It really depends on what you sell, but if they are small enough to fit in a flat rate box or envelope, that greatly helps in figuring out a price. If not, you can pick about 20 cities in the country and run rates to them. Then average out the rates. Once you start doing a lot of transactions you can pull an average off of the real world volume.
How do you calculate your costs for shipping to know if you can afford to offer free shipping?
It really depends on what you sell, but if they are small enough to fit in a flat rate box or envelope, that greatly helps in figuring out a price. If not, you can pick about 20 cities in the country and run rates to them. Then average out the rates. Once you start doing a lot of transactions you can pull an average off of the real world volume.
the more fast of shipping the more customers will return :)
Fast shipping is nice, but customers don't like paying for it. Reasonably priced free shipping is the most popular choice among most shoppers.