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Shipping Policy Draft

/shipping-policy  Turns your real shipping zones, rates and processing time into a shipping policy page customers can actually understand.

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Add opens your Shopify admin with the skill prefilled; review it there and click Add. If nothing appears, use Copy and follow the steps below.

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Values come from your store profile when set. Leave a field blank to keep the placeholder and fill it in Sidekick.

The skill

Suggested shortcut: /shipping-policy
Draft a shipping policy. Orders take [PROCESSING DAYS] business days to process.

## Steps
1. Read shipping settings: zones, countries, rate names and prices, any free-shipping threshold, and local pickup or delivery options. Read the current shipping policy if any.
2. Write the policy under these headings: Processing time; Where we ship; Rates (a small table by zone, quoting the real names and prices); Delivery estimates (only what the rate names or carrier options state, otherwise "[CONFIRM]"); Free shipping; Tracking; Customs and duties for international; Lost or damaged parcels; Contact.
3. Keep each section short and plain. Mark missing facts "[CONFIRM]".
4. Show the draft. Ask for approval. Only after a clear yes, update the shipping policy in settings.

## Output
The draft with the rates table, the [CONFIRM] list, then "Publish this to the policy page?"

Do not invent delivery times or duty rules. Do not publish without approval.
How to add it to Sidekick
  1. Click Add to Sidekick above. Your Shopify admin opens with the skill ready to review. Click Add. Done.
  2. If the button does nothing in your store: click Copy skill, open Sidekick in your admin, type /, choose Create new skill, name the shortcut shipping-policy, paste the text as the instructions, and save.
  3. To run it, type /shipping-policy in Sidekick. Sidekick keeps up to 25 skills; manage yours from the skills menu.

What you get

A shipping page that matches your checkout, which is the cheapest way to cut “how much is shipping” and “when will it arrive” messages.

When to use it

Any time rates or zones change, and before peak season.

Variations

  • “Add a holiday cut-off dates section” in November.

Limits

Delivery estimates come from your rate names or carrier settings; if you use flat rates without estimates, fill in the [CONFIRM] lines.

Status: Written for Sidekick but not yet run on a live store. Results may need a second prompt. Time saved: about 45 min.

Author: MerchantSkill · License: CC0, no attribution needed · Updated: 19 Sept 2026 · Raw markdown

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