Why I'm going to remove Canadian Shipping

[neatTreats]

Today was the last straw.  I realized that to ship a package 4 x 4 x 4 weighing 7 ounces down East would be $12.72.  This for a product that costs $5.50.  Before you say, if you do that you exclude a large percentage of the market, ask yourself, would you pay $12.72 shipping for a $5.50 product?  The answer is clearly no. 

I currently have the price listed at $9.50 for shipping in Canada, and at that price I'd still have to absorb over $3.00 of the cost.  I think that by having that price in there, even though it states it's for Canada, acts as a deterent for the whole shop.  If I was a U.S. buyer and I saw that $9.50 shipping I might click off before I even realized that it applied to Canada only.

Almost all of my sales on my other site are to the U.S. and International markets, so I don't really see this as a huge loss, but just so you know, I even tried pricing it to North York, and I'm shipping from Etobicoke, and it was still $7.77.  Heck I'd be better driving the product to their home!

I hate to do this, but I really don't see an alternative.

Pam

[PillowThrowDecor]

Canadian shipping is scary sometimes. It is so frustrating that somethings cost more to ship within Canada than in the deep south of the US.

I would love to sell my pillows with pillow inserts but again it scares people off when they see the high shipping. Pillow inserts are expensive to ship, a pain to pack, and very little  room for markup considering the time that it takes me to haul them around. Adding shipping costs are often more than what I sell them for.  Grrrr...

I'm with you, you have to look at where your buyers are coming from and consider transport/shipping costs.

Cheers