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title: "Free shipping on specific products or collections, or excluding some"
description: "Free shipping when the cart contains certain products, counting only some products toward the threshold, or excluding oversized items."
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updated: 2026-11-08
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# Free shipping on specific products or collections, or excluding some

Free shipping when the cart contains certain products, counting only some products toward the threshold, or excluding oversized items.

_Updated November 2026_

**Short answer:** Shopify's free shipping discount has no product or collection conditions, so the built-in route is a separate shipping profile with a free rate. In RM: Advanced Free Shipping, you add a product or collection condition instead and keep your shipping profiles as they are.

Shipping is charged per rate, not per item. When the cart matches, the whole rate becomes free or cheaper, not just the shipping for certain items.

## Free shipping when the cart contains a product or collection

-   **Product in cart** **Contains** Garden Bench, then **All shipping rates**, **Free**.
    
-   **Product collection** **Contains (any)** "Free shipping items", then **Free**.
    

Anything else in the cart ships free too. To require that the cart has only those products, use **Contains (any / strict mode)** for products or **Contains (only)** for collections.

## Free shipping over $X, excluding some products

-   **No free shipping when oversized items are in the cart**: **Cart total** **Is at least** 100, AND **Product collection** **Does not contain** "Oversized".
    

![Conditions: Cart total is at least $100, AND Product collection does not contain Oversized](https://staticfiles.us.gleap.ai/p6ad4251a43e13d5e6030fd91/znt1xOwXu7p4yLMtqq45VONuYPPtKdMtkLbWjeyrD5G1jBE93wkySM9pGdHGBp2We2K6Y1VKbiR.png)

-   **Some products don't count toward the threshold**: **Cost of items from collection (subtotal)** **Is at least** 100, with a collection of the products that should count. Merch, gift cards or add-ons outside it don't count.
    

![A Cost of items from collection (total) condition: Is at least $100 from the Olive Oils collection](https://staticfiles.us.gleap.ai/p6ad4251a43e13d5e6030fd91/iXxAVXX3LozAomXMXwzkmlDgsqbCqBCnUvjJIJIkoZyE6mScOzU7azHGTBPF7KColEzIojazOXt.png)

To leave out a few products, tag them (for example "no-free-shipping") and create a smart collection that excludes products with that tag. Use that collection in the condition.

## Free shipping on 3 or more items from a collection

**Item count from collection** **Is at least** 3, with your collection. Shopify's built-in minimum quantity counts every item in the cart.

## Why not shipping profiles?

A shipping profile with a free rate suits products that always ship free. When a cart mixes products from different profiles, Shopify combines the rates from each profile, so customers still pay shipping for the other items. A shipping discount keeps one profile and decides by what's in the cart.

## Good to know

-   Up to 150 products per **Product in cart** condition. For more, put them in a collection.
    
-   To target a product tag, create a smart collection based on the tag and use a collection condition.
    
-   Each collection condition checks only its own collections, so one rule group can require one collection and exclude another.
    
-   Strict mode and **Contains (only)** count everything in the cart, including add-ons like shipping protection.
    

See [Product in cart and Variant selector](https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/17-product-in-cart-and-variant-selector.md) and [Collection conditions](https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/18-collection-conditions.md).

## Common questions

**Can I make shipping free for just one item in a mixed cart?**  
No. Shipping is charged per rate, so a discount changes the whole rate. You can make the discount depend on what's in the cart.

**Can I exclude products from free shipping?**  
Yes. Use **Product collection** **Does not contain**, or count only some products toward the threshold with **Cost of items from collection**.

**Do gift cards count toward the threshold?**  
Yes. Gift cards bought in the cart count toward Cart total and Cart subtotal like any other item. To leave them out, use **Cost of items from collection** with a collection that doesn't include them.

**Can I use product tags?**  
Not directly. Create a smart collection based on the tag, then use a collection condition.