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[BETA] How to set-up vendor shipping rates using the Shopify's Shipping profile

This article guides you through setting up shipping splits by vendor using Shopify's Shipping profile.


Article Contents


  1. Requirements
  2. How to set up Shipping profiles per vendor on Shopify
  3. Activate Split Shipping on Shopify
  4. How to activate shipping rates attribution by vendor in PuppetVendors
  5. How to assign each vendor to a shipping profile in PuppetVendors
  6. Video demonstration


Requirements


  • Must have the Fulfillments feature activated. Confirm by visiting the fulfillments page in the menu items at the top of the page.
  • Access to your Shopify Shipping and delivery settings


Compatible apps (optional)

  • Intuitive Shipping


Please ensure that all requirements above are met before you proceed.



How to set up Shipping profile per vendor on Shopify


  1. Navigate to Settings -> Shipping and delivery (#1)

  1. Add a custom profile (#2) and atleast one shipping option.

  1. Add a shipping option for your vendor. Click on Add shipping option (#4 from the above screenshot)
Required: Your vendor's name must be included in the shipping option name. e.g.: Rate for Vendor A -> Rate: Vendor A


  1. Repeat steps #2 and #3 for as many vendors as you need.



How to activate split shipping on Shopify

  1. Navigate to Settings -> Shipping and delivery
  2. Click on the split shipping option
  3. Select the Show split shipping in checkout and then save the changes.




How to activate shipping rates attribution by vendor in PuppetVendors

  1. Navigate to Settings -> Calculations -> Shipping Rates

  1. Select Shipping rates grouped by Shipping profiles followed by the save button.



How to assign each vendor to a shipping profile in PuppetVendors (optional)


PuppetVendors automatically maps the Shipping title to the vendors name. This step is only required if you have unique vendor profile names that may not match with your Shipping profiles on Shopify.


  1. Navigate to Vendors -> Vendors and then navigate to any vendor's settings

  1. Scroll to the vendor profile section, if it doesn't exist, reach out to support to have it activated.

  1. Select the Shipping Profile that has the vendor's name in it and click on the the save button. Repeat the same process for other vendors.



Video demonstration












Updated on: 28/04/2026

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