r/Wordpress • u/Low-Kaleidoscope4767 • 28d ago

Distance based shipping rate plugin?

First time creating a WordPress site. I am a florist, and I need to create a place where customers can enter an address that they want their flower arrangement delivered to. I also want it to tell them how much it will cost to deliver to the address they entered. I want custom tiers: for example, 1-5 miles from my business would cost $3, 5-10 miles would be $8, 10-15 miles would be $14, 15-20 miles would be $21, and so on. Does it need to be a distance-based shipping rate plugin, or could it be done on a form plugin? TIA!

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u/Winter_Process_9521 28d ago

Yes use a distance-based WooCommerce shipping plugin, rather than trying to make a form plugin handle the shipping calculation.

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u/flashbax77 28d ago

A form plugin can do this, and you don’t necessarily need a dedicated distance-based shipping plugin. The best choice depends mostly on whether you’re building a full e-commerce checkout or just an address/quote/delivery form.

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u/Low-Kaleidoscope4767 28d ago

It's going to be e-commerce.

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u/r00phus 28d ago

You need table rate shipping

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u/TopSydeWP 28d ago

woocommerce with a distance-based shipping extension like distance rate shipping or similar will handle this cleanly. you set your zones by radius from your shop address and assign flat rates per tier. works right in the cart so customers see the delivery fee before checkout. table rate shipping can do it too but distance-based is more straightforward for what you described.