Heavy, bulky, awkward?
Your checkout can price it.
Live freight rates from your own carrier accounts, on the furniture, spas, gym gear and generators that were never going to fit in a satchel.
Five reviews on the Shopify App Store. All five stars.
Cheapest for them
Residential address
Delivered to the door, business hours.
$148.20
Business address, forklift on site
Cheaper, no tailgate truck needed.
$96.40
Depot Collection Best value
MINYIRR depot · 6725 · 104.85 km away. Collect whenever it suits.
$61.75
Shipping is where heavy-goods carts go to die. A flat rate has to cover your worst delivery, so everyone pays for it. And “contact us for a quote” just sends people somewhere else. We fix that.
You’re in good company.
Let them pick it up and pay less.
Depot Collection is the option almost nobody offers. Your customer collects from their nearest freight depot instead of paying for a truck to their door, and the checkout tells them exactly which depot, and how far away it is, before they decide.
- They see the depot, not a mystery. Name, postcode and distance, right in the shipping options.
- Business address? Different price. A forklift or a loading dock costs the carrier less, so it costs them less.
- Tailgate, hand unload, authority to leave. Proper options at checkout, not a note in the order comments.
Six things in the cart. One box.
Most apps rate every line separately, so someone buying six items gets quoted six deliveries and quietly leaves. Smart Packing works out which of your boxes the order actually fits in, stacks it properly, and quotes the carton that comes out the other end.
- Your real packaging. Load your own cartons and satchels, or start from the Australia Post and mailing-box presets.
- It shows its working. Top and side views of the pack, what went inside, and the weight it sent the carrier.
- Stackable stays sensible. Six of the same item ship as one stacked shipment instead of multiplying the freight.
- Up to ten boxes per product for anything that genuinely ships as a multi-carton set.
Your checkout says what you want it to.
Rates are yours to shape. Hide an option for postcodes you can’t service, add a handling charge where you need one, rename anything, and decide what a customer is offered before they ever see it.
- Conditions that match reality — postcode, weight, dimensions, order value, product or collection.
- Write your own names. “Depot Collection — collect when it suits” beats “Standard Shipping”.
- Per-product control: free shipping, a fixed rate, a discount, or a charge per extra unit.
Quote it, ship it, manifest it.
The bit after the sale is where the hours go. Clear a day’s orders from one screen — quote, book, print, manifest — and let the paperwork file itself against the order.
- Bulk everything. Quote, ship and manifest a whole day in one pass.
- Labels, connotes and manifests saved straight back into your Shopify files.
- Quote without an order. Price a phone or email enquiry on the spot.
- Multi-warehouse — orders quote from the right origin automatically.
Bring the account you already have.
You connect your own carrier and broker accounts on one screen and keep the rates you’ve already negotiated. Nothing to renegotiate, nothing to move.
Stores here run it with National Freight Management, MachShip, KIS, Allied Express, Direct Freight, BigPost and Australia Post, among others. Yours not on the list? We add carriers on request. That’s normal onboarding, not a special favour.
Set up by an actual person.
Every plan includes a one-to-one setup session with us, not a link to a help doc. We’ll size up your products, your carriers and your packaging, and configure it with you.
5.0 / 5
Every review mentions the support.
Don’t take our word for it.
“We run a business specializing in heavy goods, and integrating Fare Freight with my Shopify store has been a game-changer. Unlike other apps, Fare Freight excels in handling heavy items. The setup was quick and easy, and the cost savings on shipping bulky products are remarkable.”
Aussie Offroad 4×4
“Our products are an odd shape and Fare Freight allowed us to enter in the dimensions and package type to give our customers accurate and live shipping rates. The app is easy to use and has many options to make the shipping tailored to what you need.”
Fabwitz Industries
“It is a great tool for sending all palleted goods. It connects with Shopify well, provides a large amount of shipping options to our customers and their customer service is really supportive. They will help you with the set up and advice on configuration if needed.”
AME System
The fair questions.
Do I need my own carrier account?
For live carrier rates, yes, and that’s the point. You keep your negotiated pricing and we don’t take a cut of your freight. No account yet? We can point you at the brokers other stores here use.
What if my carrier isn’t supported?
Tell us and we’ll look at adding it. New carrier connections are routine onboarding rather than a special project. The list has grown that way.
Will it work with my theme and checkout?
Rates come through Shopify’s carrier service, so they appear wherever your checkout already shows shipping. There’s nothing to rebuild in your theme.
My products are all different sizes. Is setup painful?
That’s the part we help with. Dimensions can be imported, read from existing metafields, or set per SKU, and every plan includes a setup session with a real person.
What about returns?
Reverse logistics is handled in the app too, including collection from the customer’s address. Ask us on the demo. It’s the part most stores don’t expect.
Ready to price the heavy stuff?
14-day free trial on the Shopify App Store, plus a setup session with us either way.