Shipping Charges FAQ

We're frequently asked by our customers, "What should I charge for shipping"? Unfortunately, we can't answer that question for you. However, we do have some suggestions for helping you determine what you will charge.

Shipping Options

MightyMerchant lets you base shipping on the following:
Total Order Weight
Total Order Amount
Total Number of Items Ordered

How Accurate Do You Need To Be?

The first thing to determine is how accurate you need to be on shipping. Do you want to be highlyy accurate so you do not lose money on shipping costs, or do you want to be less accurate and figure on spreading the shipping costs over many orders, charging more than your actual costs for some orders and less for others?

If You Need To Be More Accurate

If you need to be more accurate, then basing the shipping on weight is the first step. With weight-based shipping, you have the option of using UPS Online Tools to pull realtime UPS rates, or you can set up custom weight-based shipping methods with set rates.

UPS Online Tools
If you choose to ship UPS, you will activate UPS online Tools in your Site Manager. Shipping calculations are automatically pulled form the UPS site. You can also designate if a product ships in its own box to reflect multiple shipments.

Custom Weight-Based Shipping
If your preferred shipper is USPS, then to be most accurate you'd want to set up your shipping by the USPS shipping zones, each zone having its own custom method and shipping prices by weight.

If you don't need to be quite that accurate, you can set up a custom USPS method with some general weight-based amounts.

What If I Have Special Shipping Needs?

If you have special shipping needs, such as items that are freight shipped, drop-shipped, or shipping quotes are required, please let your developer know at the beginning of your project, as custom programming may be needed to meet your needs.