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Caskets: buy online, ship to the funeral home
The selection room is where many families overspend. You can order a casket yourself, ship it to the funeral home you choose, and they must accept it. Call them first for a receiving address and any delivery window they need.
When is the casket actually needed?
Later than the arrangement room makes it feel. From the moment a funeral home takes someone into its care, they are looked after, and that care does not depend on a casket being chosen. Refrigeration is a standard part of it. The casket is only needed shortly before the first time it is used: the visitation if there is one, otherwise the service itself.
So if taking a day or two to order online feels like holding things up, it is not. Nothing is waiting on the casket, and no one is waiting on you. Confirm the delivery date against the service date when you order, and the schedule takes care of itself.
These retailers are here to save you money: a casket bought direct often costs hundreds to more than a thousand dollars less than the same casket in a funeral home selection room. As an Amazon Associate, MN Funeral Buddy earns from qualifying purchases made through Amazon links on these pages, and some other links may be referral links that pay this site a small commission. A referral fee never changes the price you pay, and no retailer pays to appear here or to be described a certain way. Funeral homes must accept a casket or urn you buy elsewhere under the federal Funeral Rule (16 CFR Part 453). We are not a funeral home and do not arrange funerals.
Basis: FTC Funeral Rule: caskets.
Where to buy direct
Three places sell caskets and urns directly and ship them to the funeral home you choose. They are named because the price difference is real. Some links may be referral links that pay this site a small commission; that never changes the price you pay, and the note above spells it out.
A direct-to-consumer casket company built around the Funeral Rule. Caskets from several hundred dollars to about two thousand, urns as well, free shipping to the funeral home, and their team coordinates the delivery date with the home for you.
Caskets roughly $700 to $2,000; funeral home showrooms often run $2,500 and up
Yes, Costco. It has sold caskets and urns online for years, around $1,350 for most casket models, shipped to the funeral home of your choice. The same federal rule applies: the home must accept it.
Most caskets around $1,350; urns much less
If a casket-company website feels like a lot right now, or you do not have a Costco login, Amazon sells caskets and urns too, in the same account you already have, with the checkout you already know. Enter the funeral home's address as the shipping address and confirm the delivery date against the service.
Caskets commonly $900 to $2,000; urns from about $30
What to look for
Search metal burial caskets. Compare finishes and gasketed vs non-gasketed before you sit in a selection room.
Why it is here: Funeral Rule: you may buy the casket from anyone and the home must use it.
Often hundreds to a few thousand, depending on material
Call the funeral home first and ask where to ship. Most will give a receiving address.
Hardwood and softwood burial caskets sold online, including simpler unfinished options.
Why it is here: Same right to bring your own. Wood is often what people expect to see on the floor.
Wide range; unfinished and pine run lower
If the plan is cremation after a viewing, look at ceremonial caskets and rental-style options sold for that use.
Why it is here: Avoids paying full burial-casket price when the casket will not be buried.
When the funeral home selection room does not stock the size you need.
Why it is here: Size constraints are a common upsell moment; shopping ahead removes pressure.