selling with prime
I sell personalised items which I make myself - my question is how/what is the best way to enter into prime without raising my prices massively just to cover the postage cost? I dont understand how anyone can profit - my mugs are say £10, for a trakced next day/2 day postage is around £3.50-£4 on the item. ( UK BASED)
With product, packaging and printing costs i would basically be working for free?
I don't know how anyone is making this feasible with postage costs or am i missing something as i am assuming i cover the postage cost?
any experience, advice or help??? (UK BASED)
3 replies
Seller_76AUwmqvSyRIM
It's simple. Your selling price needs to include the postage cost. Same as everyone else doing prime or offering free P&P. There is no other way.
If the numbers don't stack up, you need to reduce your costs or change product lines that allow you to have the required margin.
BTW, I only do prime with FBA, not SFP but I believe that for SFP, you need to be sending with next day service, not 2-day. I could be mistaken.
Seller_KlbXZHzQGSDZv
If you cant make the delivery prices then you need to back away from prime. Send everything tracked 48 via rm. If your doing a decent amount of postage you can get them to reduce there price to a bit lower than the parcel rates.
With custom made stuff unless your mass producing in advance working with primes posting require,ments will be nigh on impossible tokeep up with.
Seller_ZJhFeE3tNKzfh
The logic I imagine would be you sell more because of Prime so what you lose in margin, you'd make up in volume.
This model obviosuly won't work for everyone - so it just comes down to a business decision.
