo-sc-box note  info ">The box packer is volume based. This provides good results in most cases but are never be as accurate as a real person packing a box (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_packing_problem">BIN Packing Problem</a>). Therefore, it is important to understand that packing results are as accurate as possible, and any anomalies should be acceptable.</div>

USPS Shipping Method

<p>Get shipping rates from the USPS API which handles both domestic and international parcels.</p>

Contact for Shipping Quote vs USPS Shipping Method