I'm an ECA wanting to sell my products internationally. How do I determine how much to charge for shipping to other countries that is fair to both me and my customers?
The real challenge when figuring out your shipping strategy is determining a solution that cuts into your profit as little as possible yet remains attractive to your customers.
1. If you decide to offer free shipping this will require you to either absorb the cost or slightly increase your prices to cover it.
2. Another option is flat rate shipping, figure out your average cost of shipping a package to make sure that you don't drastically undercharge or overcharge your customers.
Flat rate shipping is probably the best option in my opinion.
You'll find that you can't send items shipped by tracked delivery to some countries and you'll have to state this on your sales page when sending items internationally.
The real challenge when figuring out your shipping strategy is determining a solution that cuts into your profit as little as possible yet remains attractive to your customers.
1. If you decide to offer free shipping this will require you to either absorb the cost or slightly increase your prices to cover it.
2. Another option is flat rate shipping, figure out your average cost of shipping a package to make sure that you don't drastically undercharge or overcharge your customers. ...more
