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| | | Author: | marcarlo  | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2024 05:31 | | Subject: | How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hello,
I have my own store and I am wondering how I can charge customers for buying
more than 20 lots. Because it takes me so much time to collect the order, I think
it would be fair to base the fee on the amount of lots that are being bought.
How I would like to do it is this:
Every 20 lots = 1 euro extra packing fee.
Could someone help me with this and explain to me how I can set this up in my
store the most efficient way? Also, is there the possibility to let this go automatically?
Thank you in advance!
Kindest regards,
Marc Verkerk
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2024 06:20 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Personally, I think it is better to use the existing tools, such as using a minimum
lot value or maximum number of lots as these are displayed in the store. Using
more hidden fees that are only seen when viewing the final cart cost or after
placing an order are likely to make a buyer leave the store or cancel the order.
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| | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2024 07:02 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, marcarlo writes:
| | Hello,
I have my own store and I am wondering how I can charge customers for buying
more than 20 lots. Because it takes me so much time to collect the order, I think
it would be fair to base the fee on the amount of lots that are being bought.
How I would like to do it is this:
Every 20 lots = 1 euro extra packing fee.
Could someone help me with this and explain to me how I can set this up in my
store the most efficient way? Also, is there the possibility to let this go automatically?
Thank you in advance!
Kindest regards,
Marc Verkerk
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In truth the more items/lots a buyer purchases within the same order the more
convenient that buyer should be to you and so to penalize them for ordering more
with you would be a very odd approach in my view?
Surely if 10 different buyers only buy 2 lots this scenario is much worse for
you because now your still picking the same amount of parts for the same money
but instead have to pack and process 10 orders instead of 1?
Besides which hidden fees are never a good way to do things and will only frustrate
your customers.
A better approach would be to make your picking time more worthwhile especially
when it comes to picking low value parts. If a part is not worth your time to
pick either don't bother selling it, Force the buyer to buy a minimum quantity
of it such as 10, 20, 50 etc.. or set price accordingly so it becomes worth your
while even if that means setting your price well above market value. In this
situation you will have to rely on them being bought in conjunction with your
more desirable/unique inventory. People will often pay higher prices for cheap/common
parts when its come to the convenience of being able to order everything they
need at the same time
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| | | | | Author: | knxguy11340 | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2024 09:07 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, marcarlo writes:
| | Hello,
I have my own store and I am wondering how I can charge customers for buying
more than 20 lots. Because it takes me so much time to collect the order, I think
it would be fair to base the fee on the amount of lots that are being bought.
How I would like to do it is this:
Every 20 lots = 1 euro extra packing fee.
Could someone help me with this and explain to me how I can set this up in my
store the most efficient way? Also, is there the possibility to let this go automatically?
Thank you in advance!
Kindest regards,
Marc Verkerk
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The next time you go to the supermarket or big box store, make sure you pay an
extra fee based on how many items you bought. Why is it ALWAYS the UK/EU stores
that whine and moan about servicing their customers?
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2024 09:33 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | Why is it ALWAYS the UK/EU stores
that whine and moan about servicing their customers?
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It isn't.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2024 11:36 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, knxguy11340 writes:
| | The next time you go to the supermarket or big box store, make sure you pay an
extra fee based on how many items you bought. Why is it ALWAYS the UK/EU stores
that whine and moan about servicing their customers?
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There are plenty of non-European stores with fees for this and that.
Personally, I think fees for buying *more* are a bit odd, but the supermarket
analogy isn't accurate since the customer is typically walking around the
store putting the items into his or her own cart. I guess a service like Instacart
would be the closer analogy.
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| | | | | | | Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Apr 7, 2024 00:53 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, knxguy11340 writes:
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The next time you go to the supermarket or big box store, make sure you pay an
extra fee based on how many items you bought. Why is it ALWAYS the UK/EU stores
that whine and moan about servicing their customers?
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I'll answer you're question with a better question: Why don't you
post under your real account?
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| | | | | Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2024 21:30 | | Subject: | Re: How to charge customers per x amount of lots | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, marcarlo writes:
| | Hello,
I have my own store and I am wondering how I can charge customers for buying
more than 20 lots. Because it takes me so much time to collect the order, I think
it would be fair to base the fee on the amount of lots that are being bought.
How I would like to do it is this:
Every 20 lots = 1 euro extra packing fee.
Could someone help me with this and explain to me how I can set this up in my
store the most efficient way? Also, is there the possibility to let this go automatically?
Thank you in advance!
Kindest regards,
Marc Verkerk
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It might be even more fair to figure out ways to pick your orders faster, and
more efficiently.
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