Shipping Costs Explained
Did you leave due to the cost of shipping?
Tips to help make the most out of your shipping buck:
- Increasing the size of your order will only slightly increase your shipping costs. Better to buy more to get more for your shipping buck (or doe).
- Having your order shipped via FedEx Ground to a BUSINESS address will reduce shipping costs.
- Heavy or large items may make shipping costs very pricey to Eastern zones and Canada.
Why don’t we offer free or flat rate shipping?
We are a small, independent business. The cost you receive is the cost that is charged to us. Big companies have made free or discounted shipping the norm, folding their cost into the product price, and that’s challenging for us small guys. Our shipping costs are NOT folded into the product costs.
Large companies receive deep discounts not only from shipping carriers, but from their product distributors as well. Their product costs are generally lower allowing them to build in the shipping and keep the price competitive. They also have warehouses throughout the U.S. and Internationally which means their costs to ship from a location closer to you is less than we can offer. Some companies intentionally operate at a loss for decades in an effort to kill competition and have the funding to stand the loses so that they have less competition in the future when they are the only game left in town.
As we grow (and we are!) we pass on our discounts to you. So while you may pay for shipping with us, you can choose from a large variety of unique premium products, many of which you can’t get at the big stores.
Our products are created for bunnies by bunny lovers who care about the health and safety of your bunny. We are proud to have amazing products that bunnies love!
Goin’ Shopping’ helps keep BinkyBunny up and Hopping!
Your purchase helps support the rest of the BinkyBunny site. It’s a free membership that provides education about litter training, house proofing, behavior, bonding and more. We also help you with your bunny challenges by providing a forum for your questions and a place to share with like-minded bunny lovers. All of which is made possible because of your store purchase! Thank you for supporting a small business that cares about your bunny. We are proud to have the best customers around!
If you are still unable to purchase from us, that's okay! Binky on over and visit the rest of BinkyBunny.com and become part of the forum and information community (FREE).
Our Technology
Our system calculates a box size based on the size of the products and gets the rate from our shippers in real-time based on the actual weight of the box and products OR the box size (dimensional weight) which ever is the greater weight.
Super Nerd Example:
- Use Box Size: 14 x 10 x 8 (We have 50+ box sizes to make sure your products can be packages in the smallest box possible to keep shipping costs down)
- Exterior dimensions: 14.56 in x 10.56 in x 8.56 in
- Interior space: 14.0 in x 10.0 in x 8.0 in
- Total weight: 1.82 lbs.
- Weight of contents: 1.06 lbs.
- Contents:
- Timothy Tunnel (Timothy CLUB): 0.7 lbs. (quantity: 1)
- Square Basket LARGE [6.75"]: 0.2 lbs. (quantity: 1)
- "Binky On" Sticker: 0.0 lbs. (quantity: 1)
- Willow Twigs & Sticks (Combo of 15): 0.2 lbs. (quantity: 1)