Charge for shipping

Shipping rates let you display various shipping options—like standard, express, and overnight—with more accurate delivery estimates. Charge your customer for shipping using different Stripe products, some of which require coding. Before you create a shipping rate, learn how to collect billing and shipping addresses.

Stripe Elements doesn’t support calculating or defining shipping rates out of the box. If you’re in need of this functionality, Stripe recommends building it yourself or using Checkout.

If you choose to build this functionality yourself, you can include the shipping cost as part of the product price or total amount. This means factoring in the shipping cost when calculating the total price of the items in the cart or order. By doing so, the customer pays a single amount that includes both the product price and the shipping cost.

Here’s a basic outline of the steps involved:

1. Determine your shipping cost: Decide on the shipping cost. Factor in destination, weight, distance, or any other criteria applicable to your business.
2. Calculate the total amount: Add the shipping cost to the price of the products to calculate the total amount.
3. Integrate Stripe Elements: Use Stripe Elements to create a checkout form to collect the customer’s payment information.
4. Present the total amount: Display the total amount, which includes the product price and the shipping cost, to the customer on the checkout page.
5. Process the payment: When the customer submits the payment information, handle the payment processing in your server-side code.