Shipping $36000 worth of Japanese candy

Re:Shipping $36000 worth of Japanese candy by bemmu on Saturday January 14, 2012 @12:34PM (#3464682)

Yes, that could be useful and I could consider switching to such a service if it was available. I would worry though about giving total control over my subscribers to some outer service that might hike up their prices suddenly.

It would be nice though if someone else dealt with all the different payment buttons, subscription management and just wired me a lump sum monthly and sent the PDF for address labels that I need to print out for shipping.

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Re:Shipping $36000 worth of Japanese candy by tstegart on Saturday January 14, 2012 @01:15PM (#3464818)

Do you have any more options to reduce shipping costs? If its your largest expense, you can do more profit with less customers.

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Re:Shipping $36000 worth of Japanese candy by bemmu on Saturday January 14, 2012 @03:08PM (#3465168)

I could use a cheaper sending option and that would really boost the profit. That would introduce an initial delay for the subscription start, but of course after that it would not be noticeable for the subscriber.

One time I was experimenting with sending first package using airmail and subsequent packages simultaneously using the cheaper shipping option that was supposed to be 2 weeks slower. But in reality the slower one arrived first and the faster one a day later, leaving subscribers confused.

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Re:Shipping $36000 worth of Japanese candy by tstegart on Saturday January 14, 2012 @03:41PM (#3465244)

Try switching a quarter of your subscribers to it and see what the reaction is. If its not bad, move all of them over.

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