Cost of sending Parcels

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Hi

Im looking into the potential costs for mailing out stuff purchased from an online shop. Larger items would include drink / storage glassware so likely to get up to and over 2kg.

Royal mail seems to get rather expensive once you get over small parcel sizes which is likely to be the case for many orders (weight and/or size). MyHermes seems more reasonable for bigger/heavier sizes but seems to get poor reviews and doesn't insure glass (does anyone?).

Just wondered who people are using for parcel delivery and whether better prices are available.

I appreciate the volume of parcels sent/year is likely to open doors for better pricing but cannot predict this at this stage (would be happy to do just 100 online sales in 1st yr). I've noticed people offering Royal Mail 48 on Ebay where their postage prices seem significantly below that quoted for single parcel - are their big volume discounts to be had ?

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Thanks

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[Dejay1788]

MyHermes are a good bet price wise, however they don't always treat parcels gently.

[tjassist]

We use Parcelforce, £4.75 ex vat up to 30 kg. we do send 25+ parcels a day, however try www.Interparcel.com we used it before parcelforce.

[tjassist]

We use Parcelforce, £4.75 ex vat up to 30 kg. we do send 25+ parcels a day, however try www.Interparcel.com we used it before parcelforce.