For free or discounted shipping that applies only when your conditions are met, use RM: Advanced Free Shipping. Shopify’s own free shipping discount checks a minimum amount or quantity, the country and the customer, then makes every eligible rate free. RM: Advanced Free Shipping adds 17 condition types, AND/OR rule groups, and a choice of which rates get the discount and by how much. It is Built for Shopify, rated 5.0 on the Shopify App Store, and costs $9.90 USD every 30 days after a 7-day free trial, billed by Shopify.
The pick, on a real offer
The offer: free Standard shipping on orders of $100 or more to the US, except Alaska and Hawaii, and never on oversized items. Standard costs $8.95 and Express costs $24.95.
| Cart | Ships to | Oversized item? | Standard | Customer pays with Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $120 | Ohio | No | $120.00 | |
| $120 | Hawaii | No | $8.95 | $128.95 |
| $120 | Ohio | Yes | $8.95 | $128.95 |
| $90 | Ohio | No | $8.95 | $98.95 |
Express stays $24.95 on every cart.
In the app, that is one rule group with four conditions: Cart total Is at least 100, Shipping country Is one of United States, Province / State Is not one of Alaska, Hawaii, and Product collection Does not contain Oversized. Then Choose specific rates, Standard, and Free.
How to choose a conditional free shipping app
Check each of these in a trial, on a real checkout:
- Rate targeting. Can it discount only the rates you choose, by exact name or by keyword, as well as all rates or the cheapest? RM: Advanced Free Shipping does all three, and can skip rates over a set price.
- Discount types. Free is the start. Look for percentage off, a fixed amount off and a fixed price too. RM: Advanced Free Shipping has all four.
- Conditions. Cart total and subtotal, quantity, weight, products, collections, country, state, ZIP code, Shopify Market, customer tag, order count and subscriptions. RM: Advanced Free Shipping has 17 condition types, with AND inside a rule group and OR between groups.
- Codes and automatic discounts. Both, with usage limits on codes, customer segments and start and end dates.
- Built for Shopify. RM: Advanced Free Shipping has the badge, and runs as a Shopify Function in checkout on every Shopify plan, with nothing added to your theme.
- A flat plan. One plan, $9.90 USD every 30 days, the same for every store and every Shopify plan, with no per-order fees.
- Languages. The admin is in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese (Brazil).
- Support. Free personalised setup and support 7 days a week from the developer, plus the in-app assistant Kai.
“After weeks trying to have my site give free shipping to B2B clients, this app solved it in less than 2 minutes. Absolutely brilliant…” — Marketplace Supplies (AU)
What to pair it with
RM: Advanced Free Shipping does one job: discounting the rates your store already shows. For the jobs next to it:
| Job | What to use |
|---|---|
| Discount shipping when conditions are met | RM: Advanced Free Shipping |
| Show “You’re $20 away from free shipping” | A free shipping bar, from your theme or a bar app. See bar vs discount |
| Create the rates themselves | Settings → Shipping and delivery, or your carrier account |
Set it up
- Click Create Shipping Discount and choose Automatic discount or Discount code under Discount method.
- Under Conditions, click Add condition for each rule. Use Add rule group in the ⋯ menu for a second way to qualify.
- Under Discount setup, choose Which rates and the Discount value.
- Switch on Test mode, click Create discount, and check a checkout with the shipping first name ABC123.
Guides for common conditions
- Free shipping over $100
- Free shipping by quantity or by weight
- Free shipping on a collection
- Free shipping except oversized items
- Free shipping by state or by ZIP code
- Free shipping for VIP customers
- Free shipping on a first order
The full picture is on conditional free shipping. RM: Advanced Free Shipping costs $9.90 USD every 30 days after a 7-day free trial, billed by Shopify. Install it from the Shopify App Store.
