Set up Weight Based Shipping in OpenCart

An eCommerce store can contain anywhere between a few products and tens of thousands of products. These products vary in size and weight. As a store owner, you have to deal with shipping, it means that you are paying for shipping based on the weight of the product. If your store contains products with varying weight, the best way to not face loss when it comes to shipping is to charge customers based on the weight of the product.

Luckily, almost all the eCommerce platforms including OpenCart provides an option to manage weight-based shipping. By default, the extension to manage weight-based shipping is not installed in OpenCart. But it is very easy to install and configure weight-based shipping in OpenCart. So, Let’s get started with the tutorial.

Set up Weight Based Shipping in OpenCart

First of all, log in to the admin panel of your store. Then, click on the Extensions -> Extensions option given in the left sidebar of the admin panel. Refer to the screenshots given after every step to understand the process visually.

On this page, you will get a list of extensions available for you to install directly from the OpenCart repository. On this page, you will see a drop-down menu to filter the extensions based on type. Select Shipping as Extension type to see a list of shipping extensions available for your store.

In the list of shipping extensions, find Weight based shipping and click on the “+” button available in the Action column. It will instantly install the extension and you will see an Edit option along with the uninstall button just like the following image.

On the edit page, you will see a form containing all the essential fields you have to fill up to configure weight-based shipping. Enter all the required information and click on the Save button given on the top-right corner of the page.

So, this is how you can configure weight-based shipping in your OpenCart store. It is a good option if you are selling products in various sizes and weights. If you are facing any issues enabling this option, please let us know in the comment section given below, we will get back to you with help as soon as possible.