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Free shipping is a big deal for a lot of consumers. According to Small Business Trends, citing a survey done by Amazon research tool Jungle Scout, 66% of shoppers expect it for every purchase they...
December 16: Get free Standard Shipping within three to six business days on any online purchase of $39 or more, excluding gift cards and store pick up items (or pay $6.99 for orders below $39 ...
Internet vendors benefit from a simplified sales model as compared to traditional brick-and-mortar stores. By storing goods remotely at a warehouse location and shipping goods directly to a consumer, significant transportation needs are eliminated both on the part of the vendor (shipping goods to stores) and by the consumer (traveling to stores).
The economist Alex Tabarrok has argued, that the success of this promotion lies in the fact that consumers value the first unit significantly more than the second one. So compared to a seemingly equivalent "Half price off" promotion, they may only buy one item at half price, because the value they attach to the second unit is lower than even the discounted price.
When customers send their items back, retailers have to pay shipping fees. Oftentimes, returned items wind up back on store shelves, in liquidation warehouses and even landfills.
Free Shipping Day was featured on NBC's Today show, Fox Business, CNN and CBS's Early Show, as well as in The New York Times, Real Simple, Better Homes and Gardens, O, The Oprah Magazine and more than 70 other media outlets. In 2010, the third Free Shipping Day began at 12 a.m. EST on Friday, December 17, and ended at 12 a.m. EST, December 18.
Rebate (marketing) In marketing, a rebate is a form of buying discount and is an amount paid by way of reduction, return, or refund that is paid retrospectively. It is a type of sales promotion that marketers use primarily as incentives or supplements to product sales. Rebates are also used as a means of enticing price-sensitive consumers into ...
Amazon is raising its free shipping threshold for some customers. To qualify for free shipping, non-Prime members typically have to purchase an order totaling at least $25. On Monday, the e ...