Compare delivery speed against shipping cost across options.
Express shipping costs more but saves days, so dividing the extra cost by the days saved gives the price of each day gained. Quantifying the cost per day saved makes the express vs standard decision explicit instead of a guess.
Shipping Time vs Cost
Cost per day saved = (express - standard cost) / (standard - express days)
Cost per day saved = (express - standard cost) / (standard - express days) Express shipping costs more but saves days, so dividing the extra cost by the days saved gives the price of each day gained.
Quantifying the cost per day saved makes the express vs standard decision explicit instead of a guess.
This calculator takes 4 inputs: Standard shipping cost, Express shipping cost, Standard delivery days, Express delivery days. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.