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You probably haven't ordered a sub $2 product with free shipping from aliexpress recently, have you? They are not shipped together and broken out at port, they
by djcapelis 11y ago
You probably haven't ordered a sub $2 product with free shipping from aliexpress recently, have you?
They are not shipped together and broken out at port, they get separate tracking numbers in a separate package. There is no fulfillment middleman on the US side.
Looking at USPS's domestic rate table to understand how most aliexpress shippers get their products to the US isn't likely to be that enlightening. Read up on epacket, which is one program between Hong Kong post and USPS that is used pretty frequently.
- Alupis 11y agoJust because they have individual tracking numbers certainty doesn't mean they don't come over in a container together. For a domestic example, check into UPS Mail Innovations (FedEx has a similar service). Regardless, epacket appears to be a subsidy-like system setup by USPS (yet another reason they are losing money), and masks the true shipping cost.
- djcapelis 11y agoIf you've ever looked at the packaging and the documents around it, it's very clear that what you're saying just isn't the case. They are individual parcels. I'm sure the post offices involved stuff a bunch of them into the same container (it goes by air not by sea, by the way. So we're talking air mail containers, not 40ft shipping containers.) when they send it, but that's true of any package. I understand why you would speculate these things are true, but all the evidence seems to indicate that none of those speculations are correct. And yes, USPS may be losing money on those packages, but that doesn't really matter to the shipper and certainly doesn't show up in the product pricing.