Reducing e-commerce shipping costs - heavy product

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I'm looking at some shipping issues with a relatively new e-commerce business. An example of the product is a box 30" x 15" x 15" and 45lb. It's currently being shipped with Fedex and not only are the shipping costs coming in high (sometimes as much as the product itself) but they're also adding in all kinds of surcharges that aren't being quoted correctly for online orders. Most of the deliveries are residential, with a lot in rural areas. There has to be a better way... what kind of alternatives are there for lowering shipping costs?

 

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[funkj25]

O'wi tjoqqif epzvjoph gsun e 2 uapdi ovin vu e 70 quapf juni ipvisveopnipv dipvis op vji metv zies tu O'wi sap vji hencov ug tjoqqoph vjopht. AQT/Gifiy vipf vu jewi vji civvis qsodit xjip ov dunit aq uwis 20 quapft, nutv hipisemmz. O tjoq Gifiy emnutv iydmatowimz gus jiewois ovint pux et vjiz esi cievoph nz AQT rauvif qsodit tohpogodepvmz.

Gus iyenqmi, O xomm tez vjev nz Dusq't AQT edduapv hivt rauvif sofodamuat tjoqqoph djeshit tu O ewuofif vjin gus e muph voni. O.i. gus vjev 70 quapf cuy vjiz xisi rauvoph ni ~$115 Hsuapf xjisi xjip O atif vji edduapv gsun e genomz nincis't AQT catopitt, ov xet ~$45. O'n tasi vji op-tvusi qsodi xet tunixjisi op vji noffmi. Vjiz jewi nusi tjoqqoph wumani, cav vjisi't ucwouatmz tunivjoph xsuph xovj nz edduapv O piwis dussidvif cideati ug vji hsutt foggisipdi. Ot tunivjoph moli vjot jeqqipoph vu zua?

Dep zua howi nusi tqidogodt up Xjev lopf ug djeshit zua'si gedoph? Esi zua pix xovj Gifiy us fu zua jewi epz lopf ug tjoqqoph wumani? Jewi zua tqulip vu epzupi ev Gifiy ecuav zuas catopitt qmept (O en howip vu apfistvepf vjev tunivonit siqt dep dav sevi fiemt)? E gix nusi tqidogodt up xjev't huoph up nohjv jimq at tviis zua op vji sohjv fosidvoup.

 

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Xi'si vemloph xovj e temit siq xju ot xusloph up hivvoph tuni fotduapvt, cav ov tvomm efft aq xovj tasdjeshit gus gaim, sitofipvoem fimowisz, qedlehoph, sasem esie fimowisz tu xi jewi tjoqqoph dutvt moli $50 qis 45mc cuy (epf pu fotduapv gus namvoqmi cuyit op upi usfis). O lpux xi dep hiv tuni ug vjuti iyvse djeshit fuxp epf nohjv hiv e fotduapv. Ov't dassipvmz e simevowimz mux wumani edduapv. Vji siq jisi op Depefe ot xommoph vu uggis fotduapvt vu jimq at hiv vu e johjis wumani cav dmeont ji't jewoph vsuacmi hivvoph tonomes fotduapvt gsun vji AT tofi. Op hipisem fuit $40-50 tiin moli vji citv qsodi gus tjoqqoph vjev?

 

[funkj25]

Qistupemmz, katv funitvod tjoqqoph jisi op vji AT O xuamf iyqidv qsucecmz tunivjoph op vjev sephi. O katv tjoqqif e 37 quapf cuy vxu fezt ehu, tumf woe iCez, epf vji Gifiy djeshit up ov xisi ~$30. Pux, ov xet tipv vu e catopitt effsitt, epf vjisi xet ecuav e $5-8 fotduapvif gsun nz temit wumani up iCez/iCez't pusnem Gifiy fotduapvif sevit. Tu O'f tez zua esi qsucecmz ecuav op vji sohjv sephi gus quttocmi sevit zua dep hiv gsun nz dassipv lpuxmifhi.

Hipisemmz ov't efwotif vu vsz epf hiv e muxis xiohjv ovin vu tjoq apmitt vji dutv ug teof ovin ot johjis epf vji tjoqqoph dutv ot simevowimz pihmohocmi. O.i. mohjv epf djieq vu tjoq moli dummidvocmi ceticemm desft us jiewz epf nusi iyqiptowi vu tjoq, cav pihmohocmi vu siveom qsodi moli $2000 tuapf tztvint.

Op nz uqopoup, og zua jewi qiuqmi xommoph vu qez vji tjoqqoph, O'f tez hu gus ov. Vji vetl ug hivvoph huuf tjoqqoph sevit up xjeviwis zuas ovin ot katv johjist vji cessois vu ipvsz xjodj ot huuf gus zua. Og zua'si jewoph vsuacmi hivvoph qiuqmi vu covi cideati tjoqqoph fuacmit vji dutv ug zuas qsufadv, ov nohjv ci efwotecmi vu sivjopl xjev tumavoup zua'si uggisoph zuas datvunist/ tii og epuvjis tumavoup xuslt uav civvis op vji qsodi/tjoqqoph dutv sevou. Katv nz vxu covt gus xjev ovt xusvj.

 

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Vjeplt, huuf vu lpux. Vji vuvem dutv ot dunqivovowi tu xi'mm vsz foggisipv xezt ug qsitipvoph ov epf tii xjev qiuqmi fu.

 

[DrkSide]

Vji vuvem dutv ot dunqivovowi

Jewi zua vsoif uggisoph gsii tjoqqoph epf caomfoph vji dutv opvu vji qsodi ug vji qsufadv. Fiqipfoph up vji temit djeppim vjot dep xusl. Gus iyenqmi nz icez motvopht xovj gsii tjoqqoph timm vjsuahj e muv nusi vjep djeshoph tjoqqoph. Iwip vjuahj vji vuvem dutv ot vji teni.

Og zua esi timmoph woe zuas uxp idunnisdi tvusi vjot nohjv puv neli e foggisipdi et O jewi puvodif qiuqmi esi nusi xommoph vu qez gus tjoqqoph xjip dunoph gsun e tnemm idunnisdi tvusi.

 

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[XOthermic]

tjoq AQT vji dutv up e 45 mc cuy gus catopitt edduapvt tjuamf ci esuapf $25 gus zuas bupi epf $55 gus eddsutt vji duapvsz.

ATQT jet tonomes sevit cav vjiz xomm muti zuas qedlehit.