Most items will be shipped in 2 to 3 days. You will receive an e-mail notification of the expected shipping date within one business day of the time your order is placed. A freight charge of $ 9.99 will be added to each purchase. This freight charge will be per shipment NOT PER ITEM! On a seperate note, we are looking for authors to write for our "Author of the Month" segment. If you would be interested, please conact us. We also welcome input from our customers as to what you would like to see in this segment. Some ideas we have had include, "the mpact of positive pressure codes" and "price increase speculation". If you would like to be our featured guest author or if you have subject request, please feel free to contact us at info@commercialdoorhardware.com