# Free shipping on a collection in Shopify

To give free shipping on a collection, add a collection condition to a shipping discount. Shopify's own [free shipping discount](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/discounts/discount-types/free-shipping) has no product or collection conditions, so its minimum counts every item in the cart. [RM: Advanced Free Shipping](https://apps.shopify.com/better-free-shipping) adds **Cost of items from collection**, which counts only the items from the collections you pick. Set it to **Is at least** 100, choose your collection, and set the rates to **Free**. The app is $9.90 USD every 30 days, with a 7-day free trial, billed by Shopify.

## What the customer gets

In this example the offer is "free shipping on $100 of olive oils". Each bottle costs $55. The store has two rates: Standard $8.90 and Express $24.90.

- **Qualifies.** Two bottles ($110) and a $20 tea towel make a $130 cart. The olive oils come to $110, so Standard and Express both show as free. The customer pays $130.
- **Doesn't qualify.** One bottle ($55) and a $60 cookbook make a $115 cart. The cart is over $100, but only $55 of it is olive oil. With Standard, the customer pays $115 + $8.90 = $123.90.

At checkout, the free rate shows its original price crossed out, with your discount's title underneath.

![Example checkout with two $55 bottles of olive oil and a $20 tea towel: Standard and Express both show FREE, labeled Free shipping on $100 of olive oil. Total USD $130.00](/images/checkout-olive130.png)

## Set it up

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 after you create the discount.
3. Enter a **Title** customers will read, such as "Free shipping on $100 of olive oils".
4. In **Conditions**, click **Add condition** and choose **Cost of items from collection (total)**. Set the operator to **Is at least**, search for your collection or click **Browse**, and enter `100`.
5. In **Discount setup**, set **Delivery type** to **Shipping**, **Which rates** to **All shipping rates** and **Discount value** to **Free**.
6. Click **Create discount**.

![A Cost of items from collection (total) condition set to Is at least $100 AUD, with the Olive Oils collection selected](/images/collection-cost.png)

## Before or after discount codes

The condition comes in two versions. Pick the one that matches your offer.

- **(total)** counts the collection after product and order discounts. With a 20% off code, the $110 of olive oils counts as $88, so the $130 cart above loses free shipping. The items cost $104, and with Standard the customer pays $104 + $8.90 = $112.90.
- **(subtotal)** counts the collection before discounts. The same cart keeps free shipping, and the customer pays $104.

See [threshold before or after discounts](/guides/threshold-before-or-after-discounts.md).

## Variations

- **Any item from the collection ships the order free:** use **Product collection** **Contains (any)** instead. Everything else in that cart ships free too.
- **Only carts made up entirely of the collection:** use **Product collection** **Contains (only)**.
- **3 or more items from the collection:** use **Item count from collection** **Is at least** 3.
- **Free Standard only, Express at full price:** set **Which rates** to **Choose specific rates** and select Standard. The qualifying cart with Express then pays $130 + $24.90 = $154.90.
- **Several collections count toward one threshold:** select them all in the same condition. They count as one combined group, and a product in two of them counts once.

## Good to know

- **To target a product tag,** create a smart collection based on the tag and use that collection in the condition.
- **To leave a few products out of the count,** tag them (for example "no-free-shipping") and build a smart collection that excludes the tag.
- **To run a rule on a different collection,** create a separate discount. Keep one collection condition per discount.
- **To keep a code from removing free shipping,** tick **Shipping discounts** under **Combinations** on that code in Shopify admin. See [keep free shipping with discount codes](/guides/keep-free-shipping-with-discount-codes.md).
- **Shipping is charged per rate, not per item.** When the cart qualifies, the whole rate is free, not just the olive oils' share.
- **Other currencies convert automatically.** The $100 is in your store currency.

## Related

- [Free shipping on specific products](/guides/free-shipping-on-specific-products.md)
- [Free shipping over $100, except oversized items](/guides/free-shipping-except-oversized-items.md)
- [Conditional free shipping on Shopify](/conditional-free-shipping.md)
- [What Shopify's free shipping discount can't do](/shopify-free-shipping-limits.md)

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