USPS Priority Mail Example (Ounces)
Option 7 |
Thanks to "Mimmy" for this shipping
example from the forum.
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The numbers (mailing cost) are set to the USPS
Priority Mail rates as of July 1, 2001, and will have to be adjusted each time Priority
Mail or Global Priority Mail rate fees increase.
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In an answer to another post I
took the time to tell what settings we have set up in our cart. If it will help some of
you who want to ship Priority Mail and have orders calculated by weight, feel free to use
these settings, they work for us!
You need to specify the weight of your items in your Buy Now code (units=) as ounces. So,
weigh your items and specify units in ounces (i.e. 5 pounds would be units=80).
We use Priority Mail (with tracking, which adds 40 cents) and Global Priority Mail for
international orders. Our goal is to provide good shipping rates and not get caught eating
postage fees with larger orders, so a slight padding is built in to the units calculation
(not much at all). Our cart shipping is set up as follows:
Flat Shipping (handling) fee of $.50 covers the Priority Mail tracking feature
Option 7: Calculated by weight or other value in bands
The principle is exactly the same as option 6 but is based on the sum of the values posted
(with the units field)."
(DO NOT check the "Automatically set units to equal the price (shipping by
value)" box)
Important: The Priority Mail FLAT RATE Cardboard Letter Envelope is set at the more
expensive 2 pound rate, no matter how light the contents. To take advantage of the less
expensive shipping for under 1-pound orders, we put our Fishcards and books into the Hard
Letter Pack envelope, then put it INSIDE the Priority Mail Soft TYVEK Envelope, which can
then go at the lesser 1-pound rate. Also, we have a statement saying that we reserve the
right to adjust shipping charges as necessary for larger orders. Most of our orders go out
for only $4 shipping, and we spend $3.90 to send it out, plus we get free use of the
Priority Mail packaging and labels.
End of magnum opus! Hope it is of help to some of you... ---> Mimmy |
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