Understanding your fuel surcharge
Why a surcharge rather than embedding the fee within the base price to send your parcel? We think that part of doing fair business is to be clear about how we do it, not just how much something will cost – no nasty surprises is, after all, one of your Sendler Rights.
How to calculate your fuel surcharge
In the Sendle dashboard, you’ll see the fuel surcharge as a line item in your Order Summary when you send a parcel. If you’re using an eCommerce integration to send with us, the surcharge will be included in your total shipping cost. If maths is your thing, the fuel surcharge is calculated using the formula: Base price + surcharge + taxes = TOTAL
Fuel surcharge example calculation
Let’s say you’re sending a 500g parcel of naturopathic teas from Toronto to Vancouver:
Base price
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22.5% fuel surcharge
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Tax
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Total
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$10.40
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$2.34
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$0.70
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$13.44
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Learn more about fuel pricing
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is the voice of Canada’s upstream oil and natural gas industry.
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