One of the biggest challenges we have is being able to price shipping when the shipping carriers price their shipping based on dimensional weight (DIM Weight.). Our mission is to completely pass on our deeply discounted shipping rates to our customers.

What determines the shipping rate

Shipping rates of our products are mainly determined by their weight, volume, and whether or not they need additional packaging material. For example, shipments for frozen/refrigerated or fragile orders require packaging that will result in a higher DIM Weight and therefore higher shipping prices. 

Basic Rule of Thumb

To get you started, we have included our estimated shipping costs for 1 unit in our data feed.  To get started we recommend setting your shipping parameters to an $8 base price and $1 for each additional pound. 

Advanced tips

For interested customers here are some useful pro tricks on how to be aware of the shipping rates and how to control them.

Frozen and Refrigerated items are generally expensive to ship as they need to be packed in special containers with additional material that makes the package heavy. On average, the weight for the package of a F/R item is triple the weight of the actual item as such products get packaged with 2x the weight of cooling material.

While the shipping price for the initial unit of such item seems high, the per-item shipping rate slowly decreases with each additional unit of the same kind. 

The Cubic Volume of the package is as important of a factor when it comes to the shipping fee as the weight. If you wish to stay within the safe area of the 8-10$ shipping fee (for regular items), we advise that you keep the total product volume in your order below 0.23 cubic feet.