PATSYCATS on thu 17 jul 97
Hello Clayart friends:
I am getting ready to do my first wholesale show this fall and I need some
advice. How do express shipping cost to your customers? I plan to use
mostly UPS, and I would like to charge as close to "at cost" as possible.
But the customer needs to know beforehand approximately how much shippping
will be. Do you charge a flat fee like LL Bean or try to relate it to the
dollar total of the order? Do you attempt to figure out the weight of the
shipment at the time of ordering and then use a weight/zone chart to
figure out the actual cost? I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks,
Patsy Catsos
Cape Elizabeth, ME
Talbott on fri 18 jul 97
Patsy...As you well know Pottery is one of the more difficult things for
one to ship SAFELY... don't forget about your TIME to pack and the cost of
packing/shipping materials which includes bubble wrap (the large bubble
protect best.. call Maine Shipping) and boxes and styfoam peanuts, shredded
newspapers are better fillers but weighs more, tape, labels and the like...
these items are not free... besides the actual insured shipping cost...
charging somewhere around 8% of the wholesale value should be reasonable.
Anything less and it is going to be another debt that you will assume...
Marshall
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello Clayart friends:
>
>I am getting ready to do my first wholesale show this fall and I need some
>advice. How do express shipping cost to your customers? I plan to use
>mostly UPS, and I would like to charge as close to "at cost" as possible.
>But the customer needs to know beforehand approximately how much shippping
>will be. Do you charge a flat fee like LL Bean or try to relate it to the
>dollar total of the order? Do you attempt to figure out the weight of the
>shipment at the time of ordering and then use a weight/zone chart to
>figure out the actual cost? I would appreciate any suggestions.
>
>Thanks,
>Patsy Catsos
>Cape Elizabeth, ME
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Bruce & Sam Cuttell on sat 19 jul 97
Hi Patsy:
There are 2 ways of handling this. If your customer has a UPS account,
you can ship collect. If not, *I* find it comes out to 12-15% of a
wholesale
order.
Hope this is helpful.
Sam Cuttell
Melbourne, Ontario
Please note new address!
sam-bruce@mail.botanybay.net
http://www.geocities.com/paris/3110
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> From: PATSYCATS
> To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: shipping cost
> Date: Thursday, July 17, 1997 4:06 PM
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello Clayart friends:
>
> I am getting ready to do my first wholesale show this fall and I need
some
> advice. How do express shipping cost to your customers? I plan to use
> mostly UPS, and I would like to charge as close to "at cost" as possible.
> But the customer needs to know beforehand approximately how much
shippping
> will be. Do you charge a flat fee like LL Bean or try to relate it to
the
> dollar total of the order? Do you attempt to figure out the weight of
the
> shipment at the time of ordering and then use a weight/zone chart to
> figure out the actual cost? I would appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> Patsy Catsos
> Cape Elizabeth, ME
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