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Old 05-05-2013, 09:59 PM   #1
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Need help making standardised shipping prices on Shelf-Life

Hey all. I'm in the process of establishing some shipping prices to sell some stuff on Shelf-Life.

Here's what I have at the moment, so I'd like some feedback before popping the items up and shipping be right out of whack.

Since I won't be getting everything weighed or measured individually, I'm hoping these will work for general blanket shipping charges.

Anyways, here's what I got:

===Anything up to Voyager class figures in size, boxed or not, with extra padding===
$12.50 - Local Shipping Scout-Deluxe-Voyager (Canada Post Parcel)
$15.00 - Domestic Shipping Scout-Deluxe-Voyager (Canada Post Parcel)
$20.00 - International Shipping Scout-Deluxe-Voyager (Express Post)

===Anything larger than a Voyager class figure, boxed or not, with extra padding===
$15.00 - Local Shipping Ultra-Leader (Canada Post Parcel)
$17.50 - Domestic Shipping Ultra-Leader (Canada Post Parcel)
$22.50 - International Shipping Ultra-Leader (Express Post)

===Anything larger than a Leader class figure, boxed or not, with extra padding===
$17.50 - Local Shipping Supreme (Canada Post Parcel)
$20.00 - Domestic Shipping Supreme (Canada Post Parcel)
$25.00 - International Shipping Supreme (Express Post)

===Huge and heavy stuff like a boxed Takara Masterpiece MP-04 Convoy, with extra padding===
$30.00 - Local Shipping Large-Heavy (Canada Post Parcel)
$40.00 - Domestic Shipping Large-Heavy (Canada Post Parcel)
$50.00 - International Shipping Large-Heavy (Express Post)



What's everyone think? Way too high? Way too low? Stupid way of doing this? How the hell would I combine shipping?

I'm not used to shipping out larger quantities of stuff, so what does everyone else do?
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Old 05-09-2013, 08:34 AM   #2
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Re: Need help making standardised shipping prices on Shelf-Life

Seriously? No comments or critiques? Everything's all good then?
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Old 05-09-2013, 08:50 AM   #3
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Re: Need help making standardised shipping prices on Shelf-Life

Hey Shepp, the only way to really do flat rate shipping is if you use the pre-paid flat rate boxes from CanPost. Whatever you can fit in the box will ship at no extra price than what you already paid for the box. Otherwise the post office will charge based on both weight and measurement. So you could pay one price to ship a loose voyager and another price for a MIB voyager. To just quote a random price could end up causing sonme surprises at the post ffice and loosing you a bunch of money.
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Old 05-09-2013, 11:13 AM   #4
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Re: Need help making standardised shipping prices on Shelf-Life

Then what's really the point of creating shipping profiles?

I was hoping to not have to do each and every individual item, guestimating multiple destinations (or even getting them weighed) until I was ready to ship. I really don't have that kind of money, and it'll take too long doing one at a time.

I guess the only added bonus would be that they stack, though take up more room.

Is there a better way to do it?
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Old 05-09-2013, 06:18 PM   #5
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Re: Need help making standardised shipping prices on Shelf-Life

canada post shipping is out of wack and they recently increased the rates, and now removed insurance, and also no tracking. They added a tracking parcel type but costs about 4-5x more than regular shipping.

shipping a deluxe in across canada costs about $17, but shipping something across country to the USA costs about $10, and $20 international.
The rate changes 0-500g, 500g-1kg, and 1kg+.
1kg+ the rates are above $30.


so your rates are too low and you will lose money.
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Old 05-09-2013, 09:09 PM   #6
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Re: Need help making standardised shipping prices on Shelf-Life

This isn't good news.. I thought the rates were a pain to work out last year.

I'm getting ready to re-do my sales list finally and start getting rid of more stuff. I have to make space in the house now let alone just cleaning up and Canada Post has revised their rates
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