More often than not when this is done it is because: 1. the shipping is rolled into the price 2. the shipping has been flattened out so people in one location are paying more (relatively) and people in other locations are paying less 3. This is done when there is competition and you want to look like you are giving a bargain 4. The free shipping tends to be the cheapest possible with more costly upgrades
Bottom line is that the 'free shipping' is not always as free as you may think On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Dale Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In case you hadn't realised, charging for freight is dying. > > A lot of sites now offer site wide international free delivery. I know > that > might not be your choice as the developer, but you should pitch it. > > When shipping is free, people buy more and come back more, it works!. > > Regards > Dale Fraser > http://learncf.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Little [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 March 2008 1:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Calculating freight for shopping application > > obviously bricks would not be shipped with glass :) > > what i am saying is that each product has its own shipping price defined > at > the admin stage - as opposed to working out freight based on weight of > product eg. artwork would work on dimensions as opposed to weight? > > a matrix to solve the purchase of more than one item could definitely be > included. > > eg. 1-5 items - $x, 6-10 items - $X > > the nature of the products on sale however would not really need this, but > there may be instances where a client purchases 2 designer t-shirts or > something. > > if only i could see amazon's freight matrix !! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300375 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
