Is it me, am I doing something wrong now that I’m back in the industry. I have a fedex account and it seems no matter where I ship to overnight the price is $70-$160. I’m actually losing customers because shipping costs more than the snake in some cases. Last time I was in the industry at most it would cost $50 overnight.
Yeah I’d definitely try a third party like SYR or Reptile Express. I use reptile express and I shipped to New York once and I’m from California and shipping was 62 bucks if I remember correctly
I know some other people put shipping included amd it is a big selling point believe it or not even if its just added to the price wordplay seems to make a differance…a $500 pumpkin pied plus shipping seems more expensive than a $550 pumpkin pied with shippimg included if that makes any sense
Yea shipping has definitely gone up over the years. I’ve been using Ship Your Reptiles, and it’s made it somewhat bearable. I really love their on time delivery insurance, and animal insurance. If that package arrives late, and the animal is dead they pay the value you insured it for. I always add it for peace of mind. You never know. They are always giving out coupon codes as well. Just used one last week for a trade I did with a buddy. Cost me 60 bucks with insurance to ship out a 12x9x6 box not to bad.