Shipping Method Question

Plastic-Paradise

I am curious if there is a way to account for box weight within the shipping bands. I lose a lot of money on shipping once the order progresses from bubble mailer to box. I have a few different size boxes I use based on the volume of the order. Most commonly used are a 3 oz. and a 6 oz. box. I see that I can limit a specific band by volume and theoretically I could create another band for the increased volume. What I do not see though is how to add an additional 3 oz. or 6 oz. based on which box I may use. Any ideas? Am I missing something?

Thanks for the help.
PP

SuperBrick

The weight bands you use should account for the weight of the packaging and then you predict when you would need the small or the bigger box. For a 2 oz. order you would use a bubble mailer (1 oz) so for a 2 oz order you would charge the USPS rate for a 3 oz. package. Orders that are 10 oz. may need to be shipped in a small box so the shipping rate you charge for a 10 oz. order would be the rate for a 13 oz. package. As a result your weight bands would have a couple of bigger changes in the shipping cost where your shipping materials switch from a bubble mailer to the small box and from the small box to the bigger box.

Gerrit