Shipstation Shipping Cost
shop_shipment_cost
Overview
Shipstation Shipping Cost represent the expenses incurred by the seller for shipping products to customers via Shipstation.
Shipstation Shipping Cost = Total Shipping Cost to the seller via Shipstation
The calculation is based on data from the Shipping table.
Detailed Breakdown
The formula above is derived from the following components:
- Shipping Cost =
SUM(shop_shipment_cost)
-->Shipping table - Shipstation =
shipping_platform = 'shipstation'
Insights and Actions
Shipstation Shipping Cost helps you understand how much you’re spending to fulfill orders outside Amazon, making it a key driver of contribution margin and customer pricing strategy:
- Benchmark Fulfillment Costs Across Channels: Compare Shipstation Shipping Cost against Amazon Handling Fees or Estimated Shipping Costs to determine which fulfillment method delivers better margins.
- Optimize Free Shipping and Pricing Strategy: Use shipping cost per order trends to decide when free shipping is financially viable or if a minimum order threshold should be introduced.
- Identify High-Cost Destinations or SKUs: Analyze Shipstation costs by region or product to find segments where shipping erodes profitability and consider adjusting routing or distribution centers.
Related Metrics
- Amazon Handling Fees – Helps compare fulfillment and packing costs between Amazon fulfillment and Shipstation-managed logistics.
- Estimated Shipping Costs – Includes shipping estimates for all channels, useful for holistic logistics cost analysis.
- Gross Sales – Provides top-line revenue context to calculate shipping cost as a percentage of sales — a key profitability signal.
Example Use
Prompt
What was my Shipstation shipping cost for the last 30 days?
Response

Query
SELECT
COALESCE(SUM(shipt.shop_shipment_cost), 0) AS total_shipstation_shipping_costs
FROM
shipping_table AS shipt
WHERE
shipt.shipping_platform = 'shipstation'
AND shipt.event_date BETWEEN CURRENT_DATE() - 30 AND CURRENT_DATE() - 1;
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