When you purchase or order anything online such as a plus size evening dresses or food for lunch, what service you would need? Some of you might know what I’m talking about. Yes, it’s called shipping(delivery) service. It already become an essential part of our life nowadays!
What do we normally use for shipping method?
We usually use DHL for shipping our goods. Most important, we use offical Guangzhou DHL for shipping.
Many customers always get confused why DHL shipping costs are different while they order same item from different supplier. There are two reasons to explain why:
- One aspect is because different supplier they work with different shipper/forwarder,and each shipper/forwarder they got different discount from DHL themselves.
- Another important reason is because they’re shipping by different DHL channel such as HK DHL(hongkong DHL), Mainland DHL,Dubai DHL etc(They are all shipping from China but different channel).If goods are shipped by different DHL channel,the prices and shipping time will also vary differently. However,only official DHL is most fastest channel to arrive.
Based on our years of experiences,so we choose to deal with offical DHL directly and ship goods via our DHL account as it is most fastest and safest channel compared to others.(Normally within 3-5 working days around by shipping worldwide,some countries take only 2-3 working days to arrive!)
However,there are some customers prefer to use some cheaper but slow channel so we will also help them ship by other channel such as Fedex sometimes if it is cheaper compared to Guangzhou DHL.
We also had some customers from Europe like Germany,they might request to ship by DPD method(you can track in DPD website) in order to avoid any tax since this method is free tax but it takes about two weeks or more to arrive. If you need to receive evening dresses urgently to attend wedding or arrive on time,we suggest you not to use this shipping method as it takes more time and not too safe way compared to DHL or Fedex express.Otherwise,you would probably miss an important wedding or events!
How shipping costs are calculated?
We often meet customers asking us about shipping costs and they are also interested in how the shipping costs are calculated.
There are two things you need to know:
- Generally speaking,shipping costs are calculated based on actual goods weight and CBM weight.The shipper(such as DHL,Fedex company) they charge whatever is bigger. If actual weight is smaller than CBM weight(they measure the box size and take the biggest cm for each side) ,then the shipper charge based on CBM weight. If actual weight is bigger than CBM weight,they will take actual weight to charge you. So no matter in which way,they are on the win side because they are the boss who set up the rule!
- If goods are less than 21KG,they charge by starting weight+continue weight. But if goods can reach 21KG-25KG(different shipper and channel for bulk weight vary differently,some 21KG, some 22KG,some request 25KG),they will charge by per kg. Besides,they have weight range(21-30KG,31-70kg,71-300kg etc) which price also vary a bit accordingly!
So for example if you order 1pcs affordable evening dress(not too puffy or too heavy) and shipping cost 40USD(This is just for example as it also depend on countries).
If you order 2pcs mother of the bride evening dresses(not too puffy or too heavy) and shipping costs is 60USD so it means each pcs dress shipping costs 30USD.
If you order 3pcs sexy prom evening dresses(not too puffy or too heavy),the shipping costs per pcs dress will be bit cheaper compared to shipping 2pcs evening gowns.
If you order than 11pcs heavy couture evening dresses for weddings,total shipping costs 250USD which means each dress shipping cost ONLY 23USD per pcs dress.
So wholly speaking,the shipping costs depend on what style of evening dresses and how many pcs dress you take.Normally the more quantity you order,the cheaper it would be when equally to each dress,especially when you order above 11pcs handmade beading evening dresses,you will see big difference in shipping costs per pcs dress compared to one pcs or few pcs dress shipping costs.
So if you want to save shipping costs while purchasing evening dresses,the best way is to order more dresses together in one time so the shipping costs per pcs dress will be cheaper.
Hope this article will help you know better and get some knowledge about how shipping costs are calculated and make better decision when you purchase anything from China in future!
