ShippingIQ connects your WooCommerce store to your actual carrier contracts. Install the plugin, create your free account inside WordPress, upload your carrier rate cards, and ShippingIQ calculates your real contracted freight costs at checkout automatically – no separate sign-up step, no manual configuration.
How it works
- Install this plugin and go to WooCommerce -> ShippingIQ to create your free account
- Upload your carrier rate card (CSV or Excel) in the My Carrier tab
- Set your shipping rules in the Rules tab
- Your contracted freight is calculated at checkout automatically
What makes ShippingIQ different
Most shipping plugins use their own carrier accounts and add a margin. ShippingIQ uses your contracted rates – so your customers see exactly what you negotiated with your carrier, with no hidden markup unless you choose to add one.
Supported carriers
Any Australian carrier. ShippingIQ’s AI parser handles any rate card layout – Allied Express, Mainfreight, StarTrack, Hunter Express, and more. Upload it as CSV or Excel. If your carrier only supplies a PDF, Pro merchants can convert it to CSV first using the Rate Card Converter at shippingiq.com.au.
Features – included on the free plan
- Real-time freight calculation at checkout
- Supports weight-break, basic charge + per kg, and depot-to-depot pricing models
- Per-carrier fuel levy – set your carrier’s levy percentage so quotes match your invoices
- Per-carrier cubic factor – set the conversion factor your carrier actually uses (default 250)
- Origin depot selection for carriers that quote from more than one depot
- Free shipping threshold with smart surcharge voiding
- Carrier eligibility rules – stop a carrier being offered when an item exceeds its weight or dimension limits
- Product tag overrides – force or exclude a specific carrier per product, using ordinary WooCommerce product tags
- Cheapest-only or all-carriers display mode
- Carrier and rules management directly inside WooCommerce admin – no separate app needed
- 100 checkout quotes per month
- 5-minute rate caching for performance
Pro plan adds
- Unlimited carriers (the free plan supports one)
- Unlimited checkout quotes
- Surcharges – add charges such as tail lift or hand unload, with rules that trigger them automatically by weight, length or every consignment
- Freight margin – add a percentage or flat amount on top of the carrier rate to cover handling
- PDF rate cards – convert them to CSV with the Rate Card Converter at shippingiq.com.au, then upload the CSV here (the plugin itself accepts CSV and Excel on every plan)
Requirements
- A ShippingIQ account – create one free inside the plugin after installing
- At least one active carrier with an uploaded rate card
- Products must have weight set in WooCommerce (kg)
External Services
This plugin connects to the ShippingIQ API for freight rate calculation and rate card analysis, and to Supabase Auth for account creation and login.
ShippingIQ Freight Calculation API What it does: Calculates freight rates based on cart items, destination postcode, and the merchant’s uploaded carrier rate cards. What data is sent: Destination postcode, cart item weights and dimensions, quantity, and the merchant’s ShippingIQ Merchant ID. When data is sent: Every time a customer reaches the checkout page and a shipping rate is requested. API endpoint: https://soaxvqkkecqzarwmbeip.supabase.co/functions/v1/calculate-freight
ShippingIQ Account API (Supabase Auth) What it does: Creates a new ShippingIQ merchant account or authenticates an existing one directly from the WooCommerce admin. What data is sent: Email address and password (signup or login only – entered once by the store owner in WooCommerce -> ShippingIQ). When data is sent: Only when the store owner submits the signup or login form in the plugin settings page. API endpoints: https://soaxvqkkecqzarwmbeip.supabase.co/functions/v1/register-merchant and https://soaxvqkkecqzarwmbeip.supabase.co/auth/v1/token
ShippingIQ Rate Card Analysis API What it does: Analyses your uploaded carrier rate card to detect its pricing structure and extract rates and surcharges. What data is sent: The contents of your rate card file (as text, up to 100,000 characters) and the carrier name you entered. No customer data is involved. When data is sent: Only when the store owner clicks Analyse, and again when clicking Save, in WooCommerce -> ShippingIQ -> My Carrier. API endpoint: https://soaxvqkkecqzarwmbeip.supabase.co/functions/v1/rapid-api AI processing: This rate card content is processed via Anthropic’s Claude API to interpret the rate card structure. As API usage, this is governed by Anthropic’s Commercial Terms of Service (Anthropic does not train its models on data submitted through its API). Anthropic Commercial Terms of Service: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms Anthropic Privacy Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy
Terms of Service: https://shippingiq.com.au/terms Privacy Policy: https://shippingiq.com.au/privacy
A ShippingIQ account is required to use this plugin. Create one free inside the plugin after installing.