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How to charge mattress recycling or disposal fees with Magical Fees

Kyle Godon·Published · Last updated help

The fast way: start from a template

Magical Fees includes a California mattress recycling charge template, plus Oregon mattress stewardship assessment and Rhode Island mattress recycling fee. Click Add fee, open the template, pick the collection that holds your mattresses, and click Activate fee. The amount and receipt title come from the program's own rules, and the fee's Where it works card tells you if any sales channel still needs setup. See How to create a fee from a template.

The steps below build the same fee by hand as a custom fee.

To charge a mattress recycling or disposal fee, you’ll want to set up a fixed fee for specific products or collections. Here’s how:

  1. In your Shopify admin, open the Magical Fees app.
  2. Click Add fee, then Create custom fee.
  3. In the Select a Method window, choose the Function Method.
  4. Enter a title, like “Mattress Recycling Fee.”
  5. Add a description in the Details field for customers to see at checkout.
  6. Set the fee type to Product.
  7. Under What it charges, choose a fixed amount and enter the fee you want to charge.
  8. Set how often the fee applies: -Every product for each item, or -Once per product to charge the fee just once per product, no matter the quantity.
  9. For bundling, select Matching Product so the fee is linked directly to the mattress or related product.
  10. Under product selection, choose Specific products or Specific collections, and select the mattresses or products that require this fee.
  11. If you need the fee to apply by location, you can add location conditions.
  12. Click Save.

This will make sure your mattress recycling or disposal fee is added to the right products at checkout.

Always label deposits separately for compliance

Display bottle deposit fees as a clearly labeled, separate line item at checkout and on receipts. This meets regulatory transparency requirements, builds customer trust by showing exactly what they're paying, and makes it significantly easier to track deposits for reporting and audits. Use a clear label like "Bottle deposit" or "Container deposit (CRV)" so customers immediately understand the charge.

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