A new shipping question... Im having a hard time with this

catchadreamenterprises · Posts: 8

Hi all...

Im not really good at this whole shipping/pricing thing. As of now, I just have fixed shipping for all of my items and as I am a dropshipper... I do not have easy access to all of the items weight so I am reluctant to take that route.

Anyway what I am getting at is this:

I would like to offer a deal where my customers can get free shipping for orders that total lets say $100 or more or something like that. HOW DO I SET THIS UP? Confused

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

thelivesandlovesofmaggiethecat · Posts: 10159

I think you have to do that manually. Include the offer in all your descriptions and on your terms page and state that you will either refund the shipping or they can wait for an invoice. They can do that with PP but GC will not notify you of the sale if no payment is made.

I didn't look to see what kind of items you are selling but make sure you won't lose money on the offer. For instance if someone bought 2 $50 lamps each weighing 5 pounds, you wouldn't make much money on the deal.

I would think your shipper would supply you with weight information. You might ask them to.

I looked at your site after the fact. The one item I checked was a fabric pig figurine. 10 inches long. That has to be boxed and no way will it ship for $3.99. If the shipper has already included the shipping in the price to you, then a token amount or shipping included will work but if the shipper is going to add shipping to their cost to you, then your shipping fees won't work. I'm not a drop shipper so I don't know how it works.

TexasTreasures · moderator Posts: 3467

I would be really cautious of making an offer like that when you don't know the weight of the items, or you sell a large variety of items.
$100 worth of hairbows won't cost much to mail. $100 worth of pots and pans will, and I don't know what your margin of profit is, but the postage could take most of it!

acread · moderator Posts: 11986