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Customers
- The price of the products you're buying may be inflated to partially (or fully) cover the cost of shipping & handling.
- You may be charged a membership fee or a small flat rate for shipping to cover the remaining cost of shipping.
- Examples:
- Amazon Prime costs $10.99/month for membership and shipping is free for many items sold on Amazon.
- We charge a flat $5 flat rate shipping charge per order for orders $25+
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Sellers
- Add up all your actual shipping costs:
- Shipping charges from USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc.
- Boxes, envalopes, packing peanuts, bubble wrap, tape, shipping labels, packing slips, etc.
- Labor to print, pull, pack, and ship orders
- Third-party shipping app costs
- Figure out how you want to collect those costs from your customers:
- Charge your customers the actual cost of shipping OR
- Inflate product prices AND
- Charge a reduced shipping rate or a membership fee
- Hope your customers are willing to pay the prices you've decided on and that you'll collect enough money to cover your expences.
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| The Bottom Line for Firehouse Flavors |
| Amount we charge for shipping & handling for orders $25+ |
Average amount it actually costs us to ship an order: |
| $5.00 |
$13.73 |
| Average cost to ship an order which the customer chose "$5 Shipping..." from the last 12 months.
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| We're not Amazon, but we have deals, too! |
| Today only, we can match Amazon Prime's FREE SHIPPING (on orders over $25) and give you something they can't: a FREE GIFT! Enter coupon code PRIMEDAY during checkout and we'll take $5 off your shipping charge (making the "$5 Shipping..." method free) and send you a free pouch of our Wine Slush Mix (make it with wine, booze, or juice) as a cool summer treat. |
| Offer expires midnight tonight 7/11/17. Not valid with any other offer. Coupon code must be entered at time of checkout to receive discount and free gift; order revisions will not be made. E-mail us with any questions before placing your order. |
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