Help Simplify Shipping I’m using Shopify if it matters. I need help brainstorming how to simplify our shipping. Right now, we are mostly using a flat rate with a free shipping threshold, except on items where we’ve been losing money on free shipping, where we’ve started added additional flat rates – the number of those items has been growing. Additionally, our flat r…

Warning About Uniuni Shipping for r/ecommerce PSA: AVOID UNIUNI SHIPPING FOR YOUR ECOMMERCE BUSINESS – A Cautionary Tale Fellow ecommerce operators, I’m writing this as a warning after a recent disaster that cost me a sale, a customer relationship, and hours of wasted time. TLDR: Uniuni has a fundamentally broken tracking system that will hurt your business. DO NOT USE THEM. I recently ship…

DFY Shipping Service? Is there a service where I can send my stock for them to warehouse and ship out for me? Like drop-sh!pping but I purchase all the stock upfront submitted by /u/phlaries

Sourcing shipping supplies Where do you source shipping supplies from? Do you use a local supplier or buy online and have it shipped to you? submitted by /u/MrDiou

Shipping strategy? So I planned to test my products before sending them in bulk, selling in the US, production in Europe. I’ve received few orders enough to validate one product, its still slow ( less than 30 order/month) I’m delivering directly to customer which is costly and impossible. Any better solution? 3pl I’ve found are beneficial after reaching a high num…

Efficient Shipping Hey all, my new business ships small vitamin sachets, they are 3×4 inch flat packets each, and i want to put these in something small and economical via USPS (because its close to my home). Id just be shipping around 3-5 packets in one box/mailer at a time max. What’s the most economical size dimension mailer? I was thinking a bubble mailer, but…

Shipping Promos I’m in the industrial B2B space. We have thousands of skus that ship either freight or small parcel. I need to run some free shipping or discounted shipping experiments to see if it boosts our conversion rate. What experiments have you guys run, what date were you looking at to determine if it was successful, and do you have any advice for me be…

Shipping – envelopes Hello, I am new to shipping e-commerce and I am selling cards from like pokemon, Lorcana and etc. I know there is a way to make labels at home with tracking through usps at a low cost but not sure where to go. Any advice would be so helpful. I need to make sure I have tracking with low cost. I signed up for stamps.com but not sure if that is the…

If shipping cost and no way to estimate shipping is one of the biggest reasons for abandoned carts why do so many places still not use a cart with a way to estimate shipping? We all know that shipping costs are wicked now and somehow the buyer ends up paying them either directly or in the item price so why do so many shops still require people to go all the way through the checkout just to find out that shipping is $25 on a 2 ounce item. I hate this myself and research shows many others do too. Shipping rates as earl…

Shipping costs How do i decrease shipping costs from suppliers to warehouse or in general? I was looking to start a product/brand with some research and got quoted prices that will cause my margin to take a huge decrease. As the products are based in weight ( trying to see if i can sell weighted blankets/blankets), the quote for shipping is expensive. Any advi…

Shipping cost discount What volume you need to be doing to get a better rate with USPS, than going through with Pirateship, Shopify and Shipstation etc. submitted by /u/Motor_Card_8704

Software that facilitates 3-way shipping and status updates? I’m looking for software (preferably all in one) that would allow me to: Sell a sampling kit through my website Print 2 paid shipping labels (one for shipment to customer, one for return shipment of sample to us) Create a QR code that customer can scan for updates on their order once they send their sample back to us (in prepaid package/envel…

Any good shipping options (consolidated shipping) from EU to UAE, KSA, Qatar? Hi, We are getting some good traction in the middle east and I would like to ask if anyone knows any good shipping options from the EU to these countries? I was looking at fulfilment centers but they All require you to open a company in the middle east which is a bit early right now Thanks submitted by /u/EverydayMustBeFriday

Should I change Free Shipping to Free Shipping @ $40? I’ve been in e-commerce for 13 years, and early on, we adopted Free Shipping as a strategy. As we all know, shipping prices continue to rise. Currently, 80% of our shipments use USPS First Class Mail (now called Ground Advantage), but we sell $7.99 items with free shipping. Our sales split is 60% DTC from our website and 40% from Amazon/marketpl…

Free shipping (or included shipping) Is it better to have free shipping and have a higher price per product or is it better to have lower prices products and charge shipping. What sells better? I sell handmade jewelry if that info helps. (I know free shipping really isn’t free.) submitted by /u/WaltersWish

Shipping big products Hey! I started a ecommerce in the US where I have to ship really big products. the box is 120cm x 90cm x 20cm. What is my best option to not have to spend too much on shipping costs? submitted by /u/PickleJuiceCakeBooty

Shipping small items from Square Does anyone have any experience with Square and know how to set two different shipping profiles for a single item (so I can have free shipping for USA and paid shipping for international)? And second, does anyone know of anywhere that I can buy shipping labels for letter sized packaging that would be the cost of a stamp and include tracking? I r…

Cheap shipping to and from China? Hi! Years ago I used to have a provider that gave me really cheap shipping labels I could use to and from China for samples, etc. from manufacturers. It would cost me $5-$15 on average. Does anyone know any other services like this? I don’t remember their name. The average rate for China shipping to and from is $60-$90 and I want better options….

Shipping options in Bombay Dtdc is reliable but too expensive. And it also sometimes doesn’t deliver to some places… Like goa or Kolkata.. Delhivery is not reliable at all. They are the worst. Ship rocket and blue dart are now aggregating each other’s packages. Speed post I don’t know how to rank. DTDC chap recommended that maybe try Shri Maruti for reliability and rea…

Aftership as shipping software I’m based in Switzerland and shipping with our country with a Shopify-app from Swiss Post. We’ve grown quite a bit and I want to switch to a shipping solution that can handle multiple channels and has more features. I’ve never used tandalone shipping software so it’s all new to me. I’ve seen that aftership offers a Swiss Post Integration. Has a…