"Delivery charges" and "shipping charges" get used interchangeably by sellers, but the underlying deduction on your Meesho payment sheet is driven by a few distinct factors working together — not a single flat delivery fee.
What actually drives the deduction
- Weight and volumetric weight. Charged on whichever is higher — see our detailed weight slabs & GST guide for the full mechanics.
- Delivery zone. Local, regional and national deliveries route through different courier legs, and the same product can settle differently depending on where the buyer is.
- Courier partner. Meesho routes orders across multiple courier partners; rates and reliability differ slightly by partner and route.
- Delivery outcome. A successfully delivered order and an RTO'd order both carry a logistics cost — RTO effectively pays for a shipment that didn't complete.
Where to see what you were actually charged
The rate card sellers sometimes see referenced online is a simplification — your actual per-order charge is only visible in your own payment sheet (Payments → Payment Reports in the supplier panel), because it already reflects your real weight, zone and courier for that specific order. Don't budget off a generic rate table; budget off your own settled orders.
What sellers can actually influence
You can't pick your courier or negotiate zone pricing, but you control weight and packaging — the two inputs that determine which slab an order falls into. Tighter packaging and accurate declared weight are the levers that consistently work, covered step by step in the shipping cost reduction guide.