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| - Create a simple, non-business personal, account for yourself on USPS, UPS, Fedex, and DHL. | - Create a simple, non-business personal, account for yourself on USPS, UPS, Fedex, and DHL. | ||
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| - Determine the size and weight of the package you want to send. Have on hand the destination address. | - Determine the size and weight of the package you want to send. Have on hand the destination address. | ||
| - Visit each site and price shipping to the destination. | - Visit each site and price shipping to the destination. | ||
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| Comments | Comments | ||
| * Pricing varies a lot | * Pricing varies a lot | ||
| + | * Also consider time to destination. USPS Priority Mail is ~3 days, other services may be cheaper and take 10 days to get there. | ||
| * DHL may be cheapest for international | * DHL may be cheapest for international | ||
| * A bonus for creating your personal accounts is that you get notifications when someone ships something to you | * A bonus for creating your personal accounts is that you get notifications when someone ships something to you | ||
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| + | A domestic pricing example, October 2023: | ||
| + | Shipping a 7 pound 12x12x12 inch box from Boston to San Francisco: is cheapest on USPS (around $25) and UPS (around $30). Fedex is $44. I found DHL's cheapest rate to be $181. | ||
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