Here are a few More Tips on How To Save Money on the shipping for any of Your Christmas and/or any of your other Holiday Gift shipments!, which we hope you will also find Helpful and that will Save You More Money this Holiday Season and All Year long! :)

Money Saving Shipping Tip #1 = Order and Ship Early:

Don’t Wait until the last minute to place your orders and/or ship your packages!

As we discussed previously at:

http://i-shoptheworld.com/2008/11/23/last-chance-to-save-money-for-thanksgiving/

If you wait until the last minute to place your orders or ship your packages than you may have to use a Much More Expensive shipping service and/or option in order to insure that your packages reach their intended destinations in time!, you know?

This is particularly important with regards to any International Shipments, as the leads times for international shipping is often significantly longer and less predictably, you know?

but . . .

If you Plan Ahead and you place your orders and ship your packages with enough lead time …

You may also Save even More Money by being able to take advantage of the even Less Expensive shipping services / options like:

- USPS Parcel Post service (2 - 9 day average delivery time)

or . . .

- UPS Ground (guaranteed delivery in 1 - 6 days)

You know?

Money Saving Shipping Tip #2 = Combined Shipping:

Combine all of your orders and items to be shipped from the same store/originating location to the same destination into a single, or the minimum number of packages / shipments!

There is typically a minimum cost to initiate the shipment of any package, such that shipping the first (<=1) pound (lb.) or kilogram (Kg.) shipped from a given source location to a given destination is often the most expensive in terms of shipping cost per Lb. or Kg., you know?

The incremental cost of shipping additional pounds (lb.s) or kilogram (Kg.s) in the same shipment are often Less Expensive, than for the first pound (lb.) or kilogram (Kg.) and Much Less Expensive than shipping each pound (lb.) or kilogram (Kg.) in separate packages / shipments!, you know?

Further, at least some online stores, like we do at I-ShopTheWorld.com, will reduce and/or eliminate any additional handling costs for shipping additional pounds (lb.s) or kilogram (Kg.s), possibly just of the same product(s)/item(s),  in the same shipment, which means You Save even More Money by ordering all of the products/items you want from the same/one online store and from a given store/source location at one time, in one combined order / shipment, you know?! ;) .

Money Saving Shipping Tip #3 = Optimize Your Shipping cost:

Some shippers / shipping services offer “flat shipping rates” for packages up to a particular weight and/or size.

A few examples of this type of “flat shipping rates” include the following:

  • The EMS 25 Kg. Promotional Box - wherein, once accounting for the 2.5 Kg. weight of the box and packing materials, you may anything of up to approximately 22.5 Kg. (= @ pounds (lb.s))
  • USPS Flat Rate Box- wherein you may ship anything of up to 20 pounds (lb.s) in a box measuring by by for one Flat Shipping Rate! :) .
  • USPS Large Flat Rate Box - wherein you may ship anything of up to 20 pounds (lb.s) in a box measuring by by for one Flat Shipping Rate! :) .

Therefore, You Save a Significant amount of Money if you Maximize the number of items that your may fit into one of these “flat rates packages”! you know?

Money Saving Shipping Resources and Tools:

The following are some additional resources and tools I-ShopTheWorld.com would like to share with you to help you further Save the Most Money on All of your shipping …

Resources and Tools for Estimating Shipping Costs:

You may estimate the shipping costs of your packages/shipments via the links provided below for various popular shipping companies / services, all which may also be found, any time for your convenience, on the I-ShopTheWorld.com Shipping Information web page at: http://i-shoptheworld.com/shipping-information/ and under the Shipping Information Links Category in the right-hand sidebar of any of the web pages at I-ShopTheWorld.com:

EMS Shipping Rates at: http://www.ems.com.cn/serviceguide/e-zi-fei-biao-zhun.html

FedEx International Shipping Rates at:http://www.fedex.com/ratefinder/home?cc=ph&language=en

FedEx Domestic (within the US) Shipping Rates at:http://www.fedex.com/ratefinder/home?cc=us&language=en

United States Postal Service (USPS) and/or UPS via  the eBay Shipping Calculator, if you have an eBay account, at: http://payments.cgi5.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EmitSellerShippingCalculator&parentPageName=DescribeYourItem&EnableCarrierTab=UPS&itemPostalCode=&currencyID=USD&sid=43274185111&itemid=&dyiCommand=NewListing-http://pages.ebay.com

Resources and Tools for Tracking Your Shipments:

You may Track your packages/shipments via the links provided below for various popular shipping companies / services, all which may also be found, any time for your convenience, on the I-ShopTheWorld.com Shipping Information web page at: http://i-shoptheworld.com/shipping-information/ and under the Shipping Information Links Category in the right-hand sidebar of any of the web pages at I-ShopTheWorld.com:

We hope that you all find these Money Saving Tips, tools and resources will Help You  Save Money on the shipping for any of Your Christmas and/or any of your other Holiday Gift shipments!, which we hope you will also Help You Save More Money this Holiday Season and All Year long! :) .

Please Reply Here and Share with Your Friends from around the world any additional Money Saving Tips, tools and resources you may have for Saving Money on Shipping Christmas Gifts and/or the rest of the year, ok?

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