Easily focus on sales, marketing and branding. However, it is also important to provide customers with an excellent post purchase experience through accurate, safe and fast delivery. You can specify the freight in advance and provide a realistic delivery date to help manage customers’ expectations. The following is the best way to set up a store to ensure that the freight is clear and accurate. Comparison of delivery services what core services do delivery enterprises need? You may need the following services: Provide tracking information to customers, provide guaranteed delivery dates, and allow limited product distribution for each shipment, including high-level packaging materials including CBD, alcoholic perfume or dangerous goods. In the United States, the three major delivery providers of USPS, FedEx and UPS provide tracking and delivery date guarantee, and provide most options. For other services, please consider the following factors:
Both USPS and FedEx have fixed delivery options, and the freight is included in the standard size box. Restricted items are only applicable to some USPS services, and express companies may be required. The average delivery of each product is calculated. Three major delivery services in the United States provide online quotation generators. Obtain various quotations for various products and conventional product combinations. The quotation is calculated based on 4 elements. Factor 1: the larger or heavier the size and weight of the package, the higher the distribution cost. To get sample quotes from every possible supplier, you must know the weight of each product sold and the size of the box containing the product (don’t forget to leave packaging space. Materials).
Carriers usually use a complex calculation called dim (volume weight) to set up costs. To calculate the dim, enter length x Height x width (inches) and divide it by the ratio factor (139 for express and 166 for USPS) to calculate the weight in pounds. The freight is calculated based on the larger of the dim weight or the actual weight of the software package. What does that mean? Three important things: very large and bulky lightweight items (such as pillows) will charge higher freight than expected. Larger boxes mean higher costs, and even without adding weight, always use the smallest box to keep the delivered items. USPS uses a larger rate element, so the overall default rate is lower. But there is another good option to consider. You can choose fixed freight instead of using the actual weight of the dim or package to calculate custom freight.
USPS and FedEx provide fixed size freight and can send mail at the specified rate when the maximum weight description is met. UPS also provides such services, but they must be packaged by the user. If one of the standard sizes almost matches the size of the popular product portfolio, using this distribution style can save costs. Element 2: the distance you move for distribution. The farther you want to distribute your goods, the higher the cost. All three options for us shipments are priced using the regional concept. They use zip codes to create all areas close to or very far from you (zone 1) (Zone 8 for USPS) and between them. Each carrier has its own region definition, but generally speaking, the lower the region means more regional distribution, so it is cheaper and faster.
Key: provide low freight or free delivery for customers with postal code in your area. For customers living in remote areas, you can choose to charge higher fees or not provide services to the area. Overseas distribution? Woocommerce shipping and DHL have recently combined best of breed technologies with the infrastructure of existing international transportation enterprises through a partnership. When shipped from the United States to China, woocomerce
Shipping always offers discounts, seamless integration, easy label printing and skipping post office lines. Soon, you can use woocommerce shipping to print DHL Express labels in international distribution stores, and enjoy preferential fees, free package extraction, distribution tracking automation and customs forms.
Element 3: the time window required for distribution. All distribution systems will charge higher fees for faster distribution. If customers’ needs are time sensitive, it may be necessary to provide efficient distribution for sales, and shoppers can understand the premium payment. For other purchases, if the customer does not need to pay the freight, they can wait a while before receiving the order. Element 4: register the frequency and quantity of using the delivery service business account, and promise to use it to a certain extent. All three communication companies will provide preferential fees. Male walking to the counter, the retail price that pays for the delivery of packages is the most expensive solution. In USPS, when you are ready to promise normal delivery, you can go to CBP (commercial list price) or CPP (commercial markup). Even for small-scale operations, you can use the woocommerce shipping extension to access better fees that automatically provide CBP fees.
For express delivery, you can negotiate directly with them to get cheaper software packages. It’s best to contact them directly and talk about options. Expert tips: if you are a member of a business association, you can already be eligible to charge lower fees without consulting yourself. After woocomerce stores generate quotation examples for each product using freight or cost escalation additional target delivery regions, they must be able to generate freight tables. Freight can be realized in woocommerce in several different ways. Option 1: a simple solution to act as freight by attaching labels is to combine the average distribution amount into part of the basic price of the product and provide free distribution. This is a very popular promotion strategy.
You can add slightly more than the average distribution cost you calculated. Cheap price is good, but I don’t want to lose money every time I sell. To do this, add an amount to each product and turn on free shipping under woocommerce settings. After meeting a specific shopping cart threshold, you must set up delivery for free using an extension, such as table rate shipping. Option 2: to set the default freight to the fixed freight setting woocommerce, define the delivery region and then set the price for each region. You can also use the delivery class to learn more.
For example, you can group products into categories such as small, medium and large projects, and set the fees of this category according to the customer’s field. Use the table rate shipping extension to set more complex shipping rules, such as discounts for specific combinations or product quantities. No matter which transportation company you choose, please use the woommerce shipment tracking extension to continue to provide information to customers. After completing the order, the customer can enter tracking information for all providers that the account can access. Option 3: create a dynamic real-time delivery quotation. By extending woocommerce, you can get very accurate and up-to-date delivery information.
For USPS: if products are shipped at a fixed cost, the fixed cost shipping extension plan can calculate the required box size according to the ordered products. Then select the percentage that best suits each order from the list of box options defined. You can also generate real-time quotation according to the weight and size of customized transportation. Extending us with woocommerce USPS shipping method
Connect to PS. For FedEx or UPS: both FedEx and ups have woocommerce extension function, allowing real-time delivery and quotation. You can also estimate the box size for fixed cost transportation.
Stores in other countries: even if the store is not in the United States, it can be closely integrated with local mail services. Woocommerce provides extended functionality integrated with Russia post, Royal Mail, Canada Post, Australia Post, South Africa post and New Zealand Post. Please refer to the distributor expansion list of local solutions. Can’t you see the delivery service? Please continue to confirm. We always add more! Distribution solutions for all stores. Woocommerce offers numerous delivery options for all scenarios where products are sent to corners or around the world. Woocommerce shipping has always been the perfect solution for domestic distribution from the United States. It will provide international distribution through DHL. You can still enjoy substantial discounts, automation and other time-saving solutions. No matter what you sell, no matter how you deliver or where your package goes, woocommerce provides a solution for the store. Please refer to all delivery extension plans.
