11-11-2005, 12:04 PM
Quote:A holiday survey by Shop.org and BizRate Research suggests 79 percent of online retailers will offer free shipping with conditions such as a minimum order.
The promotion resonates with consumers.
"It'll make or break a sale," Jason Carley of Morrisville, N.C., said while shopping...
"I won't pay full price for shipping," he said. "If I'm not getting it free, I want to be getting it cheap."
Other promotions such as sales, free gifts and buy-one-get-one-free are augmenting free shipping as ways to get consumers to shop before their wallets are emptied by high gasoline prices and the first big heating bills of the season.
full article: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl...ss/3453620
