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title: "How to set up local store pick up shipping method"
description: "Many a times you might want to display a Store pickup option in the shipping method selection area of your site. Here is how it can be done."
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# How to set up local store pick up shipping method

Many a times you might want to display a Store pickup option in the shipping method selection area of your site. Here is how it can be done.

## Methods:

There are two ways in which the local store pick up method could be shown on the store front.

1. Renaming the free shipping.
2. Creating a shipping method using the standard shipping method.

### Renaming the free shipping:

**Ideal for:** The following method is ideal when you don’t intend to use the free shipping plugin for other purposes.

**Procedure:**

- Navigate to Component > J2Commerce > Setup > Shipping methods > Free shipping.

![freeshippping](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/free-shipping-name-change.webp)

- Click on the View option.
- Rename the plugin’s display name to Local store pick up.

![renametolocalpickup](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/free-shipping-name-change1.webp)

- Save the changes.
- Now the free shipping would appear as Local store pick up at the frontend for users who choose the USA region at their address.

![freeshippingaslocalstore](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/doc-images/shipping-methods/how-to-set-up-local-store%3Dpick-up/local-store-image3.png)

**Video Tutorial:**

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vYlO4qW-xL8/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYlO4qW-xL8)

## Creating a shipping method using the Standard shipping method:

**Ideal for:**

This process is ideal when you wish to use the Free shipping for other purposes but wish to display a store pickup option to users of a certain region.

**Procedure:**

- Navigate to Components > J2Commerce > Setup > Shipping methods > Standard shipping methods.
- Click on the View option.

![J2Commerce: Shipping Methods with Setup menu highlighted, and the Standard Shipping methods row with its View link and enabled status highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/standard-shipping.webp)

- Click on the New option.

![standardshippingmethod](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/standard-shipping-new.webp)

- Set the name as Store pick up and define the other conditions, if any

![setthedisplayname](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/standard-shipping-new1.webp)

- Click save and close.
- Click on the set rates button next to the newly created shipping method.

![setrates](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/standard-shipping-new2.webp)

- Choose the geozone (you will have to create one already in Components > J2Commerce > Localization > Geozones) for which this shipping option should be available.

![J2Commerce: Geo Zones list with Components, J2Commerce, the Localization menu and the USA geo zone highlighted](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/standard-shipping-geozone.webp)

- Set the rate as 0.
- Click on the create button.

![geozone](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/assets/standard-shipping-geozone1.webp)

- Now the frontend would show the shipping method for users of the chosen region.

![frontend](https://docs.j2commerce.com/images/docs/v4/doc-images/shipping-methods/how-to-set-up-local-store%3Dpick-up/local-store-image8.png)

**Video tutorial:**

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/enjbI42xbt0/hqdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enjbI42xbt0)