Any roasters offering "free shipping" with no minimum purchase?

#1: Post by **jbviau** » June 19th, 2014, 3:25 pm

As the title suggests, here's a list of roasters offering "free shipping" with no minimum purchase.

I use scare quotes because roasters featuring such deals typically build shipping costs into the price of the coffees they sell, but we're all adults and can do the math for ourselves. Unless otherwise stated, please assume these deals are valid within CONUS only. Here's what I know of:

- Bar Nine, http://barnine.us/collections/all
- Barrett's, http://barrettscoffee.com/our-coffees/
- Case, https://www.casecoffeeroasters.com/collections/all
- Compelling, https://compelling.coffee/
- Copper Horse, http://www.copperhorsecoffee.com/
- Driven, https://www.drivencoffee.com/
- Flattop, http://flattopcoffee.com/collections/wh ... tch-roasts
- Hyperion, https://www.hyperioncoffee.com/
- Just Coffee Co-op, http://shop.justcoffee.coop/collections/coffee
- Linea Caffe, http://lineacaffe.com/shop/
- MaQUINA, https://www.maquinacoffee.com/coffee/?category=COFFEE
- Mother Tongue, https://mothertonguecoffee.com/shop
- Mountain Air, http://mtnairroasting.com/shop/coffee/
- Novel, https://www.novelcoffeeroasters.com/collections/coffee
- Peixoto, https://peixotocoffee.com/shop/
- Rise Up (NB: several negative reviews), http://riseupcoffee.com/product-category/coffee/
- Seven, https://www.sevencoffeeroasters.com/collections/coffee
- Sterling, http://www.sterling.coffee/collections/ ... fees-daily
- Thirty-Thirty Coffee, http://www.thirty-thirtycoffee.com/shop/
- Velodrome, https://www.velodromecoffeecompany.com/ ... ons/coffee
- Voyage, http://www.voyagecoffee.com/coffee.html

Feel free to add to the list if/when you're able! Thanks much in advance.

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June 19th, 2014, 3:42 pm

You work fast my friend! Thanks!

jbviau wrote:I use scare quotes because roasters featuring such deals typically build shipping costs into the price of the coffees they sell, but we're all adults and can do the math for ourselves.

I'm perfectly fine with roasters calculating shipping into their prices--in fact, I would expect this! Surely, we can all do the math, but I know for myself there is some strange psychological effect going on with shipping.

I haven't ordered from any of the coffees you linked to, but will soon! Put my money where my mouth is, so to speak. I just quickly checked their prices and seems perfectly reasonable to me. For being a mathematician, I hate having to do trivial calculations like calculating shipping. You tell me, for example, I can get a 12 oz Kenya from Verve for 19$ to my door and I feel ok with that. I must be mad.

#3: Post by **Bob_McBob** » June 19th, 2014, 3:45 pm

Most Canadian roasters are going the other way, significantly increasing the minimum for free shipping. Transcend recently went from $35 to $48. Pilot gradually went from $26 to $43 over the last year.

#4: Post by **BTD1986** » June 19th, 2014, 3:55 pm

beer&mathematics wrote:You work fast my friend! Thanks!

I'm perfectly fine with roasters calculating shipping into their prices--in fact, I would expect this! Surely, we can all do the math, but I know for myself there is some strange psychological effect going on with shipping.

I haven't ordered from any of the coffees you linked to, but will soon! Put my money where my mouth is, so to speak. I just quickly checked their prices and seems perfectly reasonable to me. For being a mathematician, I hate having to do trivial calculations like calculating shipping. You tell me, for example, I can get a 12 oz Kenya from Verve for 19$ to my door and I feel ok with that. I must be mad.

I disagree. If shipping is built into the price of every bag of coffee, then you will be paying much more when ordering several bags at once compared to a flat rate of $5 or so.

June 19th, 2014, 4:12 pm

BTD1986 wrote:I disagree. If shipping is built into the price of every bag of coffee, then you will be paying much more when ordering several bags at once compared to a flat rate of $5 or so.

Personal preference, no? I would rather buy one 8-12oz bag from various roasters frequently than have to buy a bunch of bags from a single roaster. I guess I like shopping.

#6: Post by **Bodka Coffee** » June 19th, 2014, 6:25 pm

BTD1986 wrote:I disagree. If shipping is built into the price of every bag of coffee, then you will be paying much more when ordering several bags at once compared to a flat rate of $5 or so.

Not if the price is "adjusted" for the following pounds. If I would sell a pound with shipping for $18, then I should sell 2 pounds for $31. I could sell up to 4 pounds by adding my base price of $13 per pound and then switch to a larger box. The fifth pound would add more than $13, more like $16. Does this make any sense? On rereading your question I see you said "If shipping is built into every bag of coffee". Yep. You are right.

#7: Post by **cmin** » June 19th, 2014, 7:17 pm

Ones listed are the only ones I know of (actually never heard of squareup). I do have a list of quite a few places that do free shipping from $25-$30 which is generally for 2lbs from the roasters.

June 19th, 2014, 8:47 pm

Bob_McBob wrote:Most Canadian roasters are going the other way, significantly increasing the minimum for free shipping. Transcend recently went from $35 to $48. Pilot gradually went from $26 to $43 over the last year.

Chris, I feel like I've seen that with certain U.S. roasters as well. The stars of this thread are obviously bucking the trend you mention. Verve's been offering free shipping for quite some time, while Populace just started offering it; Novel and Chromatic fall somewhere in between. Onyx used to offer free shipping across the board, too, but changed their policy a month ago or so.

beer&mathematics wrote:I would rather buy one 8-12oz bag from various roasters frequently than have to buy a bunch of bags from a single roaster. I guess I like shopping.

Agreed that sampling around is made easier when shipping is low/free, especially since not all of us drink enough coffee daily or have proper freezer resources at our disposal to justify larger orders that satisfy minimum purchase requirements.

Inspired by Bill's post here, I did a quick Excel analysis of the 4 roasters listed in the first post of this thread to determine average cost/oz. Here's what I found (no tax included; price is in USD):

Not bad, right? The best deal of all of these coffees is Populace's Clutch Espresso. If you buy a kilo of Clutch, you'll be paying 93 cents/oz.

#9: Post by **jpender** » June 19th, 2014, 9:16 pm

cmin wrote:I do have a list of quite a few places that do free shipping from $25-$30 which is generally for 2lbs from the roasters.

I'd like to see that. Care to post it?

#10: Post by **yakster** » June 20th, 2014, 1:19 pm

While it's not free, Greenway Coffee Company, http://www.greenwaycoffee.com/, offers shipping for only $1.00 and I've enjoyed the coffees I've ordered.