Hello warriors, I have a relatively new US-based online business. I buy my items from Alibaba (around 400 at a time, largely from China) and then sell them individually via my e-commerce site. I offer free shipping in the US, and plan to keep it that way. The item I sell is fairly small (fits in a 10x5 bubble wrap envelope) and weighs less than a DVD However, my profit margin is only around $2.50 per item after I account for the shipping costs. I managed to reduce my packaging costs drastically by buying bubble wraps in bulk from ebay rather than from the post office.
Saving on shipping costs of small items to US customers
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Hello warriors, I have a relatively new US-based online business. I buy my items from Alibaba (around 400 at a time, largely from China) and then sell them individually via my e-commerce site. I offer free shipping in the US, and plan to keep it that way. The item I sell is fairly small (fits in a 10x5 bubble wrap envelope) and weighs less than a DVD
However, my profit margin is only around $2.50 per item after I account for the shipping costs. I managed to reduce my packaging costs drastically by buying bubble wraps in bulk from ebay rather than from the post office.
However, shipping cost using the cheapest option at USPS is still around $2.70 per package (1 item). is there any way to save on this? I keep hearing about stamps.com, but never used them.
I assumed that USPS is cheaper than UPS or Fedex for small bubble wrap enclosed packages so did not try to check those two.
However, my profit margin is only around $2.50 per item after I account for the shipping costs. I managed to reduce my packaging costs drastically by buying bubble wraps in bulk from ebay rather than from the post office.
However, shipping cost using the cheapest option at USPS is still around $2.70 per package (1 item). is there any way to save on this? I keep hearing about stamps.com, but never used them.
I assumed that USPS is cheaper than UPS or Fedex for small bubble wrap enclosed packages so did not try to check those two.
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