How to Set Up Location-Based Extra Fees for Remote Delivery in WooCommerce

This business use case shows how a WooCommerce store added a $15 remote area delivery surcharge using location-based conditions. It helps recover logistics costs while keeping standard shipping rates competitive for other customers.

Overview

Automatically charge an additional fee for orders shipped to remote or expensive-to-serve locations to recover logistics costs. (Plugin feature: Location-Based Fee)

Revenue/Business Impact Example: A WooCommerce store implements a $15 remote delivery fee for hard-to-reach zones using the Extra Fees plugin.

By targeting 500 monthly orders from these areas, they achieve a 15% revenue lift in those zones, adding $7,500/month in pure margin.

🧾 Preconditions

• Extra Fees plugin is installed and activated.
• WooCommerce shipping zones must already be configured (including remote zones).
• Selected the zone-based conditional fee rule

✅ Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Navigate to Admin Dashboard → Extra Fees.
2. Click “Add New Fee.”
3. Fill in the basic details
   • Fee Name: Remote Area Surcharge
   • Fee Type: Fixed
   • Amount: $15
4. Set the Conditions
   • Under Conditions, choose:
     • Condition Type: Zone

     • Zone Matches: Select your previously defined remote delivery zones created in the default WooCommerce

       

5. Click “Save Fee.”
6. Test the flow
   • Go to your store’s checkout page.
   • Use an address within the selected remote zone.

   • The “Remote Area Surcharge” should appear automatically as an additional fee.

     

🔁 Alternate Flow

• If a customer's address does not match a remote zone, no extra fee will be added.

✅ Expected Outcome

• Customers in designated remote zones will be charged a $15 surcharge at checkout.
• Store owners recover additional delivery expenses for remote areas.