04-18-2020 09:24 AM
So i'm trying to listen an item with free shipping, however I want to add a shipping fee on ONLY when buyers purchase more than 1 of the item, as it drives shipping costs way up. If they buy just 1, free shipping is no problem.
In the listing options, I unchecked "free shipping", put $0.00 in the "cost" box and $2.88 in the "each additional" box, but it keeps resetting to $0.00
04-18-2020 09:37 AM
Don't fret... your buyers will probably buy one at a time to save some money.
04-18-2020 10:01 AM - edited 04-18-2020 10:02 AM
A lot of buyers order just 1 but plenty buy 2-4 at a time as well and at that point my profits are way low as I have to cover the shipping.
Is there no way to just add a shipping fee when ordering more than 1?
04-18-2020 10:11 AM - edited 04-18-2020 10:13 AM
@mrcap840 wrote:A lot of buyers order just 1 but plenty buy 2-4 at a time as well and at that point my profits are way low as I have to cover the shipping.
Is there no way to just add a shipping fee when ordering more than 1?
The short answer is No, Free Shipping is Free Shipping, with no added asterisks or conditions. Besides, if you really could enforce a Shipping-charge-on-multiple-purchases-only policy, your buyer would simply make a separate payment for each item in order to get its shipping for free.
It's almost always the case that if you're shipping more than one item in a combined package, your total cost is going to be less than if you made two or more individual shipments anyway. For small, lightweight items, you may be able to add additional purchases to the same package without raising its cost at all.
I wouldn't worry about it; just list them as Free Shipping and hope that your buyers will go for more than one order as a result.
04-18-2020 10:15 AM
04-18-2020 10:21 AM
Have you ruled out just shipping them one per package, as if they were separate orders?
04-18-2020 10:24 AM
Do you have shipping as calculated or flat cost? I think you have to use flat.........
04-18-2020 11:16 AM
@mrcap840 wrote:A lot of buyers order just 1 but plenty buy 2-4 at a time as well and at that point my profits are way low as I have to cover the shipping.
Is there no way to just add a shipping fee when ordering more than 1?
No, there is no way to offer free shipping for one item but charge for multiple purchases.
Try to be logical, as your buyers would be (as pointed out above, but perhaps too subtly): If purchasing two together (or shipping two together) costs more, then each item will be purchased (and shipped) separately.
04-18-2020 11:20 AM
@vintage-car-magazines wrote:What are you shipping that costs more than double to ship two?
Could be an item that ships singly via First Class but weighs over 8 ounces, so a package of two would ship at the 2-pound rate (i.e., 9 ounces to Zone 8 costs $4.46 but 18 ounces costs $11.19).
Or an item that is less than a cubic foot when packaged, but over that dimensional-weight threshold when packed in multiples. Or fits in a flat-rate box when purchased singly but not when multiples.
04-18-2020 01:49 PM
@nobody*s_perfect wrote:
@vintage-car-magazines wrote:What are you shipping that costs more than double to ship two?
Could be an item that ships singly via First Class but weighs over 8 ounces, so a package of two would ship at the 2-pound rate (i.e., 9 ounces to Zone 8 costs $4.46 but 18 ounces costs $11.19).
Or an item that is less than a cubic foot when packaged, but over that dimensional-weight threshold when packed in multiples. Or fits in a flat-rate box when purchased singly but not when multiples.
I had similar thoughts but the answer is quite clear.......if it's more expensive to ship 2 items in a single package rather than 2 x 1 item in separate packages the obvious answer is to ship each item separately regardless of how many a single customer might buy.
Sellers usually combine multiple item purchases in a single package because it's cheaper, there is no rule that says they have to be shipped together and obviously if it's costs more per item to do so just don't do it!
04-18-2020 03:05 PM - edited 04-18-2020 03:06 PM
@nobody*s_perfect wrote:
@vintage-car-magazines wrote:What are you shipping that costs more than double to ship two?
Could be an item that ships singly via First Class but weighs over 8 ounces, so a package of two would ship at the 2-pound rate (i.e., 9 ounces to Zone 8 costs $4.46 but 18 ounces costs $11.19).
Or an item that is less than a cubic foot when packaged, but over that dimensional-weight threshold when packed in multiples. Or fits in a flat-rate box when purchased singly but not when multiples.
My question isn't about what COULD cause it (I know the possibilities). My question is what is the OP selling that DOES cause it. Once we know that then we'll be able to make suggestions.
04-18-2020 06:57 PM
04-18-2020 07:29 PM
An alternative would be to drop your price and charge for shipping. Many buyers are finally catching on that there is no such thing as free shipping because they know that all anyone is doing is burying their shipping cost in the price of the item. Most smart buyers set the search for "Price + shipping: Lowest first" anyway and don't care if it's free shipping or not as long as the bottom line price is cheaper than the next guy's.
04-18-2020 07:43 PM
The best way would be to charge flat rate and charge $0.01 for the first one and whatever you need for the additional ones
04-19-2020 10:05 AM