How much would you charge if you want to have a flat shipping fee
Paypal doesn't aloud me to have multiple shipping fees (at least I can't figure out how to do this) so I've consider just adding a flat shipping to for all my customers. How much do you think it would be OK to charge if you want to have a flat shipping fee?
Re: How much would you charge if you want to have a flat shipping fee
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Originally Posted by splathead
Paypal allows you to alter your shipping charge based on total order.
Really? That I didn't know. I was thinking of just charging a flat shipping fee for everybody, if I can do that I might just have a flat shipping fee up to 4 T-shirts , and after that i can set a different price, but I'm not sure what would be fair to charge.. Or how much would be fair to charge for just one flat shipping fee.
Any thoughts
Re: How much would you charge if you want to have a flat shipping fee
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Originally Posted by KarenGarcia
Really? That I didn't know. I was thinking of just charging a flat shipping fee for everybody, if I can do that I might just have a flat shipping fee up to 4 T-shirts , and after that i can set a different price, but I'm not sure what would be fair to charge.. Or how much would be fair to charge for just one flat shipping fee.
Any thoughts
Shipping a shirt through the post office averages $2. You could increase your retail price by $2 and offer free shipping. This is fairest way to do it. Otherwise you have the situation of a single shirt buyer subsidizing the shipping cost of a multiple shirt buyer.
Re: How much would you charge if you want to have a flat shipping fee
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Originally Posted by splathead
Shipping a shirt through the post office averages $2. You could increase your retail price by $2 and offer free shipping. This is fairest way to do it. Otherwise you have the situation of a single shirt buyer subsidizing the shipping cost of a multiple shirt buyer.
That's a very good idea, I might just say "free shipping" and just increase my prices a little bit. That way I might attract more customers by offering this deal
Thanks!
Re: How much would you charge if you want to have a flat shipping fee
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Originally Posted by KarenGarcia
That's a very good idea, I might just say "free shipping" and just increase my prices a little bit. That way I might attract more customers by offering this deal
Thanks!
That's a good way to go. If you're shipping via USPS First Class mail, it doesn't add too much to the cost of the t-shirt.
I used to do $4.95 flat rate shipping in the US and had no problems with it. I shipped via USPS Priority Mail. As the US Post office continually increased their rates, I never had to change my flat rate. Then I switched to free shipping.
Re: How much would you charge if you want to have a flat shipping fee
Remember to include everything into your prices for shipping. If you charge $3 for shipping and it cost $2.85 to ship it you could be losing money. Think about the cost of buying the supplies for shipping like; tape, paper, labels, shipping mailers, etc.
Also include getting paid for your time to actually ship the product! If you have to drive 2 miles to the post office then include that into your shipping cost. To me as a business owner and a customer who purchases a lot of stuff online i think about $4 range is reasonable and anything over $4.99, I know I am being ripped off for a shirt.
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