Resources for Lowering Shipping Rates for Business
I am embarking on a project to lower the shipping rates for a business I am involved in. I am just reading up on it now. I have found the following links:
Making a Case for a Rate Reduction - make sure to negotiate all the extra little fees like residence shipping, etc.
http://forums.oscommerce.com/lofiversion/index.php?t74335.html
http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3449069.htm
Parcel Trends Survey - This survey has a lot of great information but most important to me was the fact that of the businesses surveyed the average ground discount was 24% for UPS, 30% for fedex, 25% for DHL. The surveyed companies were pretty big, I think, so those discounts may be out of range for some small companies, but still interesting to know.
A video about lowering your UPS rates.
What Do The Big Shippers Know that Small Shippers Do Not?
