Cutting Shipping Costs: An E-Tailer's Guide

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In short, e-tailers have to be cannier than ever when it comes to monitoring shipping costs, to ensure that sharply rising costs don't eat into core profits.

Shipping charges have been a "secret" profit source for many e-commerce companies. Adding a little extra fee onto the shipping and handling charges fattens the bottom line for many e-tailers. But increasing shipping costs shaves this modest profit source.

Tips for Controlling Shipping Costs

1) A good negotiation process with carriers is essential
2) Rate shop — and be aware of the market
3) Use technology to choose a shipper
4) What are you actually paying the carrier?
5) shipping considerations should "drive the bus"

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