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How to Set Items to Pack Separately

Ensure specific products are always shipped separately using ShipperHQ packing rules

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Overview

You might have products in your store that always ship separately, meaning they're not packed into a box with other items. For example, a large flat-screen TV is usually shipped in its own box. Packing this into another larger box with other items isn't practical. In this section, we'll explore how you can handle this scenario. 😊

Setup

ShipperHQ enables you to configure products to ship separately using Packing Rules. You'll need to enable the Dimensional Shipping feature, then add Packing Rules under the Boxes menu on the lefthand navigation. Before creating your Ship Separately Packing Rule, you'll need to define the box your product will ship in. You can choose not to set a box, in which case the product will ship separately using weight or the dimensions set on the product.

  1. When creating a Packing Rule, select PACK SEPARATELY from the "Method of Packing" dropdown.
  2. You can choose a packing Box if defined (Optional). If you do not set a Packing Box, it will use the dimensions set on the product.

In ShipperHQ dimensional packing, select the packing rule type as "pack separately."

Setting the Packing Rule on your Products

For Magento 1 or 2/Zoey, synchronize your eCommerce platform with ShipperHQ and enter the packing rule at the product level. Check out these instructions for Magento 1, Magento 2, and Zoey. For BigCommerce/Shopify/Woo, apply the packing rule name to the product. Find instructions for Shopify, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce.

Output

Whenever a product with a ship separate rule is in a cart, it will be packed each item at a time into a separate box as defined by the rule.

Ship Separately on Magento

Magento offers an attribute for "Ship separately" as an additional option. This is perfect for customers migrating from the WebShopApps standalone Dimensional Shipping extension, as the attribute is identical. This allows for a smooth transition to ShipperHQ without needing to update product attributes. With this setting, each quantity of the SKU is shipped in its own box.

Examples

For these examples, we'll use a product with dimensions 2x2x2 and two boxes: one 4x4x4 and the other 6x6x6.

Pack Items Separately

A packing rule is set to "Pack separately" with a 6x6x6 box selected as the "Packing box for product," and this rule is assigned to the product. Each SKU quantity will be packed into a 6x6x6 box. So, a quantity of two will result in two 6x6x6 boxes.

Ship Separately Attribute

"Ship separately" is selected within Magento with no boxes assigned. Each SKU quantity will be packed into a 2x2x2 box. If a 4x4x4 box is assigned, each SKU quantity will be packed into a 4x4x4 box.