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Set up regions

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How regions work

Regions are used to create custom areas within the countries. The areas can be used to set up shipping costs, delivery time, or regional availability and pricing, depending on the availability for your country.

Country	Regional availability and pricing	Shipping cost and transit times based on custom areas
Algeria	Available by state
Angola	Available by state
Argentina	Available by state, postal code
Australia	Available by state, postal code	Available by state, postal code
Austria	Available by state
Bahrain	Available by state
Bangladesh	Available by state
Belarus	Available by state
Belgium	Available by state
Brazil	Available by state, postal code	Available by state, postal code
Cambodia	Available by state
Cameroon	Available by state
Canada*	Available by state, postal code	Available by postal code
Chile	Available by state
Columbia	Available by state
Costa Rica	Available by state
Côte d'Ivoire	Available by state
Czech Republic	Available by state
Denmark	Available by state	Available by state, postal code
Dominican Republic	Available by state
Ecuador	Available by state
Egypt	Available by state
El Salvador	Available by state
Ethiopia	Available by state
Finland	Available by state
France	Available by state, postal code	Available by region, postal code
Georgia	Available by state
Germany	Available by state, postal code	Available by state, postal code
Ghana	Available by state
Great Britain*	Available by state, postal code	Available by postal code
Greece	Available by state
Guatemala	Available by state
Hungary	Available by state, postal code
India	Available by state, postal code	Available by state, postal code
Indonesia	Available by state, postal code
Ireland	Available by state
Israel	Available by state
Italy	Available by state
Japan	Available by prefecture	Available by prefecture
Jordan	Available by state
Kazakhstan	Available by state
Kenya	Available by state
Kuwait	Available by state
Lebanon	Available by state
Madagascar	Available by state
Malaysia	Available by state
Mauritius	Available by state
Mexico	Available by state, postal code
Morocco	Available by state
Mozambique	Available by state
Myanmar (Burma)	Available by state
Nepal	Available by state
the Netherlands	Available by state
New Zealand	Available by state, postal code	Available by state, postal code
Nicaragua	Available by state
Nigeria	Available by state
Norway	Available by state
Oman	Available by state
Pakistan	Available by state
Panama	Available by state
Paraguay	Available by state
Peru	Available by state
Philippines	Available by state
Poland	Available by state
Portugal	Available by state
Romania	Available by state
Saudi Arabia	Available by state
Senegal	Available by state
Singapore	Available by state
Slovakia	Available by state
South Africa	Available by state, postal code
South Korea	Available by state
Spain	Available by state
Sri Lanka	Available by state
Sweden	Available by state
Switzerland	Available by state
Tanzania	Available by state
Thailand	Available by state
Tunisia	Available by state
Turkey	Available by state
Uganda	Available by state
Ukraine	Available by state
United Arab Emirates	Available by state
United States	Available by state, postal code	Available by state, postal code
Uruguay	Available by state
Uzbekistan	Available by state
Venezuela	Available by state
Vietnam	Available by state, postal code
Zambia	Available by state
Zimbabwe	Available by state

Creating custom areas isn't the only way to set shipping costs for specific areas within the countries. You may also specify states, regions, territory, or prefectures depending on the countries using the advanced shipping cost settings. Learn more about Setting up shipping settings.

Example

If you’re located on the east coast of the United States, you may notice higher costs and extended transit times when shipping orders to the west coast. To account for these higher costs and extended transit times, you could set up a specific region for the west coast, and associate a longer transit time and higher shipping rate on deliveries to that region.

Note: When setting up fast and free shipping, ensure that the regional availability settings are accounted for.

Instructions

*Note: Google doesn’t accept the full alphanumeric postal codes for select regions (for example, Canada and Great Britain). In these cases, only provide the first three alphanumeric values in your Regions submission. For example, submit “TW6” for the region "TW6 2GA".

Before you begin

Ensure your target country is eligible for regional availability and pricing to activate the "Regions" add-on.

Activate the “Regions” Add-on

In your Merchant Center account, select Settings in the left navigation menu.
Select Add-ons.
Select Add on the “Regions” add-on card.

After activation, you can navigate to the “Regions” page by selecting “Business Info” from the left navigation menu and selecting the “Regions” tab.

Create a new region

In your Merchant Center account, select Business info under Settings section from the left navigation menu.
Select the Regions tab.
Select Add region to create a new region.
Enter values for “Region ID”, “Region name”, and “Country”. Region ID needs to be unique for each region and can be alphanumeric (minimum of 5 characters).
Note:
- Region name helps you identify the geographical area you want to include in your region. Use the drop-down menu beside “Country” to select which country this region will apply to.
- An "Invalid postal code specification" error may occur as Google doesn’t accept full alphanumeric postal codes for certain regions (for example, Canada and Great Britain). Only provide the first three alphanumeric values for these regions.
Create your region using postal codes or states/provinces. To use postal codes, enter one entry per line in any of the following styles:
- A postal code (for example, 75008)
- A range of postal codes (for example, 2000-2500)
- A range of postal codes using a prefix with a wildcard ( * ) (for example, 94*)
- A range of postal codes using 2 prefixes with wildcards ( * ), using the same number of digits for both prefixes (for example, 94*-95*
  - Note: There’s a limit of 25k postal code entries per account (a range of postal codes is considered one entry). To use states/provinces, select the correct ones.
Select Add and select Save to finish creating the region.

Edit a region

In your Merchant Center account, select Business info under Settings section from the left navigation menu.
Select the Regions tab.
To edit the Region name or Region ID, edit the text in the relevant field.
- Note: You’ll need to separately update the region ID in your regional inventory feed.
To edit the geographic area:
- Postal Codes:
  - Add new codes exactly as when creating a region with one range per line. Select Add postal codes.
  - To remove a postal code, select the X next to it or select Clear all to remove all postal codes.
- States/Provinces:
  - Select or deselect the check boxes.
Select Save to finish editing the region.

Remove a region

Before you can remove a region, make sure that it's no longer in use.

In your Merchant Center account, select Business info under Settings section from the left navigation menu.
Select the Regions tab.
Select the Trash icon next to the name of the region in the “Region name” column, then select Delete.

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