How do you determine your shipping rates? We currently charge shipping based on the amount of the sale. We know we need to come up with a better solution as we lose quite a bit of money this way. The majority of our orders are local so it’s only about 10% of our business, however, we were just approved for Faire and things are picking up on the retail end.
I am of the opinion that people don’t want to pay shipping so keep it low as possible. My business partner feels we should charge our cost including shipping materials.
For example, orders between $1-50 are $5 to ship, orders from $51-75 are $10 to ship and so on.
What do you find works best for you?