How to set Pack by cart attributes on ShipX

In this method, packing is determined by specific attributes of the items in the cart, such as weight, volume, quantity, total, and volumetric weight.

1. Select the shipping zone where you want to apply this packing method.

2. Choose your carrier as the criteria to calculate the shipping rates.

3. Enter your carrier account credentials and click “Validate Account”.

4. By default, Shopify will use your fulfillment location as the shipping origin. If you are using a different location, select the “Specify Different Location” option and enter the details.

5. Select the shipping services offered by your carrier.

6. Choose “Pack by cart attributes” as your packaging method.

7. Select the preferred cart attributes from the drop-down menu (e.g. Cart Weight).

8. If needed, set a product filter to apply this packaging method only to specific products.

9. Start adding your packaging box's maximum weight limit along with its dimensions.

Note: You can also add the empty weight of the packaging boxes (optional).

10. Click “Add package” to add more packaging boxes as per your needs.

Note: Cart attributes maximum limits are considered to determine the number of packages to ship an order. The package dimensions listed here are sent to the shipping carriers to calculate shipping rates. Product dimensions are not used for this method.

11. Set a fallback rate in case the carrier doesn’t return a shipping rate.

12. Click “Save” to complete the setup.

If you have any further questions about this method, feel free to reach out to our customer support.