Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nafisa's 286 other Ask SC answers

Shipping internationally is one of the major concerns for all ECAs because it raises these issues:-

a). The overall prices of the product increases with shipment to various overseas destinations
b). Shipping costs (high) deter buyers especially if the ECA is outside their geographical region
c). The above two has a negative impact on the sales of an ECA.

It is therefore advisable to first check out the shipping charges that are levied for various international locations. Once you have this, you will be able to judge whether it is financially prudent to ship at international levels or keep it local. I do not see any point and neither will your buyers accept to pay a higher shipping cost than the value of the product. It is also not feasible to disguise a high shipping charge into the cost of the product as Free Shipping Worldwide - it is possible to detect this and you may find that your buyers will feel cheated if this is what you intend doing.

You may need to include a clause for additional shipping charges to other international destinations according to what the courier or other postal service will charge you to ship your products. It would not make financial sense to eat on your profit and reduce the shipping charge for the buyer just so that you can ship internationally. However, you can also keep your options open and accept enquiries for international business - levy the shipment charge and forward a quote to interested buyers provided the product in question justifies paying that high shipping charge.

Find a balance between the product you are selling, the shipment for international business and simultaneously try to retain your customers.
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Shipping internationally is one of the major concerns for all ECAs because it raises these issues:-

a). The overall prices of the product increases with shipment to various overseas destinations
b). Shipping costs (high) deter buyers especially if the ECA is outside their geographical region
c). The above two has a negative impact on the sales of an ECA.

It is therefore advisable to first check out the shipping charges that are levied for various international locations.
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

As a US ECA you can have TripleClicks automatically calculate shipping to ensure you are giving the recipient the best deal possible. Just be sure to get an accurate weight for your item and when possible dimensions of the packaging you will be shipping in.

There is a lot of call for overseas members for items listing free shipping but I have seen countless ECA burned on adding in too little. For one you will have no choice but to increase your price to cover the shipping and that can make it appear that you are overcharging because you have to figure not all orders are going to be the cheap inside the U.S. rates.

It's better I am finding out to go ahead and lose the one or two sales a month who demand free shipping than to price yourself out of the market completely trying to calculate shipping cost into your final prices. You will find most who demand the free shipping are from countries where shipping to them is most expensive. They are trying to take advantage of you by getting a flat rate instead of paying the full shipping cost.

We manufacture several of our products and based on doing free shipping we have to nearly triple the selling price to cover international orders to Africa or Pakistan etc..


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As a US ECA you can have TripleClicks automatically calculate shipping to ensure you are giving the recipient the best deal possible. Just be sure to get an accurate weight for your item and when possible dimensions of the packaging you will be shipping in.

There is a lot of call for overseas members for items listing free shipping but I have seen countless ECA burned on adding in too little. For one you will have no choice but to increase your price to cover the shipping and that can
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

Greetings!

A good marketing strategy must be developed that ensures your profit. You are a conscientious business person and that's good. Remember when it comes to costs, you have them so your customers must have them. Businesses don't stay profitable when this balance of power is lost.

However, companies that fleece customers with exorbitant prices without equal value find themselves in the unemployment line. To find your balance, you must do research. You don't own your own courier so you need to know what they charge and past that cost on to the buyer. Every major courier has an online presence so it is easy to determine their rates.

Some companies opt to ship to certain countries because they find it easier to do this than to try to calculate shipping costs to every country in the world! Distance, weight, category, customs, and many other variables come into costs when you ship internationally.

What I do is factor in the cost of goods and mark it up 40 to 60 percent. Never mismatch product value and price. For higher priced items always have exceptional quality to justify the expense. Other variables in the marketing environment will also affect your decision but you costs is going to be the main determinant. Then mark up the item reasonably to make a profit. You can adjust this for volume sellers. Items that are luxurious won't produce a lot of volume so the price should be higher.
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Greetings!

A good marketing strategy must be developed that ensures your profit. You are a conscientious business person and that's good. Remember when it comes to costs, you have them so your customers must have them. Businesses don't stay profitable when this balance of power is lost.

However, companies that fleece customers with exorbitant prices without equal value find themselves in the unemployment line. To find your balance, you must do research. You don't own
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

You have to be very realistic while trying to fix the price for your products.

It should neither be exorbitant so no one will visit your Stores nor too low so that you will end up burning your fingers.

Freight, Shipping & Forwarding costs play a big role in arriving at prices for international customers.

Please check with established Shipping & Forwarding Companies, Courier Organizations, etc & try to get cost of Delivery to the end customers in different destinations from your Country.

Please work out handling charges, if any, from your site to these local organizations in case they want you to deliver the products to their Offices. Volume and Mode of transport (i.e By Air or Sea) play a big role when these Companies fix freight charges.

Now that you have all the inputs, it will be easier for you to fix your price for your products to different destinations.

While fixing the Shipping Companies, please do remember that not just freight but how quickly and efficiently these companies will handle and deliver the products to your customers.

Ultimately, your business success depends on the satisfaction level of your customers!!

Cheers & Happy SFI Business!!
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You have to be very realistic while trying to fix the price for your products.

It should neither be exorbitant so no one will visit your Stores nor too low so that you will end up burning your fingers.

Freight, Shipping & Forwarding costs play a big role in arriving at prices for international customers.

Please check with established Shipping & Forwarding Companies, Courier Organizations, etc & try to get cost of Delivery to the end customers in
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Sunildatt's 150 other Ask SC answers

Hello Vickie,

First thing I will advise is list out all the shipping options like Fedex , UPS, TNT, USPS etc. They will have sales representative who will be ready to discuss with you why you should choose them for shipping. So have a complete pricing information from them so that you have a price comparison available with you. May be for USPS you can have advice over phone.

There are a few things to be considered before you arrive at how much you should charge for shipping

1. Are you going to sell only one product or many products?
2. How much are the weights of the products
3. Are the products perishable/ fragile?
4. Are you expecting high volumes of orders?
5. What policy is your competition adapting with respect to shipping rates.
6. Once ordered whether your client would be interested in very quick delivery or the client can wait for a reasonable period of 7 working days to get the delivery?

There are different strategies you can adapt for deciding shipping cost.

1. Free shipping- You may have to add an average shipping cost internationally in the price itself. Whether the buyer will be ready? If this was a special e commerce site where buyer is price sensitive , buyer may not be ready. But since most of the customers of Tripleclicks are going to earn VPs ( this is my assumption) against the price they pay I think they would not mind to this idea and will be happy to earn more VPs. This option will be preferable when you are going to sell very few items and customer is ready to pay shipping cost and you will be adding it in the price.

2. Charge actual cost for shipping : Your study of cost quoted by UPS/FEDEX/USPS/TNT etc will be helpful here. In this case it will be fair to both , you and your customers if you select the the service that has world wide reach and still priced less than others. Here you may have one or two items to sell.

3. Charge average cost of shipping based on product price. For example if product price is below $25 you may charge $ 10 as shipping charges and price the product $ 35. If the product price is between $ 25-$50 you will charge $5 for shipping and price the product as say $40 including shipping. In this case . in some orders you will spend less in some orders you will spend more than what your customer is paying for shipping. This options looks similar to option no 1 but there is a little difference. This option will work when your selling volume is expected to be more. This will also work if you have more products to sell.

4. You can allow Tripleclicks to charge extra automatically. You can rest assure about fairness for you and your customer for this option.

Hope my answer is useful to you .



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Hello Vickie,

First thing I will advise is list out all the shipping options like Fedex , UPS, TNT, USPS etc. They will have sales representative who will be ready to discuss with you why you should choose them for shipping. So have a complete pricing information from them so that you have a price comparison available with you. May be for USPS you can have advice over phone.

There are a few things to be considered before you arrive at how much you should charge for shipping

1.
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

When the item you want to place in your ECA approved, among other things, you have a choice of determining the amount of the shipping cost.


These costs you can define by yourself, all you need to check the prices of such services with the provider in your country, and therefore, you choose the best.


Another option is that the calculation of shipment, perform automatically - by the SFI, more precisely TripleClicks.


And the third option is that knowing the price you have to transport goods, which apply to the international traffic in your country, it all calculate into a unique cost of item in your ECA, and the field for shipment mark as free.

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When the item you want to place in your ECA approved, among other things, you have a choice of determining the amount of the shipping cost.


These costs you can define by yourself, all you need to check the prices of such services with the provider in your country, and therefore, you choose the best.


Another option is that the calculation of shipment, perform automatically - by the SFI, more precisely TripleClicks.


And the third option is that knowing
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Affiliate since: 05/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Sasa's 115 other Ask SC answers

An interesting question,

I got the same e-commerce ...

In my opinion, the best included in the price and delivery costs, because customers love when he writes FREE SHIPPING.

What are the costs of delivery, this of course depends on the severity and where to send the shipment.

So it's good to take the average shipping cost, because you will always be sent to the far corners of the world.
There will be closer to delivery, and will in any case to compensate for the higher cost of delivery and further.

Given that we have lower costs when selling over the internet, it is my commitment to cost share with customers in the ratio 70/30.

Good Luck!
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An interesting question,

I got the same e-commerce ...

In my opinion, the best included in the price and delivery costs, because customers love when he writes FREE SHIPPING.

What are the costs of delivery, this of course depends on the severity and where to send the shipment.

So it's good to take the average shipping cost, because you will always be sent to the far corners of the world.
There will be closer to delivery, and will in any case to
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 227 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

It's nice of you to think of fairness in your shipping cost. I am sure you will also benefit from what you want to do.

Well, here is my advise.

1. Research on the available shipping methods from your country to different countries. Usually they are clustered together.

2. Choose the cheapest method and use it.

3. However, most of the cheap method will also take longer time to arrive. So take note of the fastest method too.

4. You can subsidize certain percentage of shipping cost, especially those going to 3rd world countries.

The objective is to make the total price attractive to the buyer.
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It's nice of you to think of fairness in your shipping cost. I am sure you will also benefit from what you want to do.

Well, here is my advise.

1. Research on the available shipping methods from your country to different countries. Usually they are clustered together.

2. Choose the cheapest method and use it.

3. However, most of the cheap method will also take longer time to arrive. So take note of the fastest method too.

4. You can subsidize
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

You have to consider 2 options:

1. Going to your nearest post office and ask the employees if they would be kind enough to tell you the costs for shipping in different countries for your products or visiting their website and getting information about the price.

Then you will know how much to charge for shipping.

Or you can consider option No.2:

2. If the lowest price for shipping is let's say $5 and the higher is $30, you can take an average shipping price of let's say $15 and calculate it in your product price. Than you put FREE shipping to all countries.

This has the advantage when someone is filtering the products for free shipping.

I hope this helped you.
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You have to consider 2 options:

1. Going to your nearest post office and ask the employees if they would be kind enough to tell you the costs for shipping in different countries for your products or visiting their website and getting information about the price.

Then you will know how much to charge for shipping.

Or you can consider option No.2:

2. If the lowest price for shipping is let's say $5 and the higher is $30, you can take an average shipping price
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Affiliate since: 07/17/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read King Isaac's 22 other Ask SC answers

Hi,
Determining the Shipping charges for an item has to go with the Custom policy and Courier charges and Taxes in your country. You may need to find out from your local courier or post office for the exact charges, so you do not make any costly mistake.

TripleClicks has no specific guidelines to place a shipping charge as this varies with different countries and proximity of postage. What they advise is that we try to offer FREE Shipping at all times. Which would invariably mean that you go for cheaper courier or postal services and bear the cost as also included in the total cost of good sold.

Hope this helps.
Cheers ;(
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Hi,
Determining the Shipping charges for an item has to go with the Custom policy and Courier charges and Taxes in your country. You may need to find out from your local courier or post office for the exact charges, so you do not make any costly mistake.

TripleClicks has no specific guidelines to place a shipping charge as this varies with different countries and proximity of postage. What they advise is that we try to offer FREE Shipping at all times. Which would invariably mean
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