When you sell on Lazada, you may meet shipping fees overcharge. The shipping fee overcharge is the discrepancy between the actual shipping fee charged by Lazada and the estimated shipping fee paid by buyer. 


Profit is a necessary skill for any Lazada sellers, and it may involve avoiding overcharges for shipping fees. Next I will show you why Lazada shipping fees are overcharged and how to prevent it.
 

What is the shipping fee overcharge?

Shipping fee overcharge is the excessive shipping fee by sellers when the shipping fee charged by logistics is higher than the shipping fee calculated by Lazada based on the weight or volumetric weight. 
 

Why does this happen?

It could be due to these following reasons:

• You didn’t input the correct dimension of package

When you publish products on Lazada, you may input the wrong package dimension. The Lazada system will calculate the shipping fee based on actual weight or volumetric weight depending on whichever is higher. Therefore, when you input the wrong dimension in the product, Lazada will then calculate the shipping fees higher than the actual shipping fees.

• You didn’t input the correct weight of package

You may enter the wrong weight of the package. When you deliver the package to the logistics, the courier will measure the package with the pouch bag, bubble wrap, and Lazada bag, not only the product weight. it may be heavier than when you entered your product. For example, your product weight is 0.5kg, but in the sorting center, it may be 1kg with the packaging material.


These are two reasons why you are overcharged shipping fees. When an incorrect weight/dimension is input in your product, the shipping fee calculated would also be incorrect. Hence, this would also result in an overcharge shipping fee.
 

How to prevent shipping fees overcharge?

• Use accurate measuring equipment.

As a seller , it is better to have a weight measurement device, so you can measure the exact dimension and weight of your products. 

• Take packaging material into account

You need to measure the package with the bubble wrap and other packaging materials, don't measure the product only.

• Input the higher measurement

If your product and package weight is 1kg, it might be a good idea to input 1.2kg in your product. In this way, you can avoid paying the shipping fee overcharge because the package will weigh higher in the sorting center.
 

How to check when overcharged shipping fees?

You can check the shipping fees if there is a negative balance on your Lazada sales. Or you can check your sales per order, you may see the shipping fee paid by seller. 
Besides, you can use other third-party tools to check if you are overcharged shipping fees, for example, BigSeller. BigSeller will auto-calculate the discrepancy between marketplace-charged and customer-paid shipping fee. You’ll no longer need to calculate the shipping fee manually, and you can know the overcharged shipping fee quickly. 

 

Conclusion

The shipping fee overcharge is always because of the wrong input of the volumetric weight, therefore, as a seller, you may need to check the shipping fees from time to time. In this way, you can make sure that you have profit when you have sales on Lazada.