# Free express shipping upgrade over $150 in Shopify

To make Express free over $150 while Standard is already free over $100, create two shipping discounts: **Cart total Is at least 100** that makes your Standard rate free, and **Cart total Is at least 150** that makes your Express rate free. Each one targets a different rate with **Choose specific rates**, so they never compete. Shopify's own [free shipping discount](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/discounts/discount-types/free-shipping) makes every eligible rate free and can only leave rates out by price, which breaks when live [carrier-calculated rates](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/fulfillment/setup/shipping-rates/third-party-carrier-calculated-shipping) change with weight and distance. [RM: Advanced Free Shipping](https://apps.shopify.com/better-free-shipping) discounts the rates you name, by name, at the threshold you set. It costs $9.90 USD every 30 days, with a 7-day free trial, billed by Shopify.

## What the customer gets

In this example the store has two rates: Standard $8.90 and Express $24.90.

- **An $80 cart:** under both thresholds. The customer pays $80 + $8.90 = $88.90 with Standard, or $80 + $24.90 = $104.90 with Express.
- **A $120 cart:** Standard is free and Express is still $24.90. The customer pays $120 with Standard, or $144.90 with Express.
- **A $160 cart:** both rates are free. The customer pays $160 whichever they choose.

The $100 to $150 gap gives customers a reason to add one more item: spend $30 more on a $120 cart and Express is free.

![Example checkout for a $160 cart: Standard is FREE, labeled Free standard shipping over $100, and the selected Express rate drops from $24.90 to FREE, labeled Free express shipping over $150. Total USD $160.00](/images/checkout-upgrade160.png)

## Set it up

**Discount 1: free Standard over $100**

1. In the app, click **Create Shipping Discount**.
2. Under **Discount method**, choose **Automatic discount**. New discounts start on **Discount code**, and the method can't be changed later. Enter a **Title** such as "Free shipping over $100".
3. In **Conditions**, click **Add condition**. Keep **Cart total**, set **Is at least** and enter `100`.
4. In **Discount setup**, set **Delivery type** to **Shipping** and **Which rates** to **Choose specific rates**. Select Standard from the list.
5. Set **Discount value** to **Free** and click **Create discount**.

**Discount 2: free Express over $150**

6. Create a second automatic discount with a **Title** such as "Free express over $150".
7. Add **Cart total Is at least** `150`.
8. Set **Which rates** to **Choose specific rates**. Type `Express` and choose **Add "Express" (wildcard match)**, or select your Express rate from the list.
9. Set **Discount value** to **Free** and click **Create discount**.

![Discount setup with Choose specific rates and Express typed in the search, showing the rates Express and Express Overnight and the option Add "Express" (wildcard match), with Discount value Free](/images/specific-rates-wildcard.png)

A rate picked from the list matches that exact name. A typed wildcard matches every rate whose name contains the word, so "Express" also matches "Express Overnight".

## Variations

- **$5 Express instead of free:** in Discount 2, set **Discount value** to **Fixed Price** and enter `5`. A $160 cart pays $165 with Express. Fixed Price never raises a rate, so an Express rate already under $5 stays as it is.
- **Half-price Express over $150:** use **Percentage** 50 in Discount 2. Express becomes $12.45, so a $160 cart pays $172.45.
- **Only the $150 tier, in one discount:** if you don't need the $100 step, create one discount with **Cart total Is at least 150**. Point its first delivery discount at Standard with **Free**. Open the **⋯** menu on **Discount setup**, choose **Add delivery discount**, and point the second one at Express with **Fixed Price** 5. Every delivery discount in a discount shares the same conditions.
- **Free Express for VIPs at any amount:** in Discount 2, open the **⋯** menu on **Conditions**, choose **Add rule group**, and add **Customer tag Contains VIP**. VIPs must be signed in at checkout.

## Good to know

- **To keep the two discounts from competing,** point each at its own rate, as above. Only one shipping discount applies per rate, and Shopify gives the customer the one that saves the most.
- **To use one discount with several delivery discounts,** point each delivery discount at a different rate. Two delivery discounts on the same rate can't both apply, and you can't control which one wins.
- **To leave out an overnight service,** select Express from the list instead of the wildcard, or tick **Exclude rates over a certain amount** and set a **Maximum eligible rate**.
- **To match carrier rates whose names change,** use a wildcard keyword. Copy the word from the rate name your checkout shows.
- **To test it,** turn on **Test mode** on both discounts and check out with the shipping first name `ABC123` at $120 and at $160.

## Related

- [Free standard shipping, not express](/guides/free-standard-shipping-not-express.md)
- [Tiered shipping discounts](/guides/tiered-shipping-discounts.md)
- [Free shipping over $100](/guides/free-shipping-over-100.md)
- [Discount specific shipping rates](/discount-specific-shipping-rates.md)

[Install RM: Advanced Free Shipping from the Shopify App Store](https://apps.shopify.com/better-free-shipping).