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Updates July 3, 2020

Summary:

Perk Level

Upfront Material Cost
Tax NOT included

Material Cost Per Item (Assuming 100 shipped)

Shipping Class

Digital Bundle

N/A

N/A

N/A

Souvenir Pack

$42.00

$0.42

Lettermail 150g

Team Swag

$270.78

$2.71

12”x4”x4” box, under 1kg

Twinning Tier

N/A*

N/A*

12”x4”x4” box, under 1kg

Electric

Nothing new - see above

Nothing new - see above

12”x4”x4” box, under 1kg

Solar Sponsors

$143.00

$5.72**

12”x6”x4” box, under 1.5kg

*Note: Twinning tier uses the same materials as the Team Swag Tier.
**Note: See details in excel doc - assuming only 25, but boxes are only available in multiples of 100. Cost is additional to Twinning Tier Level

See the new tab on the crowdfunding masterlist spreadsheet for details.

Shipping Material Sources: Uline (for higher volumes) / Staples (for lower volumes)

Items Required for Shipment

Relating to Item

Estimated Cost (per item)

Notes

Bubble mailer

sunglasses

0.50

Oversize lettermail if under 2cm thick

Cardboard Box

Car Model & Shot Glasses

1.50

20x10x15 cm?

Packing Material

Car Model & Shot Glasses

1.00

Old digikey packing materials?

Regular Envelopes

Stickers

0.10

Do we have some in the bay?

Mailing Tubes

Posters (18x24)

1.50

Uline - we don’t want to fold them - does a circular tube increase shipping costs?

Packing Tape

All

0.10

Shipping Labels

Sticker labels for shipping - probably provided by whoever we are shipping with

Options for Shipping companies

Expexted order volumes - see MSXII kickstarter

(https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1206878337/midnight-sun-xii-university-of-waterloo-solar-car)

Interesting stats on the MSXII kickstarter: https://www.backerkit.com/projects/1206878337/midnight-sun-xii-university-of-waterloo-solar-car

  • maybe 50 to 100 small boxes - use 20x15x15cm, 1kg as an upper estimate for the cost

  • 50 posters?

    • 2” diameter

    • 18 or 24” long tube?

Companies

  • Shippo

  • Chitchats

  • Crowdfunding fulfillment companies

  • Canada Post (Small business account?) - Canada Post chosen per meeting with Finance Analysis July 3rd, 2020

  • PayPal - shipping discounts with other carriers

  • Fedex

  • UPS

  • USPS - shipping small packages from the US is sometimes a fair bit cheaper

  • Flagship

https://chitchats.com/pricing

https://byjess.net/printing-shipping-and-selling-posters/

Great Description of the technical details of Shipping Boxes: https://www.ecoenclose.com/definitive-guide-to-shipping-boxes/

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