Sending heavy items out

bmwe46parts
Community Member

on ‎16-07-2017 05:41 PM

How do australian companies manage to send out 10 kilo packages so cheap, what is the cheapest way to do this?, i sell items under 3 kilos but am looking at importing some heavier stuff, just do not know how i would go about sending it out and making a profit, i bought a slide hammer a couple of weeks ago, it had to be at least 10 kilos in total and it only cost me 50 including postage.

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chameleon54
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‎16-07-2017 06:05 PM - edited ‎16-07-2017 06:06 PM

Chinese sellers can often send things to Australia cheaper than a seller in Australia sending to a buyer in Australia. Heavier items are often cheaper to send by courier than through AP, particularly when a company has a contract with a courier company..  Some large sellers have bulk postal agreements with AP giving them access to postage discounts that are not available to us mere mortals.

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lyndal1838
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on ‎16-07-2017 07:09 PM

If you have a high enough turnover you can get very good rates from courier companies.

If you send say 100 packages a week that are heavy you can probably get a better rate than someone sending 50 lighter packages.

It all depends on what sort of contract you can negotiate....and the number of packages of whatever weight that you are sending.

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porcelain_dolls_by_me
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on ‎16-07-2017 08:01 PM

I can send 10kg from Melbourne to any East Cost metro address with my courier service for around $10.00

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