The Shipping Cost Squeeze
Cut shipping costs without slowing delivery
cut shipping costs without slowing deliverye-commerce / retailtool-agnosticoperationsshippingecommercelogisticsmarginintermediate
Entry PT-0199 · full textReceived
Shipping is eating our margin: [WHAT WE SHIP, CARRIERS AND RATES NOW, MONTHLY VOLUME, AVERAGE PACKAGE WEIGHT/DIMENSIONS, WHAT CUSTOMERS PAY FOR SHIPPING]. Squeeze it: the dimensional-weight and packaging fixes that cost nothing, where a rate negotiation or carrier mix change wins at our volume, whether zones or a 3PL change the math, and what free-shipping threshold actually does to AOV versus margin. Give me the three moves ranked by savings per dollar of effort, and the shipping policy line to put on the site.
Inputs needed
- #Products, carriers, volume, package profile, customer shipping charge
The receipts
What good output looks like
Zero-cost fixes first; negotiation grounded in real volume; free-shipping threshold argued in AOV vs margin; three moves ranked
The stream
Reading the room…