Shipping Matrix

[intouchwithurworld]

I have read many posts regarding the Shipping Matrix and I still don't get it.
All my listings have a flat rate and I would like to offer my customers more options w/o having to contact me for different pricing.Alsio that would allow me to sell more than one same item at the same time. (sorry, I didn't realize that was one long sentence.

When I look at the Matrix I get all confused about 16 +. Will some one please explain it to me simply? Thanki in advance.

[thecornerstonecowboy]

Ok, 16+ first: If you actually use "16" as 16 pounds, then how much extra will it cost to send an additional 2 pounds, etc? Figure how much 18 pounds would cost to a chosen location. If it costs $5.00 more, then the 16+ blank would say $5.00. You could figure an 18 lb., a 20 lb., a 22 lb., etc. and then do an average additional cost. The "16+" is just the additional cost to send each additional 2 pound package: 18 lb., 20 lb., 22 lb., 24 lb., 26 lb, etc.

[thecornerstonecowboy]

Ok, the shipping matrix: It is just flat rate shipping with no other options.

It does work for combined items in a single order, however. If you set "item A" for a "2" weight and "item B" for a "4" weight, then the matrix can add those two items together when a customer buys, say one of each, for a total "weight" of "6". Whatever you have in the "6" block is what that customer would pay for shipping.

[cosmicray]

[MoonwishesStore]

I use the matrix all the time. I have weight dependable checked and a 1 in the weight field. I sell by numbers of items sold. not ounces, pounds, or anything metric. In the columns in the matrix, in the 1 column is the price to send an average weight item from my store. The 2 column is the average weight for two, the 3-4 is for 3-4 items, and on the 6 column is the price to ship six items (usually at this point Priority mail rates have kicked in). For my US sales, that is the most I charge and have that amount across the matrix except for 16+ where I have zero. I like to encourage large multiple item orders and have found that any sale over 6 items makes me more money in one order than shipping 7 items to 7 people so my buyer gets the discount. I used to do this for international orders but the prices went up too much and now I have to have a different charge for every amount.

The only time this comes back to 'bite' me is when someone buys 2 or more items that are heavier than normal and so the price for shipping is more than what I collected. but then I think that I didn't lose all those PP/Stripe fees for individual purchases, so I'm still ahead.