Optimising International Shipping

At Zishta we have ardent supporters from across the world and over the years we have built a strong customer base from over 26 countries. As we support them in their traditional journey, some of the concerns have always been related to how best we can optimise the shipping cost.

This is one pain point we continuously try to address so to make this process of acquiring these traditional gems easy and hassle free. Do note at Zishta, we have international shipping partnership with DHL and the cost associated with shipping is on actual cost of shipping the products. A brief explanation as to how we calculate the shipping cost is critical for everyone's understanding. 

Product Weight Vs Shipping Weight

We have carefully tried to provide all the product weights in the respective product pages to give an indication of the same from your use perspective. When it comes to shipping, the service providers take in to account either the product weight or the shipping weight which ever is higher. Shipping weight is the volumetric weight that a product occupies including the packaging. 

Some categories like Clay, Soapstone, Manipur black pottery pots have much lower product weights but they need to be sufficiently packed so they do not break during transit. This invariably increases the shipping weight and hence the cost of shipping. 

To better optimise shipping, we at Zishta based on our years of packaging experience, have figured to optimise the shipping by packing products together effectively without much damage than individually shipping. This way we try to minimise the cost of shipping for our customers.