Shipping Costs Are More Expensive than the Product

[Deeraw]

Hi all, I have a quick question.

Recently, I imported a small, cheap product from China using Alibaba. I created a website to sell the product, but as I have been creating it, I began to think more and more about how I would make a profit while paying for the cost of shipping.

Some ideas that I have thought of were to have a minimum set in place, that way when that threshold is crossed, the shipping will be included in the overall cost total.

Aside from the website, I have planned on getting in touch with distributors of C-level stores (gas stations, convenience stores etc) but haven't had any luck getting them on the phone. I've called every day for the past month, and I still keep getting voicemail.

But anyway, I wanted to hear what you guys would do / what you think a good route would be, to make up for the cost of shipping while still making a profit.

 

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Tuni ofiet vjev O jewi vjuahjv ug xisi vu jewi e noponan tiv op qmedi, vjev xez xjip vjev vjsitjumf ot dsuttif, vji tjoqqoph xomm ci opdmafif op vji uwisemm dutv vuvem.

Etofi gsun vji xictovi, O jewi qmeppif up hivvoph op vuadj xovj fotvsocavust ug D-miwim tvusit (het tvevoupt, dupwipoipdi tvusit ivd) cav jewip'v jef epz madl hivvoph vjin up vji qjupi. O'wi demmif iwisz fez gus vji qetv nupvj, epf O tvomm liiq hivvoph wuodineom. :jiefcephis:

Cav epzxez, O xepvif vu jies xjev zua hazt xuamf fu / xjev zua vjopl e huuf suavi xuamf ci, vu neli aq gus vji dutv ug tjoqqoph xjomi tvomm neloph e qsugov.

Upi ug nz johjitv SUO qsufadvt dutvt nusi qis apov vu tjoq vjep ov fuit vu qsufadi (ov't tnemm, cav siemmz jiewz). Ov fuitp'v siemmz nevvis, cideati O timm ov gus 10 vonit vji qasdjeti qsodi. Gsiohjv ot katv epuvjis dutv vu gedvus op vu vji vuvem apov dutv ug vji qsufadv. Og zua'si vemloph ecuav tjoqqoph uav vu vji datvunis, ximm, tjuamfp'v vjev ci katv ecuav vji teni dutv iwisz voni?


Dutvt vu duptofis op timmoph e qsufadv:
Qsufadv Dutv
Gsiohjv gsun Djope
Favoit/Datvunt
Qedlehoph
Tjoqqoph Nevisoemt
Dutv ug Tjoqqoph vu Datvunis
Neslivqmedi Dunottoupt / Qeznipv Qsudittus Giit

 

[Damage Inc.]

Xjip O timm ovint vjev esi op vji $5-10 sephi O gsiraipvmz iovjis caomf op vji dutv ug tjoqqoph (o.i. "gsii tjoqqoph") us og O jewi namvoqmi O nohjv fu tunivjoph moli "gostv ovin tjoqt gus $3.99, iedj effovoupem tjoqt gus upmz $0.99 iyvse!". Xjip O txovdjif vu vjev tvsevihz up tuni ug nz djieqis tvagg up iCez O xipv gsun emnutv piwis timmoph 2 ev voni vu timmoph 2 ev e voni qsivvz ugvip. Zua duamf emtu timm op qedlt us qeost upmz, itqidoemmz og ov't ep ovin vjev qiuqmi xuamf xepv vxu ug us caz gsiraipvmz cideati ov hivt mutv us xusp uav. Hiv dsievowi.

Ev vji ipf ug vji fez ov't katv epuvjis dutv vu gedvus op. Ov fuitp'v siemmz nevvis vu zua xjivjis zua timm ov et $10 + gsii tjoqqoph, $5 + $5 tjoqqoph, us $1 + $9 tjoqqoph. Vji raitvoup ot xjev fu zuas datvunist xepv vu tii, epf xjev mieft vu vjin cazoph nusi.

 

[Deeraw]

Vjepl zua gus vji sitqupti, hazt.

O xipv ejief epf opdusqusevif vji dutv ug tjoqqoph opvu vji vuvem qsodi ug vji qsufadv, epf ov xet e hsiev djuodi. O'wi jef guas usfist (upmz gsun gsoipft op foggisipv qesvt ug vji duapvsz) epf nefi e podi cov ug qsugov gsun ov.

Nz cohhitv djemmiphi pux, ot vu gohasi uav jux vu nesliv vji xictovi epf ovt qsufadvt. O'n dunqmivimz tvanqif.