Shippo is designed for e-commerce to use so it has an API and offer discount rates on the shipping rates for USPS, UPS, Fedex and DHL.
Peter
Shippo is designed for e-commerce to use so it has an API and offer discount rates on the shipping rates for USPS, UPS, Fedex and DHL.
Peter
Thanks @PeterMake3D and @JATMN will check those out coming days!
What shipping service are you using? I don’t get how you can have a $6 part with shipping ranging from $1-12. I use first class mail for 90% of my orders and postage is less than $3 to almost anywhere in the country for items less than $20.
Thanks!
You must be printing parts that fit in an envelop and are under 13 oz.
I usually ship priority mail.
But all this is a mote point as you yourself said that your shipping could be as high as $20.00.
I have a hub close to me that sells only on price. The prints are not so good, but they sell on price alone. They also do not do the standard 20% infill.
This keeps my pricing low, because I have to be competitive. So I sometimes do parts where my margin is a buck or two.
If I have to eat a half a dollar or a dollar because of a flat rate shipping situation, that hurts. So yeah, I am really not interested in offering a flat price for shipping. It will hurt my profits.
Also, this competitor charges $2.50 for shipping on all items. My average shipping cost is over $3.00.
So with the new proposed model, I am now competing on shipping costs as well as price of the model, further eroding my margins. In countries where shipping is standard pricing, I see how it would work. Or if an API determines the pricing, then yea, it would work.
But, if a prospective customer looks at the price, and now the shipping, in the quote, I am now really getting squeezed. Not only by the bad competitor, but by 3dhubs shipping mechanism.
I just ran some simple tests on stamps.com, which is where I get postage quotes. A change in a few ounces and two zip codes over changes the price of a package sometimes pretty noticeably! Try it out.
Would it be possible to update the customer’s shipping if they select the wrong option? I offer three shipping options listed on my hub page; Standard shipping if the order fits within a 5" x 3" x 3" dimension and under 13 oz, Priority Mail for orders under 13 oz and any dimension, and Priority Mail for orders over 14 oz and any dimension. So shipping prices can vary from $3.80 to $13.45 depending on weight.
Though what 3d Hubs is proposing for shipping profiles is fine by me as I only offer 3 options, my main concern would be updating shipping for the customer if needed. Is this going to be doable on my end or would I have to contact 3dhubs to update the order? Since there is no weight calculation on 3dhubs for the order, how is the customer suppose to know what shipping option of mine to select? What is to stop the customer from automatically choosing my $3.80 option no matter the size and weight for the order? After reviewing a order is when I know the exact weight of the to be printed design(s) as Simplify3d outputs a weight calculation when it slices the design(s). The software has been very accurate about weight of the final printed order and I this is what I use to determine best shipping for customers on and off 3dhubs before printing.
Let’s take the discussion offline. I’ll email you.
I have the exact same problem with ‘France’ or ‘Europe’. I also tried to fill in with North-america and does not get listing either. The form does not allow me to save anything. Please Help!
Note: I tried with Chrome and Firefox and deactivated all adaware plugins.
Hi @JF43FR can you try it again, we just updated a fix for your issue.
Brian
Thanks, my problem is solved
I set up my shipping with the “per order” option, and I stopped showing shipping as an option. I switched it back to the legacy option, and I still don’t show as offering shipping.
Shows you ship when I look at your hub…
I just switched it back to legacy. Perhaps there was a propagation delay for the setting. Thank you for checking for me.
Previously I had set up the new style shipping as soon as we were notified. This morning it still wasn’t showing that I offered shipping.
Hi Shaun,
We’ve seen this happen some times when the back-end call to save the options gets interrupted, it talks to the old part of our website so it takes a bit longer.
Glad to see you managed to figure it out, I just checked and you showed up for shipping.
Brian