Oh sure... I make everything one pound, and create fixed rates for 1#, 2#, 3#, etc... but there's a (low) finite number of entries you can add, so if someone orders more than N units, they get free shipping for the rest. It's a terrible workaround. Etsy does not have this problem.
Or perhaps you are thinking about creating a carrier service, so Shopify will fetch shipping prices in realtime? That's for people on Shopify Plus plans, which costs $2k/mo+.
Actually, that's not quite true! There's a wholly undocumented option for non-plus merchants to get the carrier service feature enabled on their account for a monthly fee of something like $25. They have to reach out to support.
Everything with Shopify is like this. Great for consultants who have already internalized all this knowledge, sure.
but why should it necessarily be that much different? better documentation sure, always. but in my experience Shopify solves ~70% of the cases extremely well and I, having learned some of the quirks, have very little problem filling the gaps. I will say, the app development, to the point of the article, IS a bit annoying hah. But I'm very surprised by all these API complaints. I think the API is very nice; maybe not quite Stripe-level but highly effective.
Or perhaps you are thinking about creating a carrier service, so Shopify will fetch shipping prices in realtime? That's for people on Shopify Plus plans, which costs $2k/mo+.
Actually, that's not quite true! There's a wholly undocumented option for non-plus merchants to get the carrier service feature enabled on their account for a monthly fee of something like $25. They have to reach out to support.
Everything with Shopify is like this. Great for consultants who have already internalized all this knowledge, sure.