Huge Parcel Post Royal Mail Price Increases sending to the UNITED STATES
From the 1st July Royal Mail (RM) have been forced by the United States Postal Administration to greatly increase prices for sending "parcels" to the USA.
RM have now had to introduce a 3rd. "international zone" (zone "3") to their price list exclusively for the United States.
Very fortunately myself and sellers of stamps and first day covers we will not be effected as the Royal Mail prices for "Letter" and "Large Letter" size mail remains the same. But anyone in the UK who needs to post to the USA using Small, Medium or Large Parcel sizes will be face with huge price increases of between 50% & 100%.
https://www.themailingroom.com/royal-mail-adds-world-zone-3/
https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2020-05/royal-mail-our-prices-valid-from-1-july-
(below is a UK Ebay forum post on this subject)
Is this the end for selling to USA?
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on 03-06-2020 7:37 PM
I've just found out that Royal Mail are greatly increasing prices for sending parcels to USA, at the beginning of next month.
https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2020-05/royal-mail-our-prices-valid-from-1-july-...
These new prices make USA the most expensive country in the world for sending RM Parcels. It has been given it's own new category "World Zone 3"
I sell vinyl records on my business account, and the price to send a parcel weighing around 450g is increasing by over 50% overnight, from £10.06 to £15.18. I will be able to send the same parcel to literally anywhere else in the world for a maximum of £10.83.
Most weight bands show a similar percentage increase.
Surely this will kill sales to USA?
RM have now had to introduce a 3rd. "international zone" (zone "3") to their price list exclusively for the United States.
Very fortunately myself and sellers of stamps and first day covers we will not be effected as the Royal Mail prices for "Letter" and "Large Letter" size mail remains the same. But anyone in the UK who needs to post to the USA using Small, Medium or Large Parcel sizes will be face with huge price increases of between 50% & 100%.
https://www.themailingroom.com/royal-mail-adds-world-zone-3/
https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2020-05/royal-mail-our-prices-valid-from-1-july-
(below is a UK Ebay forum post on this subject)
Is this the end for selling to USA?
Options
on 03-06-2020 7:37 PM
I've just found out that Royal Mail are greatly increasing prices for sending parcels to USA, at the beginning of next month.
https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2020-05/royal-mail-our-prices-valid-from-1-july-...
These new prices make USA the most expensive country in the world for sending RM Parcels. It has been given it's own new category "World Zone 3"
I sell vinyl records on my business account, and the price to send a parcel weighing around 450g is increasing by over 50% overnight, from £10.06 to £15.18. I will be able to send the same parcel to literally anywhere else in the world for a maximum of £10.83.
Most weight bands show a similar percentage increase.
Surely this will kill sales to USA?
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THIS SHOULD BE THE CORRECT LINK?
I will not be holding my breath.
Your rates may have gone up to the US but it's still more expensive at this time for those in the US to send a 13 oz package to the UK. A 370 gram package is $24.50 to send to the UK (19.54 GB Pounds)
A 450 gram package is even more (They don't show the first class parcel rate over 13 oz but they do show the priority mail flat rate which is $37.45 US) So welcome to our world. (And we have been dealing with this for over 2 years now)
Even for something as light as a stamp can be attached to shipping costs ranging from $25.00 U.S. to $48.00
Shame.
Robert, I'm sure that all the posters on this forum and most of the sellers on Hipstamp don't fall into that category. If I were you I would put my tin hat on and keep your head down! (smile)
Just for the record I charge the following posting from the UK:
100 grams Letter to the USA Tracked and Signed = £8.55 (up to 5mm. thickness)
100 grams Letter to Europe Tracked and Signed = £7.75 "
100 grams Letter to the USA Untracked = £2.75 "
100 grams Letter to Europe Untracked = £1.85 "
Any order over £25 in value most be sent using tracked postage/mail.
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm
My initial comments related to S & H charges on E-Bay, which I longer patronise...
I ship in North America $2 for as many items as you like, a few larger things or stuff of course requires higher postage. 1 item or 20 items it is $2 to Canada and US. $3 to the rest of the world.
Most of the problems are ebay trying to control everything, labels, envelopes, shipping fees etc. $20 to mail a $5 stamp is crazy but people sign up and then they are stuck.
The real problem are countries like China getting away with very very low rates as a developing country when they are no longer a developing country. They are able to send tons of stuff very cheaply thus able to sell very low priced items and ship accordingly. Whereas to ship a small parcel to China would be a fortune. So it is not fair.
In Canada our domestic rates are 92 cents, compared the U.S. almost free, to the U.S. a $1.30 CDN, and the rest of the world is now $2.71 CDN so almost 3 times the price of a domestic letter.
I have no shortage of postage / FACE to put on my mail so it is really not a problem anymore, maybe 10 years worth not including annual collections I could get postage from.
When looking at Hipstamp, it is great to be able to list 100,000 items, not that I would ever get there in my lifetime, but to pay more than the monthly Store fee to just view SOLD items is pretty petty in my mind when ebay does it for free. Dont' give them any ideas.
So what happens when you get to 10,000 listings, does it say, STOP you can't list any more? and then have to pay up for the other store?
I assume we can list just on Hipstamp, as free listings, but they don't go to ebay do they?
Gary
Perhaps you should read this regarding International Shipping - effective since January 2018
https://help.hipecommerce.com/support/solutions/articles/14000112965-international-shipping-costs-from-the-us