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Believe it or not, we’ve been asked whether or not someone can ship a bowling ball. The answer is yes. A bowling ball doesn’t contain any hazardous materials or anything like that, so of course you can ship it! The only thing is, bowling balls tend to be heavy, so we’ve got some tips and tricks for you to ship them the cheapest way possible. Let’s get rolling!
USPS Priority Mail Cubic is the Cheapest Way to Ship a Bowling Ball
Hands down, the cheapest way to ship a bowling ball is to send it with USPS Priority Mail Cubic service. Here’s why: bowling balls are heavy. Some bowling balls can even weigh up to 16 pounds. An item that heavy will cost an arm and a leg to ship with a weight-based mail class. However, Priority Mail Cubic (or otherwise known as “Cubic”) doesn’t charge based on your package’s weight. Instead, you pay a rate that’s based on the outer dimensions of your box.
Most bowling balls can fit inside a box with the dimensions of 9x9x9″, and this box will fall inside the last of all the Priority Mail Cubic pricing tiers. As a result, you can end up saving up to $30 off of what you’d pay at the Post Office or with any other major shipping carrier! Like all Priority Mail services, Cubic delivery occurs within 1-3 business days, and it also comes with $100 of built-in USPS insurance. It’s a no-brainer!
You Can Only Get Priority Mail Cubic Rates with Online Shipping Software
Here’s the thing about Priority Mail Cubic: you can’t exactly walk into your local Post Office and ask for it. In fact, a lot of USPS workers may not even know what it is. You can only get these special rates when you use shipping software to buy postage online.
Online shipping software lets you access the deepest discounts that USPS typically only reserves for huge shippers, known as USPS Commercial Pricing. Plus, when you use shipping software to ship your packages, you can buy all your labels at home, and schedule free pickups so that you never have to wait in line at the Post Office! Knowing all of this, there’s no reason not to use shipping software…no matter if you’re shipping a bowling ball, or anything else.
Trinia Bradley
I want to ship 1 bowling ball to Texas Could you tell me how much it would cost and how I go about to do the process?
ray
did you get an answer and how much is it to ship 4 balls there?
also you can reply to my email since i may not get on here
Big V.
I want to ship 2 balls To the south point
In Las Vegas. My tournament dates march 19th.
A ball park figure on the ship price and I live in little rock AR. How many days ahead should I have my balls shipped?
ray
did you ever get a quote for bowling balls shipped to nationals?
thanks
Rockwell Sands
Hi Ray – We actually don’t provide quotes here, or any shipping services of any kind. The best option I can provide is for you to plug in your package info into this Rates calculator – if you input your box’s weight/dimensions correctly as well as the Zip Code you’re shipping to, it will show you a wide variety of services from both USPS and UPS…and you can purchase any labels you like directly over there. Hope this helps!
Jackie Beaver
I am trying to ship 4 bowling balls to Las Vegas for a tournament.