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title: Understanding WooCommerce Shipping Zones
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October 30, 2026

# Understanding WooCommerce Shipping Zones

## Why the shipping methods you're expecting may not be showing up on the Cart or Checkout pages.

# Why Are Shipping Rates Not Displaying? Check Your WooCommerce Shipping Zones

## Why aren't shipping rates displaying on the Cart or Checkout page?

If an Eniture Technology shipping quote plugin is not displaying rate options on the WooCommerce Cart or Checkout pages, verify your WooCommerce Shipping Zones configuration. Misconfigured zone ordering is a common cause of missing shipping rates.

## How does WooCommerce evaluate shipping zones?

WooCommerce evaluates shipping zones in the order they appear on the **WooCommerce \> Settings \> Shipping** page (navigation may vary depending on your version of WooCommerce). It stops evaluating as soon as it retrieves a rate from a matching zone, meaning zones lower in the list are never reached once an earlier zone returns a result.

![](https://support.eniture.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-28-2023-01-31-38-2536-PM.png?width=650&height=264&name=image-png-Oct-28-2023-01-31-38-2536-PM.png)

## How does shipping zone order affect which rates are shown?

In the illustration above, if the shopper's shipping address has a postal code that begins with "303", only the option for **Free Shipping** will be offered. The shipping methods for the zone "USA" won't be offered.

If the order of the zones is reordered so that the "USA" zone is listed first...

![](https://support.eniture.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-28-2023-01-41-59-8367-PM.png?width=650&height=244&name=image-png-Oct-28-2023-01-41-59-8367-PM.png)

...then only the shipping methods for the "USA" zone will be offered even though the shopper's shipping address has a postal code that begins with "303".

## How do I display rates from multiple shipping zones for the same address?

To display rates from both the "USA" shipping zone and **Free Shipping** when the shopper's postal code begins with "303", do the following:

1. Add the desired shipping methods to the "Local" shipping zone.
2. Ensure the "Local" shipping zone is listed above the "USA" zone on the **WooCommerce \> Settings \> Shipping** page.

![](https://support.eniture.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-28-2023-01-51-55-8246-PM.png?width=650&height=252&name=image-png-Oct-28-2023-01-51-55-8246-PM.png)

**Related documents:**

[Setting up Shipping Zones](https://woocommerce.com/document/setting-up-shipping-zones/) (Official instructions from WooCommerce)

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