Clothing brand – do you see higher conversions and AOV with a free shipping threshold rather than completely free? Why does everyone say free shipping is always better? For the past year I’ve done a “$100+ and it ships free” discount and it’s gone pretty well. My AOV has increased slightly from the year prior. It used to be $75. I’ve debated doing free shipping in general, but I’m really worried it’s going to have the opposite effect and hurt AOV, since I think people actually add stuff to their cart, in order …

Shipping outside of Mexico Hi everyone, I would like to sell my pottery online. However, I live in Mexico and it’s expensive to mail things outside of the country. Just wondering if anyone has a small business have how you go about it? submitted by /u/Kitchen-Ad8716

Charging for shipping on returns if free shipping threshold is no longer met? Want a sanity check on this. I have an ecommerce store, where we have a free shipping threshold, it is ~2 items. We have had a product launch recently where it is offered in two sizes, there have been a couple orders that order both to qualify for free shipping and return the one size they do not like. I am thinking of instilling a policy where …

Shipping from Alibaba The person I am in contact with at Alibaba is ready to ship my product. There is a trade assurance link to make the rest of the payment but I think she wants me to type in the chat my “contact name, address, and phone number”. Is that necessary or normal? submitted by /u/Economy-Roll-555

WooCommerce Shipping Costs The only thing holding me up from starting my online store with WooCommerce is how to add the accurate shipping prices to the customer’s order. There appears to be many places that will create labels, but nothing has answered this checkout part. I have stickers and magnetic bookmarks available. Everything I’ve tried (Pirateship, Shipping Easy, …

Shipping costs too high Hi all – I’m new to the ecomm game and had a question about shipping. Currently our shipping costs 30-39% of our total revenue which I understand to be extremely high. We ship with UPS currently. Quite frankly, I don’t understand how it can be this high and we’re talking to our shipping vendor about this but I wanted to get your insights into wh…

Shipping I sell flat pack furniture, usually weighs about 100 pounds and dimensions about 40”x27”x8”. Currently using getting ups labels through shippo and costs about $100 per. There are lots of alternatives. Pirate ship, stamps.com, third parties, UPS account. Anyone have any recommendations as far as what would be the best route to take? submitted…

What shipping software has the cheapest rates for domestic and international shipping? I’m launching my business soon and I am torn between pirate ship, easy ship and shippo etc. Which shipping software has the cheapest shipping rates for both domestic and international shipping. I am not expecting to be shipping a lot of volume to start off. Any advice will be greatly appreciated! submitted by /u/fatimaxfarouk

Figuring Out Shipping Hi All, I have never manufactured anything or worked in e-commerce before, but I am starting a footwear business that sells work boots online that are manufactured in Leon, Mexico (basically right in the middle). The manufacturer is already on board and preorders coming in for these boots. I have to figure out a reputable company I could trust t…

Perceived value and shipping, how do you convey that? People say they’d eventually buy your product if they want it bad enough. So do you need multiple couriers or you could just do it to one. Do you outright have to tell them the value or is it something they’d have to understand by themselves since telling them would butcher the odds of the sale. Or would the layout of the website play a crucial …

Shipping confirmation mail I set the shipping confirmation mail on shopify, and I tried testing order but the mail did not sent. When does the shipping confirmation mail exactly get sent and is it automatic? What do I have to do to send it? submitted by /u/PolicyIndependent619

Increase prices and continue to offer free shipping, or start charging for shipping and keep same price? Product is a gift box. Price point is currently $120+ free shipping but looking to increase this to $130 (either by increasing price or charging $10 shipping) Any input appreciated. Thanks. submitted by /u/throawayboi

Shipping integration woocommerce – europe Hey guys, I’m in need for some help in this topic. All answers are appreciated! For years I’ve worked with Portuguese post office: CTT because it was the easiest way I found to ship my products. But here’s the problem: they are getting expensive and expensive overtime. After years of wondering how people could get such low prices for their ship…

Shipping Software with Hazmat Integration? Hey Guys, I run a chemical distribution company and currently have LabelMaster DGIS software. DGIS allows you to generate only FedEx Ground hazmat shipping declarations, but not Fedex hazmat Air Waybill documentation. I currently have ShipStation connected to my website to get live rates but it sucks that ShipStation doesn’t allow hazmat shippin…

Free Shipping or Charge for Shipping? I am starting to sell a physical product for my business. I am seeing a lot of sites charge for shipping. Gross Profit is 71% and Net Profit is 51% if i offer free shipping. Shipping is $7 so should i just charge $4.99 for shipping. If i do charge for shipping, then the net profit would be 60%. Should I charge shipping for higher profit margin o…

How hard is it to source drop shipping suppliers? I’m starting to do some research for a high end online niche kitchen equipment retailer. The niche I’m going after doesn’t seem to have many high end options that would fit the vision I have and do drop shipping. Has anyone had success contacting companies that aren’t listed on the big drop shipping aggregator sites and getting them to dropshi…

Woots T-Shirt $6 + Free Shipping w/ Prime Woot has select *Woot! Men’s/Women’s Graphic T-Shirts* (various designs/sizes) on sale *$5.99 Each* (discount shown on final order screen). *Shipping is free* w/ Amazon Prime Membership, otherwise, a…

Help with Shopify shipping profiles Shopify help please! I’m trying to set up multiple shipping rules on shopify and also combine shipping- I’m told I need a 3rd party app to do this, but the ones Shopify support have recommended seem expensive. Anyone know of a free one I could use? Thanks! submitted by /u/nettie_r

Wilson Burn 100s v4 Tennis Racquet – $49.00 + Shipping (Free Shipping with $1.00 add on) Tennis Warehouse has *Wilson Burn 100S v4 Tennis Racquet* (Unstrung, *see notes below*) on sale for *$49*. *Shipping is free* with orders $50+ (you may want to add a filler item, see below) …

Free shipping popup Anyone have any good strategy when it comes to free shipping or offer pop ups upon visiting your site? We recently offered free shipping as a first time email offer only, and it’s performed great. Just hard to decipher whether these folks would’ve ordered regardless of that and I’m just hitting my rev. On the flip side, we get a ton of folks wit…