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| | | Author: | Nikilyn  | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 11:30 | | Subject: | Instant checkout question | | Viewed: | 110 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| I just want to see if what I want to do is an option and I just haven't figured
out how to set up my shipping properly.
At the beginning of the year I updated my rates along the with the USPS. I don't
see an option to set up shipping by region. I'm in the central US so shipping
to each coast is not bad (with the exception of CA, everything seems expensive
in CA lol)
So I have instant checkout out for all of the USA up to 4lbs.
I wanted to have more realistic shipping for my home state and neighboring states.
It is about $1+ cheaper and less tiers. However when I use instant checkout and
test the options in my store, everyone's order defaults to cheapest shipping
and they have to manually check the other box for domestic US. So I took off
the instant checkout so it wouldn't be used by people who didn't qualify.
I made an invoice option instead with people in these states able to choose the
lower option. Bricklink then gives the lower estimate but I have to send an invoice.
No one has chosen this option even though I have received multiple orders from
qualifying states.
My question then, as a buyer, do people just prefer the instant checkout? Is
waiting for an invoice not that common anymore? Should I just remove the midwest
tier? Every dollar counts for me, but for buyers is it not worth the wait/time.
They just want to check out and be done?
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| | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: Instant checkout question | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Nikilyn writes:
| | My question then, as a buyer, do people just prefer the instant checkout?
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Sure, I'd say 100% of them nowadays.
Imagine your own on line experience buying things in other shops/marketplaces?
| | Should I just remove the midwest tier? Every dollar counts for me, but for buyers is it not worth the wait/time. They just want to check out and be done?
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US has this problem of cost depending "regions" AFAIK, you're kind
of unique. Maybe CAN also?
Anyway - I'd be you, I'd make some kind of stats, and decide a rate,
my own rate like "in the middle" (depending your stats) which would make
you both gain and lose.
Of course you can adjust this flat rate later on.
Again, it wouldn't be USPS rate; you're allowed to use ANY rate you wish.
Explain it or better describe it in Terms and it'll be fine.
Buyers will adore this, IMO.
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| | | | | Author: | brac.brick | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 11:49 | | Subject: | Re: Instant checkout question | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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My question then, as a buyer, do people just prefer the instant checkout? Is
waiting for an invoice not that common anymore? Should I just remove the midwest
tier? Every dollar counts for me, but for buyers is it not worth the wait/time.
They just want to check out and be done?
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Yes, absolutely. Also I took a look at your terms. It looks like only those buyers
who live in the states you designate can use the Manual checkout option. I understand
what you are trying to do but maybe you could make it a bit clearer and advertise
the discount ?
For example, in your terms, under shipping, write some text that buyers in these
specific states can opt for a lower shipping cost if they use Manual checkout.
But in the shipping description, I'd leave this out so that buyers who want
manual who do not live in those states are not turned away to buy from someone
else. It's confusing in my humble opinion.
In my experience, 99% want IC - its faster and easier for them . I offer local
pickup for anyone in New England and and tell them how to do this - manual checkout,
write a note asking for local pickup on order and then wait for the invoice.
You could offer this for your local buyers.
Just my 2 cents,
Alison
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 12:31 | | Subject: | Re: Instant checkout question | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| no one reads anything. The buyers aren't seeing it.
Or they don't care they want it "now".
My most used manual invoice is labeled "whatever is cheapest" and I do
occasionally get people that go around instant checkout and use that instead,
but it's not many.
Crystal
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USA, Minnesota
France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
