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COD FeesMake COD Pay Its Way.Right at Checkout.

Charge an additional fee for COD orders to cover logistics costs and encourage prepaid conversions. Set a fixed or percentage-based fee, and COD King displays it clearly at your Shopify checkout so the customer sees the total before they order.

  • Fixed or percentage fee
  • Fee shown at checkout
  • Fees by weight & price
  • Covers extra COD cost
  • Encourages prepaid
  • COD stays available
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Why charge a COD fee?

A COD order costs more to fulfil than a prepaid one

Cash on delivery carries handling and return freight a prepaid order never does. A small additional fee covers some of that — and gives the customer a reason to pay online instead.

  • Cover what COD costs

    Per COD order

    An additional fee on cash-on-delivery orders goes toward the logistics cost prepaid orders never carry.

  • Encourage prepaid

    Without hiding COD

    A visible fee reduces COD adoption naturally, and cash on delivery stays on the checkout.

  • Nothing hidden at checkout

    Shown before paying

    The customer sees the fee and the final total while they are placing the order.

  • Already the industry norm

    70%+ of merchants

    More than 70% of merchants take a small additional fee on COD orders.

How COD Fees works

Set the fee. The checkout shows it.

Set a fixed or percentage-based COD fee, and it is applied the moment a customer chooses cash on delivery — as its own line, in front of them.

  1. 1

    Configure your COD fee

    Set a fixed amount or a percentage from the COD King dashboard — no theme edits, no code.

  2. 2

    Customer selects COD

    A buyer reaches your Shopify checkout and chooses cash on delivery over paying online.

  3. 3

    The COD fee is applied

    COD King adds your fee to the order summary as its own clearly labelled line.

  4. 4

    The total updates

    The customer sees the fee and the new total before they commit to anything.

  5. 5

    Customer completes the order

    They place the COD order at the total on screen — or switch to online payment, which carries no COD fee.

Result: Your fee → Applied when COD is chosen → A total the customer can see

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See COD Fees in Action

Watch a COD fee reach a live Shopify checkout: the customer picks cash on delivery, the fee appears as its own line in the order summary, and the total updates while online payment stays exactly where it was.

  • A fixed or percentage COD fee, set from the dashboard
  • The fee appearing in the order summary when COD is selected
  • The order total updating in front of the customer
  • Online payment still on the checkout, without the COD fee
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Key features

Everything you need to charge for cash on delivery, and to show the customer exactly what they are paying.

  • Fixed fee amount

    Charge a flat additional amount on every cash-on-delivery order.

  • Percentage-based fee

    Charge a share of the order value instead, so larger baskets carry a larger fee.

  • Fees by weight

    Set COD fees by parcel weight, so a heavy shipment carries more of its own freight.

  • Fees by price range

    Set different fees for different order value bands rather than one fee for every cart.

  • Full checkout transparency

    Complete visibility to customers while placing the order — the fee and the final total are both on screen.

  • Customisable fee labels

    COD fee labels and checkout messaging are yours to word, and nothing else about your theme changes.

Best suited for

  • High COD handling costs

    Cash collection and return freight

  • Heavy or bulky products

    Freight a refused parcel doubles

  • COD-heavy catalogues

    Most orders arriving unpaid

  • Stores shifting to prepaid

    Without removing COD

  • Thin-margin categories

    Where the COD cost shows

What Shopify merchants say

I was struggling with fake COD orders and losing time and money. After switching to COD King and enabling partial payment, the problem was solved. Customers now pay upfront, fake orders reduced, and operations run smoothly.
NuisanceFake orders · Solved
This app is super easy to use with excellent support from the team. Unlike other platforms, even small issues are resolved quickly without long delays. The COD King team is proactive and attentive.
Bashariya Aferenz Life StyleIssue resolution · Same day
We've had an excellent experience using COD King. The app is easy to set up and provides all the essential features we need, including OTP verification, partial COD payments, and flexible COD rules. It has helped us reduce fake COD orders and streamline our order confirmation process.
Oham shoham ayurvedShopify App Store review
Using COD King has really helped improve my Shopify COD order management. The OTP verification and COD control features are very useful for reducing fake and risky orders.
BuyBindasShopify App Store review

Frequently asked questions

COD fees are set from the COD King dashboard — no theme edits, no code, and the fee label your customers read is yours to word.

It is an additional fee charged on an order when the customer chooses cash on delivery. It goes toward the logistics costs a COD order carries and a prepaid one does not, and it gives the customer a reason to pay online instead. Collecting a small additional fee on COD orders is the norm in the industry — more than 70% of merchants already do it.

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