Shipping

The Shipping tab in the Product data panel is important for two reasons:

• It's what your store uses to calculate live shipping rates.
• It's displayed to the customer on the frontend.

While images can be helpful to show the size and scale of products, nothing beats having dimensions listed on the product page. Consider the following example:

A friend of mine was looking to purchase a new refrigerator and did weeks of research. She found a great model and almost pressed the purchase button when she realized she had no idea of the size. She ended up purchasing a refrigerator from a different company and the original company lost out on $1,000+ sale because they didn't list their dimensions. So, don't forget to list dimensions!

There are two sets of shipping fields you'll want to fill in:

• Weight
• Dimensions (Length, Width, and Height)

You'll need both of these for shipping quotes and they'll automatically appear on the frontend in an additional tab beneath the Add to cart button:

Once you get your shipping taken care of, it's important to make sure users can browse through your store and find your product. That's what taxonomies are for.