Are rising freight costs eating into the profit on your interior design projects?

In this episode of the Interior Design Business Podcast, I break down how to handle freight, delivery, receiving, and unexpected surcharges without losing profit, or surprising your clients with additional costs they weren't prepared for.

Freight is an unavoidable part of selling furniture and products, and rising fuel costs make accurate planning even more important. I explain why you should get freight, delivery, and receiving quotes upfront and how those numbers should be handled on your purchase proposals.

We'll also talk about when freight can be included in your product pricing, when it needs to be passed through to the client, why receiving costs may be better absorbed into your furniture pricing, and why sales tax should always remain separate from your product budget.

Most importantly, you'll learn how to protect your business from unexpected freight surcharges by including the right language in your purchase proposals and completing a final freight reconciliation at the end of the project.

We also discuss tracking freight and delivery as a KPI so you can build realistic project budgets from the beginning.

High-end, white-glove service means anticipating these costs, pricing appropriately, and taking care of the details without constantly going back to your client for more money.

In this episode, we cover:

• How rising freight costs can affect your design business profits
• Why you should get freight quotes before ordering products
• When to include freight in your pricing versus passing it through
• How to handle delivery and receiving costs
• Why grouping deliveries can save time and money
• Keeping sales tax separate from your product pricing
• Protecting your business against unexpected freight surcharges
• Reconciling actual freight costs at the end of a project
• Tracking freight and delivery costs as a business KPI
• Building realistic freight costs into client budgets from the beginning

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