shipping and handling
Extra order costs
Shipping and handling is a combined charge added to purchases, covering the cost of packaging an item and transporting it to the buyer.
The phrase appears on invoices and checkout screens, often abbreviated as S&H.
While shipping refers specifically to delivery costs, handling covers the labor and materials needed to prepare items for transit.
The book was $15 plus $4.99 shipping and handling.
Critics sometimes view inflated shipping and handling fees as a way for sellers to obscure the true cost of goods.
- crateContainer for transport
- boxLidded storage container
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- business daysNon-weekend weekdays
tracking number · signature required · customs duty · flat rate · fuel surcharge · freight · truck · COD · label · return label · pallet · insurance premium · package · bubble wrap · fragile sticker · courier · return policy · fine print
- teleshoppingQVC, HSN, teleshopping, infomercials, home shopping
- direct salesbuy now, order now, call now, call to action, toll-free number
- Infomercialspaid programming, call now, order now, Billy Mays, ShamWow
shipping and handlingbase price
Cost before modifications
purchase price · retail price · unit price · sticker price · list price
shipping and handlingin-store pickup
Retrieving orders at retailer
curbside pickup · free shipping · click and collect · carry-out · will call
shipping, shipped, shipper, shippers, shipment, shipments, handle, handling, handled