Shipstation Shipping Cost

shop_shipment_cost

Overview

Shipstation Shipping Cost represent the expenses incurred by the seller for shipping products to customers via Shipstation.

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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;