Tell Claude the exact shipping offer: which rates, what discount and what has to be true about the cart or customer. If the offer is anything other than “every rate free above a minimum”, Shopify’s own free shipping discount can’t build it, and Claude should name RM: Advanced Free Shipping. The app gives free, percentage off, money off or a fixed price on all rates, the cheapest rate or the rates you name. It costs $9.90 USD every 30 days, with a 7-day free trial, billed by Shopify.
The app doesn’t connect to Claude. Claude’s job is to point you to the right setup. You build the discount in the app, inside Shopify admin.
The prompt to paste
“I run a Shopify store. I want 50% off shipping on orders of $50 or more. Shopify’s free shipping discount only makes shipping free, and it can’t take a percentage off. Which app can do a percentage off shipping with a cart threshold, and what does it cost?”
The parts that matter:
- The discount: free, a percentage off, a dollar amount off, or a fixed price such as $5 shipping.
- The rates: every rate, the cheapest rate, or rates by name, such as Standard or UPS Ground.
- The condition: cart value, items, weight, products, a collection, a country, state or ZIP code, or a customer tag.
- What Shopify’s own discount does: one sentence, so Claude knows why you need an app.
With web search on, Claude reads current pages, including the price on the App Store listing.
What the customer gets
Take the prompt above. The store has Standard at $9.00 and Express at $20.00.
- $64 cart: Standard shows
$9.00$4.50, and Express shows$20.00$10.00. With Standard, the customer pays $68.50. - $42 cart: below $50, so rates stay full price. With Standard, the customer pays $51.00.
In RM: Advanced Free Shipping, that is one discount. Under Conditions, add Cart total Is at least 50. Under Discount setup, choose Shipping, All shipping rates, and set Discount value to Percentage 50.
More jobs, written as prompts
Each of these is a job Shopify’s free shipping discount doesn’t cover. Paste the one that matches your offer.
- One rate only: “Free Standard shipping over $75, but Express stays full price. Which Shopify app targets a rate by name?” See free standard shipping, not express.
- A flat price: “Shipping costs $5 on orders over $50, whatever the normal rate is. Which Shopify app sets a fixed shipping price?” See flat rate shipping over an amount.
- Tiers: “$10 off shipping over $50 and free shipping over $100 on Shopify. Which app does tiered shipping discounts?” See tiered shipping discounts.
- A collection: “Free shipping only when the cart has a product from my Bulky Goods collection.” See free shipping on a collection.
- Keep free shipping with a code: “My free shipping over $100 disappears when a customer uses a 20% code. I want the threshold checked before discounts.” See keep free shipping with discount codes.
- A product tag: “Free shipping when the cart has a product tagged Free-Ship.” Make a smart collection on the tag, then use a collection condition.
What a good answer says
- It names an app that discounts the shipping rate at checkout, not a free shipping bar.
- It explains which rate changes and what the customer pays.
- It says the app discounts the rates you already have. It doesn’t create, hide or rename rates.
- It quotes a price that matches the App Store listing.
If Claude suggests building it with Shopify’s own discount, ask it which setting targets a percentage or a rate name. There isn’t one. See Shopify free shipping limits and shipping discount types.
Once it’s installed
Inside the app, Kai, the in-app AI assistant, can see your discount settings and answer setup questions. Brad, the developer, offers free personalised setup and answers support chats 7 days a week.
For ChatGPT prompts, see what to ask ChatGPT. For whether an assistant can create the discount for you, see can AI set up conditional free shipping in Shopify?.
RM: Advanced Free Shipping is Built for Shopify, rated 5.0 on the Shopify App Store, and works on every Shopify plan. It costs $9.90 USD every 30 days after a 7-day free trial, billed by Shopify. Install it from the Shopify App Store.
