From August 24, 2026, DDU will no longer be available on Managed Markets in countries and regions where DDP is supported. Duties and taxes will be collected up front at checkout instead of being paid to the carrier on delivery. Stores that want to keep collecting duties on delivery must turn Managed Markets off before that date.
Managed Markets' DDU. Note the limitation: this applies only in countries and regions where DDP is supported.
DDP(duties and taxes collected at checkout) automatically takes over. No migration work is needed on the merchant side.
Customers now pay duties and taxes paid at checkout. No payment to the carrier or customs is required at delivery.
| Market state | What happens on and after 8/24 | What the merchant must do |
|---|---|---|
| DDU is explicitly set and Managed Markets supports DDP in that country/region |
Automatic Switches to DDP. Customers pay duties and taxes at checkout | Nothing (if the new behavior is fine) |
| DDU is inherited Inherited from a higher-level setting (inherit) |
Automatic Same as above. Treated the same as an explicit setting | Nothing (if the new behavior is fine) |
| Already on DDP | No change | Nothing |
| Countries/regions where Managed Markets does not support DDP | Not stated The post only says that DDU is ending in every country/region where DDP is supported | Check the Help Center |
| You want to keep collect-on-delivery (DDU) | Action required Doing nothing means switching to DDP | Turn Managed Markets OFF before 8/24 |
Nothing to do.It switches to DDP automatically on 8/24. The post says so explicitly: "Otherwise, no action is needed".
Turn Shopify Managed Markets OFF before 8/24.The post lists no other workaround (it does not offer any way to keep DDU while still using Managed Markets).
Identify markets that either set DDU explicitly or inherit it.
Check whether any wording still says duties are collected on delivery.
Only if you choose B, turn Managed Markets off by August 24.
To avoid speculation, here are the points the original post leaves unaddressed. Confirm them with the Help Center before deciding how to proceed.
It only says "all countries and regions that support DDP" — no list is given.
No mention of additional fees or duty calculation rates that come with the move to DDP.
It isn't stated which method applies to orders that straddle August 24.
No mention of any impact on Admin API fields or the markets settings API.
There's no explanation of whether prepaid duties and taxes can be refunded, or how.
No other cross-border shipping or duty collection options are described for stores that turn it off.
It isn't only markets where DDU was set explicitly —markets that inherit DDU from a parent are migrated automatically as well. Markets you don't recall ever setting to DDU are affected too, so your audit has to cover inherited values.
Under DDP, duties and taxes are added at checkout.Anything calculated from the order total (free shipping thresholds, coupon minimums, GA4 purchase value, LTV aggregates) will shift, so treat figures from around August 24 as discontinuous.
The only way the post offers to stay on DDU is disabling Managed Markets itself . There's no option to keep DDU for only part of your markets. = no fine-grained opt-out is available— factor that into your design decisions.
The changelog entry is filed under Removed / Admin only, with no mention of impact on Admin API or webhook payloads. If you feed order tax and duty lines into external systems (ERP / accounting / WMS),verify the post-migration payload against real data.
Even if you go with Pattern A (do nothing),the customer-facing experience changes on 8/24. Any product page, FAQ, thank-you email, or shipping policy that still says "duties are payable on arrival" will now contradict reality.Even a no-code-change response creates work to update your text assets— budget for it.