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ssociety · April 14th, 2007

I am curious what you all have found the best results from

I am looking at doing a flat 7.95 shipping fee for shirts ordered on our site.

But I was also thinking how about increasing the price oft he shirt and throwing in FREE SHIPPING

so instead of a 20.00 shirt make it 24.99 with free shipping. Curious if peopel have been down this road and what from there expierences is the most effective marketing approach.

I have also seen others use calculators to determine price based on wieght, and size to the ZIPCODE.

But the ideal thing here is to make it simple and easy for people to make the purchase without the thoguth of being ripped

thanks

caribbeanhobo · April 14th, 2007

Hey... I use Priority mail by the US Post Office. They supply the bags, boxes, even the tape for free, all at a cost of $4.05. You can't beat the price and it gets there in two to three days anywhere in the US. The thing you have to be aware of that the shirt or shirts can not go over one pound, after one pound the price increases by the ounce. Hope this helps.

Rodney · April 16th, 2007

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Originally Posted by ssociety


	I am curious what you all have found the best results from I am looking at doing a flat 7.95 shipping fee for shirts ordered on our site. But I was also thinking how about increasing the price oft he shirt and throwing in FREE SHIPPING so instead of a 20.00 shirt make it 24.99 with free shipping. Curious if peopel have been down this road and what from there expierences is the most effective marketing approach. I have also seen others use calculators to determine price based on wieght, and size to the ZIPCODE. But the ideal thing here is to make it simple and easy for people to make the purchase without the thoguth of being ripped thanks

You'll find lots of good shipping tips here.

7.95 sounds like a lot to ship a t-shirt.

Byeline666 · April 16th, 2007

i set up a fed-ex account and its 15% off all shipping at all locations. they bill my credit card montly. its dirt cheap. totally destroys what i was paying for usps

Rodney · April 16th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Byeline666


	i set up a fed-ex account and its 15% off all shipping at all locations. they bill my credit card montly. its dirt cheap. totally destroys what i was paying for usps

What would you consider dirt cheap? Every fedex quote I've had is way more expensive that USPS.

$2.50 to ship first class across the US isn't bad (that's from USPS).

Byeline666 · April 16th, 2007

i ship big boxes full of shirts i print for clients. a 72 shirt box would be $9-12 going IL-->MD

Rodney · April 16th, 2007

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	i ship big boxes full of shirts i print for clients. a 72 shirt box would be $9-12 going IL-->MD

Gotcha...I got confused because this thread is about an online store (selling t-shirts at retail...not big boxes)

For big boxes of shirts (anything over 12+ shirts), there are definitely better methods than USPS. For both pricing and package tracking

For one t-shirt, there aren't many that can compete with USPS's pricing (although they seem to increase every year).

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