# Free FedEx Ground and Home Delivery on Shopify, express services full price

To make only FedEx ground shipping free, use a shipping discount that targets rates by name: choose **Choose specific rates**, add `Ground` and `Home Delivery` as wildcard matches, and set them to **Free**. Shopify's own [free shipping discount](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/discounts/discount-types/free-shipping) makes every eligible rate free, FedEx Standard Overnight included. Its only rate control is "Exclude shipping rates over a certain amount", which filters by the rate's price, not by service. Shopify notes that this setting is unrelated to order amounts. [RM: Advanced Free Shipping](https://apps.shopify.com/better-free-shipping) discounts any rate Shopify shows at checkout, including live FedEx rates from [third-party carrier-calculated shipping](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/fulfillment/setup/shipping-rates/third-party-carrier-calculated-shipping), so the ground service is free and the express services keep their price. It costs $9.90 USD every 30 days, with a 7-day free trial, billed by Shopify.

## What the customer gets

In this example, FedEx ground shipping is free over $99. The rate names and prices are illustrative, because live FedEx rates change with the parcel and the address. Depending on your setup, a home address may be quoted as FedEx Home Delivery and a business address as FedEx Ground, so this discount covers both names.

- **A $110 cart to a home:** the rates are FedEx Home Delivery $14.20, FedEx Express Saver $26.75, FedEx 2Day $33.10 and FedEx Standard Overnight $61.40. Home Delivery drops from $14.20 to $0. The rest stay full price. The customer pays $110 with Home Delivery, or $110 + $33.10 = $143.10 with 2Day.
- **A $110 cart to a business:** FedEx Ground is $12.60, and it drops to $0. The customer pays $110 with Ground.
- **An $85 cart to a home:** it's under $99, so nothing changes. The customer pays $85 + $14.20 = $99.20 with Home Delivery.

## Set it up

1. In the app, click **Create Shipping Discount**. Under **Discount method**, choose **Automatic discount**, and enter a **Title** such as "Free FedEx Ground over $99".
2. In **Conditions**, click **Add condition**. Keep **Cart total**, set **Is at least** and enter `99`.
3. In **Discount setup**, set **Delivery type** to **Shipping** and **Which rates** to **Choose specific rates**.
4. In the rate search, type `Ground` and choose **Add "Ground" (wildcard match)**.
5. Type `Home Delivery` and choose **Add "Home Delivery" (wildcard match)**. Both keywords now show under the search.
6. Set **Discount value** to **Free**.
7. Click **Create discount**.

![Typing Express in the rate search shows the rates Express and Express Overnight, plus an Add "Express" (wildcard match) option, with Discount value Free](/images/specific-rates-wildcard.png)

The screenshot shows a search for Express. For this offer, add `Ground` and `Home Delivery` instead.

## Copy the names from your checkout

A wildcard matches any rate whose name contains your text, ignoring upper and lower case, so "FedEx Ground®" still matches `Ground`. A rate picked from the list has to match its checkout name exactly. Run a test checkout to a home address and to a business address, note the FedEx service names you see, and use keywords from them.

## Variations

- **Free ground and $15 off FedEx 2Day:** open the **⋯** menu on **Discount setup**, choose **Add delivery discount**, add a `2Day` wildcard and set **Fixed Amount Off** `15`. On the $110 cart, 2Day drops from $33.10 to $18.10.
- **Free ground and 2Day for $20:** in that second delivery discount, choose **Fixed Price** `20` instead. 2Day drops from $33.10 to $20.00.
- **Free ground, but not on very costly parcels:** tick **Exclude rates over a certain amount** and set the **Maximum eligible rate**, such as `40`.
- **Free ground for VIP customers only:** add **Customer tag Contains VIP**. See [free shipping for VIP customers](/guides/free-shipping-for-vip-customers.md).

## Good to know

- **If you also show UPS or USPS rates, use a more specific keyword.** `Ground` also matches "UPS Ground" and "USPS Ground Advantage". Type the FedEx part as it appears at checkout instead, such as `FedEx Ground`.
- **To keep express services full price, avoid broad keywords.** `FedEx` matches every FedEx service, and `Express` matches "FedEx Express Saver".
- **To fix a ground rate that isn't discounted**, check its name at checkout and use a wildcard keyword.
- **To make whichever rate is cheapest free**, use **Cheapest shipping rate** instead. See [free cheapest shipping rate](/guides/free-cheapest-shipping-rate.md).
- **To test it**, turn on **Test mode** and check out with the shipping first name `ABC123`. Try carts at $98 and $99.

## Related

- [Discount specific shipping rates](/discount-specific-shipping-rates.md)
- [Free UPS Ground shipping](/guides/free-ups-ground-shipping.md)
- [Free USPS Ground Advantage shipping](/guides/free-usps-ground-advantage-shipping.md)
- [Free standard shipping, not express](/guides/free-standard-shipping-not-express.md)

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