Posting Prices - Expensive

[member]

My store will be consisting of mostly books, which range in terms of weight. Some are light, some are heavy. If someone purchases multiple books in one order, postage can be pricey, going tup to £19 and beyond. That is not good, especially if I have to compete against other websites. So Royal Mail, although okay for orders for light-weight books, won't be so good for heavy books or an order consisting of many, what should I do?

 

[Chris Ashdown]

Negotiate a fixed rate with a courier service most offer two rates , 1 up to 1 kilo, 2 up to 5 kilo

 

As Chris says our courier does 30 kg for £10 uk wide.

Earl

 

[nicog]

As Chris says our courier does 30 kg for £10 uk wide.

Earl

Who are they and do they cover Europe as well?

 

[Stanbury Press]

My store will be consisting of mostly books, which range in terms of weight. Some are light, some are heavy. If someone purchases multiple books in one order, postage can be pricey, going tup to £19 and beyond. That is not good, especially if I have to compete against other websites. So Royal Mail, although okay for orders for light-weight books, won't be so good for heavy books or an order consisting of many, what should I do?

We use Interlink and send out around 30 1 kilo packages a week.
We are paying around £4.50 up to 1 kilo, so maybe worth a call and dont forget to haggle.

Good luck

 

[Stanbury Press]

My store will be consisting of mostly books, which range in terms of weight. Some are light, some are heavy. If someone purchases multiple books in one order, postage can be pricey, going tup to £19 and beyond. That is not good, especially if I have to compete against other websites. So Royal Mail, although okay for orders for light-weight books, won't be so good for heavy books or an order consisting of many, what should I do?

We use Interlink and send out around 30 1 kilo packages a week.
We are paying around £4.50 up to 1 kilo, so maybe worth a call and dont forget to haggle.

Good luck

 

[KidsBeeHappy]

It sounds from your post as if you've not yet started trading, in which case you're not in the best position to haggle with a carrier. I would advise the following until you're sending say around 50 parcels a week;

(1) Up to 2kg - Royal Mail and post office.

(2) Over 4kg - Use a pay as you go parcel website. You should be looking to pay around £7.50 - £8.50 ish including VAT for a parcel up to 20 or 30kg.

(3) Between 2 and 4kg, there's not going to be much in it price wise, so I would personally go with whats more convenient for you, and if the order values are quite high, I would go with the PAYG parcel carrier simply because the online tracking and insurance are better and easier than the RM.

When you're sending around 50 parcels a week, go an talk to the carriers and look about setting up a trade account with discounted rates. If you in with some real volume history you'll get a better deal.

 

[Chris Ashdown]

Citylink are desperate to get back customers after a couple of crap service years, they say things have changed so may be worth a call