Does anyone else feel restricted because of shipping fees?
I know that many of us have ditched Amazon, but it’s hard to ignore their free shipping policy.
When you’re looking for Canadian products sold by Canadian companies, and have to pay $10-$20 extra for shipping because it’s not available locally, it’s like a premium on top of a premium.
And yes, some places offer free shipping past a certain amount (usually well over $100), which just incentivizes buying extra stuff you don’t need.
I mean, shit, you can get products shipped from China for free, so why can’t we offer free or very low cost shipping within Canada (via Government incentives)?
Does anyone have any tips to ease this pain point?
Technically speaking, there’s no such thing as free shipping. It’s built into the price, and for low dollar value items, the ship cost is spread out over other products in a merchant’s business model. Whether its FBA (fulfilled by Amazon) or FBM (fulfilled by merchant), the merchant is the one paying the shipping, not Amazon. You can be sure though that Amazon is getting a smokin’ hot deal from CanadaPost for that volume business. Just my guess, but CanPost is offsetting the lower profit margins for shipping Amazon’s packages by charging more for smaller volume Canadian merchants who ship direct to the consumer.