Free Shipping.

This is going to be a short one, but a little trick I’m proud of. The other day I was ordering something online, and I needed to reach $110 to qualify for free shipping. I was very short of this cost, and shipping was expensive. I inquired about the return policy from this store because I wanted to buy and return an item after I had received the free shipping. But I did not want to have to pay for return shipping. This company did not cover shipping costs; instead, you had to pay for return shipping yourself. This could be costly given the weight of items. Then I discovered that the website sold stickers for $5 each. These stickers had the brand's name and would have been the type of item included for free years ago. These would have been stickers provided in the box for free in hopes that you’d put them on your water bottle, laptop, etc., and advertise the brand name. But they were selling them, and they were very lightweight. Maybe you see where this is going. So I bought 11 of the stickers, which added $55 to my order, qualifying me for free shipping. Since they were very lightweight, return shipping would only cost a stamp or two—35-70 cents. Perfect.

Anyways, this story never happened, but I liked that I thought of the idea. Thanks for reading.