saint308 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 How do you guys include shipping estimates on invoices? What I mean is the order totals $30 + shipping. How do you guys figure the shipping cost to add to the invoice? Saint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 I charge the post office charges plus packaging. This takes a little extra time but you don't loose on the shipping and the customer doesn't pay too much. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 I have two prices for shipping. One price are for items that will fit in a USPS flat rate envelope with delivery confirmation is $5.25. The second price is $9.95 for a flat rate box with delivery confirmation. This seems to work out pretty well. The post office supplies the envelopes and boxes free of charge. And if you're nice to them they will give you the tape as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dampeoples Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 What 152 said, you can get a lot of stuff in those envelopes. The shipping cost is $4.60, they hand out the envelopes. If you get set up with Click and Ship, you can go online and order supplies, keep an address book and pay for shipping right from the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayooper Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I do what Sterling does. Most of my payments are though Paypal and you can pay and print shipping labels through there. I ship everything out via USPS Priority Mail and by printing shipping online, you get free delivery confirmation. It also sends an email (if they have email) when you ship there item with the delivery confirmation number so they can track it. Then with USPS pickup, I don't even need to go to the post office. They pick it up at my front door. Also like Sterling said, you can fit alot in the flat rate envelope. If you can still close it, they have to take it. Our shipping charges are really good on our site. We base it off of the total amount of the order. Sometimes the shipping is a little less than what they pay and other times we have to pay a little bit more, but it pretty much averages out in the end. The most we charge for shipping is $8.95 which is the cost of a flat rate box. If orders are over $200.00, shipping is free. Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 What do you use for the labels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dampeoples Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I print them out on my printer, just standard paper, half is the label, the other half a receipt. They make paper just for this, where the label part is available as a sticker, but I like the security of taping the box shut. Like Ben said, both USPS and the Paypal site offer this, the Paypal advantage is that you never have to type the address, or even cut and paste, as long as the payment was made with Paypal. You can also pay out of your Paypal balance using the Paypal version. Paypal also offers a First Class option, which may be useful for small stuff, but you have to use your own packaging then. I chose to use the USPS because not everyone pays with Paypal, and you an add 1000 addresses to the USPS address book. I assume it would boil down to if you want an address book and an easy wy to order supplies, then use USPS, if you want to use your Paypal account or potentially use First Class, use Paypal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Thanks, I'll have to give that a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodtrader Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Sometimes I work through a drop shipper so I don't know what the shipping charge will be until I get my invoice. Well I need to charge my customer and receive payment before I can place the order with my supplier So: I have a set shipping cost schedule. I charge my customer the listed rate and if it cost more than what I charged I eat it. If the shipping is less than 2 dollars of what I charged the customer I give them the difference (plus the 2$) in credit on their next order. I find it reprehensible the way some businesses use shipping and handling fees as just another sales item in which to make a profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayooper Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 One more thing. All the Priority Mail boxes you can get free from the USPS website. For labels, I bought 2000 half sheet labels on eBay for about $14.00. Just print, peel, amd stick. Works great! I also do not like when I order stuff and they charge 5x what actual shipping is and claim iit as a handling charge. Shipping is part of the cost of business. I am waiting for somebody to start adding a utilities cost because their printer or computer had to use electricity to print out the label!! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dampeoples Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 Good thinking Ben, I'll get on that now Yeah, I don't even add a handling charge, the box was free, the packing material is free (I use the junk newspaper they send me every week, and get extras from work), and the tape, paper and ink are next to nothing, considering how many labels I can print with a cartridge, roll of tape and a pack of $2 paper. Hell, I handled the damn thing from start to finish, that's what we're charging for anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
