Menu

Post image 1
Post image 2
1 / 2
0

Per-country free shipping thresholds in Shopify — Markets API + Theme App Extensions

DEV Community·Peter Hallander·24 days ago
#9N0A5aTg
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

Most free shipping bars on the Shopify App Store assume one number. You set "$50 ships free" in the app settings, the bar appears, and that's the end of the configuration. Fine if you only sell in one country. But if you've turned on Shopify Markets and you're shipping to the UK, the EU, Canada, Australia — that single global threshold is actively misleading. A UK shopper sees "$50 to free shipping" while their cart shows £35. A German shopper sees the dollar sign and quietly leaves. The bar that's supposed to nudge AOV up becomes a confidence-killer. I ran into this exact problem on a store I worked on last year. Markets was configured for five regions, and the existing free shipping app — one of the popular ones with thousands of installs — was happily showing "$75 away from free shipping" to every shopper, regardless of which storefront they hit. The merchant didn't notice for weeks because she only ever tested on her US store.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.

Read More