The launch of my site has been delayed because of the shipping limitations through Shopify. I sell antique furniture and accessories, so no two pieces will ever be the same in terms of size or weight nor will they always be shipped by the same carrier. A sofa will be freight but a lamp might go UPS. To 'pad' the price and offer free shipping is rolling the dice on my profit or gauging the customer.
I want a calculator on my product page based off of the custom variants (dimension / weight) so the customer can enter their state / zip code and get a rate. I've even eliminated shipping outside of the US to see if I could get close to having something offered. I received a quote for a custom build but I'm only an affiliate plan and would need to upgrade my plan which isn't budgeted for launch.
Lastly, I'm the store owner, not even the designer or developer — had I known about these limitations before going this far down the road with Shopify, there is no way I would have gone with this platform.
My question; IF I had a custom calculator built, would it even work?