I hate raising prices, and avoid doing it as much as possible.

The Royal Mail have raised my postage prices a few times over the last couple of years, and it’s finally reached a point where I can’t take the additional cost any longer without passing it on to customer. Special Delivery options especially seem to have jumped up.

These aren’t massive price rises, but I think it’s only fair to be transparent and let people know when things like this happen rather than sneaking it through and hoping no one notices.

• “Free delivery” with a signature required is now 79p
• Upgrading to Royal Mail 24 is now £2.50 extra
• Royal Mail 24 with a signature required is £3.30 extra
• Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm is £9 extra for package under 1kg, and £13.99 for over 1kg.

The majority of customers opt for the “free delivery” option anyway, so for most people it’s business as usual, and hopefully it will be feasible to maintain a free delivery option on all orders for the foreseeable future.