What are the shipping terms I can choose on Catalog?
You and your Partners need to agree on how to handle shipping costs for your products through the proposals workflow. Both sides customize the shipping agreement depending on what you want Partners to charge customers and what you need to collect from them.
Brand's dynamic rateDirect link to Brand's dynamic rate
The Brand's dynamic rate option allows Partners to charge customers the exact same shipping that you offer on your site. Partners then pay you that same amount, passing the money they collected from customers through Catalog to you to cover shipping charges. We recommend using this option whenever possible.
Brand's dynamic rate is available for Partners using Shopify Plus or higher. If you are using Shopify Basic, you need to upgrade your account to include carrier shipping or switch to Shopify yearly billing to gain access. Once you upgrade, contact us to get access.
Flat rateDirect link to Flat rate
This allows Partners to set flat rates for what they want to charge customers and pass along to you.
If Partners want to offer free or lower-cost shipping to customers but have agreed to contribute $2 per order toward your shipping costs, you'd configure the following:
Flat + dynamic rateDirect link to Flat + dynamic rate
If Partners want to charge customers a custom flat rate (for example, $5.99 per order) and pay you the dynamic rate you offer on your site, they select custom flat rate for the customer in the left column and the Brand's dynamic rate in the right column.
Partners may want to use this option to maintain a certain customer experience on their site while still agreeing to pay you based on the rates you maintain on your site.
The inverse of this (dynamic + flat rate) is not possible. You cannot select charging the customer the Brand's dynamic rate and paying the Brand a custom flat rate. To charge customers a dynamic rate, you must also pay the Brand the dynamic rate.
Free shippingDirect link to Free shipping
If you and your Partner want to offer free shipping to customers, select custom flat rate on both sides and enter $0 as the amount.
