Takealot has significantly increased the minimum threshold for orders to qualify for free delivery.
Takealot has increased its standard delivery fee and significantly increased the minimum threshold for orders to qualify for free delivery.Its standard delivery charge for non-qualifying orders has also increased from R70 to R75.
Seven years ago, Takealot’s minimum threshold for free delivery was a mere R250, while standard shipping was R35.Takealot said at the time that it couldn’t keep its free order delivery threshold at R250 as it wouldn’t be sustainable without increasing its prices and delivery charges — neither of which it wanted to do.
The TakealotMore Standard subscription includes unlimited free next-day deliveries and two free same-day deliveries per month for orders over R500.
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