Quote from: DarkStar_ on August 06, 2019, 12:28:42 AM

Do you have access to volume discounts that require a minimum monthly shipment count? I'm asking because NetParcel in conjunction with PayPal offers the lowest rates you can get without committing to a certain shipment count and I was wondering if your pricing would be cheaper than that. They don't offer Canada Post though so I guess you'd have an advantage there.

Pricing seems decent with Canada Post I suppose. For your Toronto-Seattle example, netParcel charges $23.82 CAD but it's 8 day transit with UPS. Canada Post at $35.70 for 4 day transit seems pretty decent and beats small business pricing as well as faster netParcel options.

edit: You should really negotiate your Australia shipping contract if you ship there occasionally as UPS can go as low as $114.57 CAD for 3 day delivery.

NetParcel is actually the provider I use to provide these discounts, so shipping isn't through Canada Post. I can see how the original post looks a little misleading (listing the Canada Post/USPS price, and then your price) - I didn't intend for that. I used Canada Post/USPS as a baseline since they're often the cheapest shipping option, and then compared their services to similar services offered by other shipping companies (so there wouldn't be price comparisons of Canada Post's 3 week delivery vs. 4 day delivery with other providers).

As for the difference in pricing for Australia shipping: I suspect we used different destinations when estimating the pricing - I think I used Melbourne Airport as the destination for my estimates.