How can people make profit with free postage

[alien99990]

Lately I found people selling pantry item such as Indomie noodle 5pk for $5.63 with free postage, I wonder how they can make profit with free postage, this is big item which you can not put in an envelope so the minimum postage would be $10.

[springyzone]

I don't know.

I suppose if they are big sellers, that they are getting the noodles cheaper, at a wholesale price & maybe getting a postage discount too.

If you think $5.63 is good, I just saw Amazon has some 5 packs at $3.95 with free postage. 

[sugar249]

Possibly coming from china, where postage is a pittance.

Or they are squashing it so it fits in a large letter. !!!!!!!!!!!!

[twyngwyn]

maybe a loss leader, just like endcaps in our supermarkets?

[djavusydney]

The seller most likely drop ships from another seller who provide the actual shipping for free with membership such as Amazon. Like someone mentioned here, it cost $3.95 to post with Amazon, thus at $5.63 - assuming at 15% fees, the seller still makes 85c.

This practice is against Amazon's policy for such subscription.

[springyzone]

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@djavusydney wrote:

The seller most likely drop ships from another seller who provide the actual shipping for free with membership such as Amazon. Like someone mentioned here, it cost $3.95 to post with Amazon, thus at $5.63 - assuming at 15% fees, the seller still makes 85c.

This practice is against Amazon's policy for such subscription.

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I think it is against ebay policy too, as far as having something shipped directly from another supplier, such as Amazon, K mart etc