Answers.Body: <p>The free shipping flag on individual products stops costs being calculated by any shipping rule that is a <code>per item rate</code> or <code>weight rate</code>.</p>
  
  <p>See <a href="https://craftcommerce.com/docs/product-model#freeshipping" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://craftcommerce.com/docs/product-model#freeshipping</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>So there is this field called «Free Shipping» for each product.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/tBLd7.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tBLd7.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>But I can't find anything about this in the docs. I found out that I trigger it with </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>product.freeShipping</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But when activated it has no effect on shipping costs whatsoever.</p>
  
  <p>What's the idea behind this thing, and how do I activate it?
  (I'm fiddling around in the standard templates)?</p>
  
  <p>I thought about creating a Free Shipping Category and then activate it via conditional. Or what's the idea about this?</p>
  
Tags: <plugin-craftcommerce><shipping>
Title: Craft Commerce - Free Shipping Field
ThreadText: # Craft Commerce - Free Shipping Field
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-02)
  
  So there is this field called «Free Shipping» for each product.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/tBLd7.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/tBLd7.png)
  
  But I can't find anything about this in the docs. I found out that I trigger it with
  
  > product.freeShipping
  
  But when activated it has no effect on shipping costs whatsoever.
  
  What's the idea behind this thing, and how do I activate it?
  (I'm fiddling around in the standard templates)?
  
  I thought about creating a Free Shipping Category and then activate it via conditional. Or what's the idea about this?
  
  **Tags:** plugin-craftcommerce, shipping
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-03. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  The free shipping flag on individual products stops costs being calculated by any shipping rule that is a `per item rate` or `weight rate`.
  
  See <https://craftcommerce.com/docs/product-model#freeshipping>
  
  
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