At present, making sense of the shipping profiles has been a hassle, but we think it is sorted.
Anyway, this is how we've simplified it:
• Media Mail, 7" is $5.00 and 10/12" is $7 - The cost of shipping via media mail can vary from ~$5 to $12, depending on weight x dimensions, so we chose a healthy medium. This can take 3 to 8 days, usually closer to 3, but we have seen it take as many as 11 days (to Fresno, which made no sense whatsoever).
• Second Day, 7" is $8 and 10/12" is $11 - This price is subject to change, but it is presently set at $11 because that is the low average...sometimes we are taking a hit on this, but we committed to it for the current storefront platform. It means what it says, but some regions can take up to 5 days, which we've seen happen once.
• Additional Records, $0.25 - Say, you ordered a 10/12" record, and add on another, or perhaps a 7", it goes in the mailer at a rate of 25 cents per unit. Since dropping our base rate, charging an additional 25 cents per unit has helped offset the cost when the weight puts us iver what we charge and we pay out of pocket to cover it. This is subject to change, but it is what we are doing for now.
• Books, standard books ship at a rate of $6.00 for media mail and $11.00 for second day, with an additional charge of 50 cents per unit. Now, those with the "light book/zine" weight class can be slipped into record orders, snail mail manilla style envelopes, or shipped just like standard books, from 50 cents to $11.00, with an additional 25 cent per unit cost for weight class.
• Stickers/Patches, Free - They get put in an envelope, a stamp is applied, and it goes in the post. Or they get slipped into your mailer.
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