shipping costs
Postage and handling
Shipping costs are the fees charged to transport goods from seller to buyer.
These costs vary based on distance, weight, speed of delivery, and carrier.
Online shoppers often weigh shipping costs against the convenience of home delivery: Free shipping if you spend over fifty dollars.
For businesses, shipping costs factor into pricing and profit margins.
- freight chargesPayment for cargo transport
- port chargesFees for docking vessels
- freightGoods being transported
- customs dutiesTaxes on imports
- fuel surchargesAdded fees for energy costs
surcharges · customs clearance · air cargo · supply chain · containerization · labor costs · insurance premiums · trade routes · trade tariffs · rail transport · delivery fees · trucking · UPS · order fulfillment · parcel · bulk order · carrier · rate
- business costsadministrative fees, direct costs, direct labor, labor costs, material costs
- shipping costsfreight rates, postage, stamps, handling fees, delivery charges
- expensesexpenses, expense, expenditure, costs, rent
- maritime tradesea trade, container ships, ocean trade, seaports, ports
- feesfee, fees, service fee, service charge, flat fee
- personal expensescopay, copays, co-payments, deductible, deductibles
transaction cost components
shipping costsbase price
Cost before modifications
purchase price · retail price · unit price · cost of goods · list price