Chapter 6

Setting Up Shipping and Receiving Payments

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Weighing up shipping options

Bullet Adding shipping profiles to your store

Bullet Collecting tax and getting paid

Bullet Preventing fraud

Admin … it’s unavoidable, but get this part right and you’re setting yourself up for Shopify success.

In this chapter, I show you how to set up shipping rates in your store and share some of the strategies online sellers use to optimize shipping to convert more sales.

I walk you through collecting tax and navigating your store’s payment settings, where you discover how to set up Shopify to accept payments in multiple currencies. On the subject of money, I also provide some advice on protecting your store from fraudsters and minimizing chargebacks, which occur when customers ask their banks to reverse the charges for orders placed on your store without their knowledge.

Tip You need to use your Shopify admin a lot in this chapter, which is where you find your store’s settings. You use the Settings section ...

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