I'd like to see what others suggest here too.

We've had to do a few creative things with products and shipping costs and/or product discounts and there are a few ways you could approach it.

When there have been some one-off changes (or pricing that affects just a handful of products), then we have setup copies of a product that cost more and has shipping/handling described in the product cost. We then only show that product/hide the other from specific users or Roles.

If users are registered or you create them and set them to roles, then this might be a quick approach. But, again, only manageable for a handful of items... messy if there are dozens or more.

Otherwise, where we have Hotcakes instances where they have US vs Canada type differences, especially for shipping costs, then we've approached it by building a custom Order Workflow and Checkout page that evaluates the shipping based on the user and address on record for them, giving them some options/costs for shipping if they are US vs Canada.

Ultimately, that's the more correct, robust way to approach it.

Let us know if you'd like a hand or would like to take a look at how we've approached it.

- Ryan

You can set different shipping methods to appear for different shipping zones. I'd suggest setting your shipping zones first, then create shipping methods that are associated to each of those zones as a start. This will be true, no matter which shipping method(s) you choose to use.

[url=https://hotcakescommerce.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/208690386-Shipping-Zones-Settings]Documentation: Shipping Zones[/url]

[url=https://hotcakescommerce.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/210253303-Shipping-Method-Settings]Shipping Methods[/url]