handling fees
Extra shipping charges
Handling fees are charges added to cover the labor and logistics of processing, packaging, or preparing goods for delivery.
Often paired with shipping: Shipping and handling fees apply.
The term sometimes obscures what work is actually being performed, making it a convenient way to pad prices beyond the stated cost of an item.
- freight chargesPayment for cargo transport
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- surchargesAdditional fees imposed
- service chargeFee for being served
- convenience feeExtra charge for easier payment
admin fee · fuel surcharges · import duties · brokerage · costs · order processing · stamp duty · flat rate boxes · payments · carrier · fulfillment · markup · nickel and dime · logistics · dispatch · overheads · levies · customs
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- extra feesservice fee, delivery fee, processing fee, convenience fee, surcharge
- feesfee, service fee, service charge, flat fee, annual fee
- personal expensescopay, copays, co-payments, deductible, deductibles
- aviation costsairfare, maintenance costs, operating costs, fuel surcharge, lease payments
- banking costsbank charges, service charges, finance charges, service charge, finance charge
handling feesbase price
Cost before modifications
sticker price · list price · retail price · purchase price · principal amount
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