{"id":246830,"date":"2014-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/?p=246830"},"modified":"2024-11-07T20:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:32:26","slug":"free-shipping-holiday-promos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/free-shipping-holiday-promos\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Free Shipping&#8221; Holiday Promos Can Eat Web Retailer Margins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/free_shipping4.jpg\" alt=\"free_shipping4\" class=\"wp-image-283\" title=\"free_shipping4\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p>If there is one thing that online consumers respond to besides sales during the holiday season, it&#8217;s free shipping.&nbsp; A 2008 survey by Forrester Research showed that 75 percent of shoppers prefer to buy from sites that offer free shipping, a jump from 61 percent in 2007.&nbsp; This holiday season, 73 percent of consumers told Google that they would be taking advantage of free shipping at their favorite web retailers when buying gifts for friends and family.<\/p>\n\n<p>Free shipping may entice sales, but the shipping itself isn&#8217;t free for the web retailer mailing the products.&nbsp; Instead of the shipping costs being paid by customer, the web retailer must now absorb those additional costs from their profit margin.&nbsp; During a down economy, it makes sense for ecommerce site owners to look for the most economical shipping option to fulfill your customers&#8217; holiday wishes of free shipping.&nbsp; Where can you find a reliable, yet inexpensive carrier to handle your shipping needs this holiday season?<\/p>\n\n<p>The good old US Postal Service, of course.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;FREE SHIPPING&#8221; cost you less with the USPS and Stamps.com<\/strong><br>How can you save money by shipping with the USPS through Stamps.com?<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10 percent off on package insurance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insure packages up to $2,500 in value<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up to 11 percent off Priority Mail retail rates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up to 8 percent off on International Mail classes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free Delivery Confirmation for Priority Mail packages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>And, unlike UPS and FedEx, the US Postal Service doesn&#8217;t charge for residential deliveries or fuel surcharges.&nbsp; The US Postal Service also offers free packaging supplies for Priority Mail packages and will pick up parcels from your business for no charge.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Ecommerce made easy&#8230; Import Sales Order Data Directly from eBay, Amazon and More<br><\/strong>Stamps.com is a great option for web retailers who want to take full advantage of the cost savings the US Postal Service can deliver.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stamps.com software even allows web retailers to import sales order data directly from popular online marketplaces including eBay, Yahoo! Stores, Amazon.com, Google Checkout or PayPal Shops.&nbsp;&nbsp; Once the data is imported into Stamps.com, the shipping manager can batch print up to 1,000 shipping labels at a time or pick and choose individual labels to print.&nbsp; The Stamps.com software will also match all the address data to the USPS database to prevent any undeliverable addresses prior to the package being sent out.<\/p>\n\n<p>For web retailers using Amazon and eBay, Stamps.com will also post- back the package tracking data and costs into the sellers account.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s time to rethink your holiday shipping.<br><\/strong>When retailers combine the services of the USPS with the ease and&nbsp; convenience of Stamps.com, they have a powerful tool that reduces the&nbsp; impact FREE SHIPPING offers can have on their bottom line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there is one thing that online consumers respond to besides sales during the holiday season, it&#8217;s free shipping.&nbsp; 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