Can someone help... · Profit First

Can someone help...

Ok. So a few weeks ago I switched over all clothing in my store that I could to have flat rate shipping... much the same as

@Beau Johnson

has. $7.99 for clothing less than 1 lb, $9.99 for clothing between 1 to 3 lbs and $14.99 for clothing 3 to 5 lbs. I thought this would not cause me any headaches....I was wrong. I know

@Jerry Wilson

in Florida has pretty much these same prices. I am in Wisconsin.

Here is my dilemma. I have had to "eat" some costs this week since my labels on a few sales were more than what I set the flat rate to be.

For example, today I sold a 3x Carhartt chore jacket for $49.99. Since this weighed between 4-5 lbs when boxed, the buyer was charged flat rate of $14.99.

However, the buyer lives in Alaska and shipping turned out to be $23.96. So where I thought this was going to meet my metric ($10 profit per item at least) without any issue, after fees and all...I made about $10.74. Just clearing my metric. ???

On a different item I sold for $26.49 also today, the item was 1-3 lbs when boxed. So buyer paid $9.99 for shipping, but the shipping turned out to cost $15.42.... so again I had to "eat" a bit.

Can someone please help? What am I doing wrong that my S/H works out to be more than my flat rate price on some items? I haven't heard anyone else stating they are having this issue when set up with flat rate pricing. Makes me want to go back to calculated shipping. So frustrating.....

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