The Most Cost-Effective Way to Ship Baby and Kid Accessories In 2023

If you sell baby and kid accessories, you know exactly how challenging it can be to ship these products.

It could be due to the size or shape of items like strollers or the weight being as light as a feather for products such as bibs, swaddles, and bath accessories. You must also consider protecting things like bottles if they’re made from fragile materials.

There is also the international market to think about. You must find a way to get small, lightweight products overseas without severely impacting your budget.

Thankfully, there is an easy way to ship baby and kid accessories. Just use these expert tips.

Packing Baby and Kid Accessories Correctly

One of the best ways to keep shipping costs down is to ensure your parcel is packed correctly. If you don’t measure your package accurately or fill it right, you may receive an invoice from the courier provider for additional charges. Fortunately, it can be easily avoided. Just follow these steps:

1. Pack everything first before you take any measurements.
2. Never overfill or overseal the box, as it can impact the dimensions of your parcel.
3. Place the box against a wall and record the width, length, and height.
4. Round up your measurements by one or two centimeters.
5. Calculate the volumetric weight by multiplying the width, length, and height and dividing the result by the dimensional weight divisor.
6. Enter the information into the Interparcel Shipping Manager and find the best rate from Australia’s most extensive range of courier providers.

Satchels can be great for small and lightweight orders. But if you’re using boxes, make sure it is a plain double-wall carton box. Even though baby and kid accessories are unlikely to have sharp objects that can damage the packaging, they will be better protected during transportation.

How to Optimise Your Fulfilment for Baby and Kid Accessories

According to the 2023 Inside Australian Online Shopping report, $11.1 billion was spent on fashion and apparel last year. It also states that fashion buyers value the speed of delivery more than other category shoppers.

That means you need a fulfilment strategy to get your baby and kid accessories into your buyer’s hands as efficiently as possible. Here’s how you can achieve this.

Integrate Your Ecommerce Platform or Marketplace

Instead of managing all your orders on eBay or Shopify, you can integrate your profiles and platforms with Interparcel. It makes it easy to import them so they can be managed in one place. Don’t use an ecommerce platform or marketplace? No problem! Drag and drop a CSV file to import all your sales.

Upload Product and Parcel Dimensions

Take a moment to upload the dimensions for your products and parcels. You can enter them manually or upload a CSV file. Once they’re on the platform, you’ll want to activate Smart Boxing. It will tell you the most efficient way to pack multi-item orders. You’ll save money and time preparing products for delivery.

Install Print Manager

Do you have a folder dedicated to downloading shipping labels? Well, you can finally put it in the recycling bin. When you install the Interparcel Print Manager, you can send labels from the platform directly to your 6x4 or A4 printer. Forget about downloading and opening shipping label files ever again.

Utilise Rule Manager

If you’re tired of repetitive and manual processes, you should check out Rule Manager. Simply set up a new rule, add conditions, select an action and save it. For example, if you consistently ship heavy products that are expensive and come from different collection addresses, you can set the following rules:

Condition: Parcel Weight is greater than (25kg)
Action: Add transit cover
Action: Set ship from address to (Select desired address)
Action: Set service to (Couriers Please Road ATL)

When your fulfilling your orders this will automatically update this information to orders over 25kg, which will save you time needing to manually update this information yourself one by one.

If you also have smart boxing activated, you’ll be able to save time on needing to add your box dimensions to the orders your fulfiling.

The Best Way to Ship Baby and Kid Accessories Overseas

You might think shipping baby and kid accessories overseas is too expensive. You’ve crunched the numbers, and the collection costs alone make it unviable. That’s why we recommend the Interparcel International Bulk Solution.

It allows you to combine small and lightweight parcels into one box for collection. Simply choose your courier of choice to deliver it to your closest DHL eCommerce depot, and they will send it to the destination countries. You’ll only pay one pick-up fee and can ship parcels to over 220 countries.

How to Get Started

Shipping baby and kid accessories doesn’t have to be complicated. Just remember to pack your items correctly, measure and weigh them accurately and optimise your fulfilment strategy, so you’re spending less time on shipping and more on your business. You should also incorporate the Interparcel International Bulk Solution.

There’s no need to grab your credit card. All of Interparcel’s multicarrier shipping solutions are free to use. You just pay for the shipping. Sign up for your free account to start using Smart Boxing, Print Manager, Rule Manager and more today!