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# Shipping Zones

###### ${color}[#757070](Learn how to build groups of countries into Shipping Zones that form the basis of your custom Rates.)
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**What is a Shipping Zone?**

A Shipping Zone is a grouping of one or more countries that you wish to provide shipping rates for.

You are free to select specific countries for a Shipping Zone and you are also able to create ‘catchalls’ made up of any countries not already assigned to a Shipping Zone. This flexible approach means that most store owners can very quickly specify the broad areas that they ship to.

|| Example: 
|| Acme Inc. ships globally from Australia and has two sets of shipping rates - one for domestic customers and one for international customers. Acme create two Shipping Zones - one that has a single country (Australia) and another that is assigned to ‘Rest of World’ (every other country aside from Australia). 

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Once you have established one or more Shipping Zones you can then set up ** [Regions](https://postcode.crisp.help/en/article/create-a-new-region-dq4rdp/)** and ** [Rates](https://postcode.crisp.help/en/article/create-a-new-rate-cxdhr2/)** within each.

| **ⓘ** Note that creating a Shipping Zone in Postcode Shipping doesn't automatically create that Shipping Zone in Shopify. You will need [to set up the same Shipping Zones in Shopify as well and enable Postcode Shipping as the rate provider.](https://postcode.crisp.help/en/article/setup-your-shopify-shipping-zones-and-enable-postcode-shipping-rates-1jq1xje/)