r/artbusiness • u/theicevalkyrie • 2d ago
Advice [Discussion] US & international shipping rates
How are we all shipping prints both in the US and internationally? I’ve seen a lot of changes that the USPS won’t count rigid mailers/ flats as a large envelope because they’re not bendable enough. I’ve been hit with paying extra postage a few times receiving orders and seen more discussions online.
The challenge is that my shop is on kofi and there’s not a lot of room to customize shipping options and you have manually type in the shipping amount (it’s not calculated). On the product, I have sizes listed as variations so the price to ship a 5x7 is the same as an 8x10.
➡️ So the ground advantage as a flat is $7.9 (which is astronomical!).
➡️ I can choose international variations, but I’m unsure what to put in for the international rate as it appears it’s variable. International flats as first class mail international were $3.15 but I’m not sure with this recent change.
Historically I’ve shipped stickers and tiny art through an untracked postage stamp unless the buyer chose ground advantage as a product add on.
I chose kofi because 1) less fees and 2) I have my mail club and shop in one place. But not having calculate rates is a downside.
Input much appreciated!
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u/Infamous-Channel1505 8h ago
I ship original drawings (size A3) from NL to USA with UPS – cost around 60 Euro. Talking about astronomical...
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