Feature Request: Country-specific delivery times per shipping method
Currently, Shopware only allows one global delivery time per shipping method.
To accommodate different delivery times for each destination country, separate shipping methods must be created.
In more complex shipping setups, this leads to a very high number of shipping methods.
In this case:
- Approximately 130 standard shipping methods
- Approximately 100 express shipping methods
- Over 200 active shipping methods in total
This results in considerable administrative overhead regarding:
Maintenance and updates
Rule assignment
Quality assurance
Error potential
Overview in the admin panel
Especially with service providers like DHL and DHL Express, detailed, country-specific transit time tables exist that need to be updated regularly. Grouping by region (e.g., EU, USA, Asia) is not practical here, as transit times change dynamically and the grouping logic would have to be constantly adjusted.
Problem Statement
The current system architecture forces merchants to create multiple shipping methods simply to represent different delivery times for each country.
There is no way to define delivery times, similar to shipping costs, differentiated by destination country.
Requested Feature
Extension of shipping methods to include country-specific delivery time logic, e.g.:
- A matrix within a shipping method:
Country → Delivery Time
or alternatively
- Rule-based assignment of delivery times via the Rule Builder
The goal is to represent different delivery times for each country without having to create separate shipping methods.
Expected Added Value
- Significant reduction in the number of shipping methods
- Simplified maintenance when changing delivery times
- Improved clarity in the backend
- Reduced error susceptibility
- Better scalability for international shipping