Online stores have made Free Shipping almost a standard when you are shopping for goods on the internet.
We too have tried to price our products to give us the ability to offer free shipping to our customers.
However, shipping rates have started to increase almost monthly. I remember when we first started in 2009 it was $1.69 to ship a first class package to anywhere in the United States. Now that same service costs $4 minimum.
We have decided to quit the practice of including shipping costs in our product prices. Shipping is what it is. Noone gives free shipping. It's always included in the product price.
Getting rid of free shipping will allow us to offer lower prices across the board. You can always offset the shipping costs by buying 10 or more products and getting 20% off your order totals.
Hope you understand that free shipping is the biggest bullshit there is. We can't keep offering free shipping and raising our product prices to keep up with the costs. We are slashing our product prices and slapping on shipping charges based on your orders weight.