Because COD orders come with higher risks, Shopify lets the stores set a price range that works as a qualification for Cash on Delivery. If an order costs more than the specified maximum, it simply won't qualify for COD. Therefore, the merchant's risks of shipping without payment are minim...
But this is really weird and interesting – much more interesting than it looks. It suggests that, in the presence of a useful selfish goal to coordinate around, a value system will “spring up” that convinces people to support it for altruistic reasons. I’m not just talking about normal...
Some of the magic examples I’ve cited here as being unexplained has been pounced upon by readers as, “But wait! There’s plenty of explanation” because reasons, and some of those reasons come down to, “the world has a basic structure and that’s enough to qualify it as ‘explained'...