1. Avoid free shipping manifest systems. If your customers are paying S&H, you want to be able to give them the best rates possible given the package weights and destinations. That's why it may be best to avoid the free manifest systems offered by UPS or FedEx. Why? "Because you don't always have the flexibility to use lower-cost carrier options," says Kline. "You'd have to do all of your business with one carrier in order for that carrier to give you a free manifest system. Not only that, you'd have to give that carrier a guarantee of a certain amount of shipments a day."
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1. Avoid free shipping manifest systems. If your customers are paying S&H, you want to be able to give them the best rates possible given the package weights and destinations. That's why it may be best to avoid the free manifest systems offered by UPS or FedEx. Why? "Because you don't always have the flexibility to use lower-cost carrier options," says Kline. "You'd have to do all of your business with one carrier in order for that carrier to give you a free manifest system. Not only that, you'd have to give that carrier a guarantee of a certain amount of shipments a day."