Just Shipping Packaging

[withoutus-shop]

My business model means that I send my vendors the packaging and branding materials for their shipments, rather than having them send their products to me (trying to cut down on carbon emissions). However, that essentially means I'd be shipping empty packages with just a sticker or two. Has anyone had experience with this before that can provide me some tips? Thanks!

[Gold]

HI, since you are providing the packaging and branding materials, it would be a business cost, not shipping.  Send the dropship vendor a large package once.  As business goes throughout the year, adjust more or less of what you send them.

[withoutus-shop]

Just to clarify--I should send them a large package with a bunch of packaging material (flat boxes, mailers, etc.) instead of shipping individual packages for each order? Thanks for your response!

[Candlestore]

@withoutus-shop ;

Yes you should ship larger quantities of these supplies.  I can ship a pallet of my goods to my store from Georgia for $100 by Less Than Truck Load, but if I shipped 1 Box of an item Light to Georgia it would be $14 each.    Each pallet holds about 480 of these lights.  So depending how your vendor can stock your packaging, shipping larger quantities by LTL would be better.  As long as the Vendor is not charging storage fees for your packaging till its all used.