Anyone familiar with shipping..?

[Dark_Dragon_Bagera]

Ok,so I'm trying to work on international shipping for my shop,but I'm not very good at shipping things yet,and I don't want to have to charge ridiculous rates for it.So far to ship one of my tails to canada and worldwide using a medium flatrate box costs $35 and about $50 respectively.Does anyone know what would be a much cheaper solution?

The tails only weight about a lb and can fold down pretty well,which is why they'll fit into a 12 x 9 x 6 box.  

[00Shoe]

What service are you using to ship stuff? I have shipped things to the states and to england and it was maybe only 10 - 15$.

Definitely see if you can flatten stuff down without destroying it, however that will only work to a certain extent - for shipping weight is more important.  

[Dark_Dragon_Bagera]

Most of the stuff I ship is under 4 lbs,someone told me to try USPS first class international.I looked at that and it seems like about $18 for canada and and about 25ish for everywhere else.It's alot better than some of the other rates I was getting.The tails can be fit into a box of about 12 x 9 x 6 or so,but I can't flatten them down more than that.I'm not sure if I can find better shipping rates though,most of my stuff is $40 and higher,so I don't want shipping costs to turn off international buyers.