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title: Prepaid Shipping Method Carryover
slug: oms/prepaid-shipping-method-carryover
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createdAt: 2026-05-11T15:25:51.708Z
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## Overview

By default, when a prepaid subscription generates its recurring installment orders, Chord OMS recalculates shipping rates from scratch and lets the standard rate-selection logic pick a shipping method. This can mean a customer who originally paid for expedited shipping on their prepaid bundle ends up receiving later installments via the cheapest available method instead.

When this feature is enabled, Chord OMS will **carry over the shipping method the customer selected on the original prepaid checkout** and apply it to every recurring installment order generated by that subscription.

## What it does

When a customer selects a shipping method on their initial prepaid purchase, that method is saved to the subscription and reused on every installment order — so each delivery goes out via the same carrier and service level they originally chose. Installments remain free; only the method carries over, not a new charge.

## What it does *not* do

- It does **not** change pricing — the customer is not re-charged for shipping on installments.
- It does **not** affect non-prepaid (standard recurring) subscriptions.
- It does **not** affect one-time orders.

## When to enable it

Enable this feature if any of the following apply to your store:

- You sell prepaid subscription bundles where customers can choose between shipping speeds (e.g. Standard vs. Expedited) at checkout.
- You want installment deliveries to match the cadence and speed the customer paid for up front.
- You've received customer-support tickets about installments arriving via a slower method than the original order.

Leave it disabled if:

- All of your prepaid subscriptions ship via a single shipping method anyway.
- You explicitly want installment orders to use whatever the cheapest available method is at the time of generation.

## How to enable it

Set the store-level config flag `USE_ORIGINAL_SHIPPING_METHOD_ON_PREPAID` to `enabled` (default: `disabled`). Once enabled, the change takes effect for ***new*** prepaid subscriptions created after the flag is turned on — existing subscriptions are unaffected.

## Example

Prepaid checkout showing the total shipping cost across the total installments.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/TmutqdeXiIw-V3gBZXVjd/DCHkjUzGBeB8mxzc9DcRB_image.png)