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Policy

MEDIUM

OfferShippingDetails shippingRate is a valid MonetaryAmount

When present, `shippingRate` is a MonetaryAmount with numeric value/maxValue and ISO 4217 currency. An invalid rate object is silently dropped; agents can't quote your shipping cost in shopping cards.

What this check looks for

We require `shippingRate` to be an object with either `value` or `maxValue` (parseable as a non-negative number) and a `currency` (or `priceCurrency`) field that matches /^[A-Z]{3}$/i. Both typed numbers and numeric strings are accepted because real-world emitters often serialize numbers as strings.

Which AI surfaces it affects

  • Google AI Mode (UCP)90
  • Microsoft Copilot60
  • Meta AI50
  • ChatGPT (ACP)40
  • Perplexity30

Weighted against the live specs — ACP 2026-04-17, UCP 2026-04-08.

How to fix it

Emit shippingRate as a valid MonetaryAmount

Shopify

Developer
  1. Settings → Shipping and delivery: confirm zone rates have a price set.
  2. If you hand-roll the JSON-LD, source the value from `{{ shipping_rate.price | money_without_currency }}` and the currency from `{{ shop.currency }}`.

BigCommerce

Developer
  1. Edit your product template to emit a MonetaryAmount with the zone rate value and store currency.

WooCommerce

Developer
  1. Yoast/AIOSEO emit MonetaryAmount from your WooCommerce zone rates automatically — confirm in view-source.
  2. If using a custom snippet, source value from your shipping-method config and currency from `get_woocommerce_currency()`.

Custom / headless

Developer
  1. Emit MonetaryAmount with numeric value and ISO 4217 currency.
"shippingRate": {
  "@type": "MonetaryAmount",
  "value": 5.99,
  "currency": "USD"
}

The spec it's pinned to

  • Google shipping-policy SD — shippingRate as MonetaryAmount

    Google's shipping-policy SD requires `shippingRate` to be a MonetaryAmount with a numeric value/maxValue and a 3-letter ISO 4217 currency. Prose strings or missing currency are silently dropped.

schema.org/MonetaryAmount

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