ok. Shipping works like so - either you have a scale and you weigh the package PRIOR to listing and know all dimensions of the box/padded envy, whatever, and let them calculate it by the zip (ebay has a thingy to do it - but you have to know weight). I believe (and I haven't played with ebay in a long while) that you can still add a handling fee onto it using this... I'm not sure if it's disclosed to buyers... THEN when you get the paypal for the package, you can print off the postage via paypal/ebay (I'm pretty sure it walks you through it).
Or, what I used to do again, was make all my packages a flat rate of $10 - even if it only cost a dollar to ship - because this way I get some of the monies back that ebay raped off me in fees (they don't calculate shipping into the fees, but you will take a hit on it with paypal.. another reason to over estimate.)
Also, the flat rate priority boxes are like $8.95 now, so that, with delivery confirmation (printed online is only .13 extra, taken to the post office it's like .65 extra), puts you at about $9.50 give or take some cents... so depending on what you're shipping/selling exactly, I'd go with a flat rate of shipping of like $12... if it's big enough to fit into one of those boxes. There are two sizes, and they pretty much accomidate a lot of stuff..
If you're selling like CDs or something - I'd go with a flat rate shipping charge of $5, because CDs/books/dvds etc can go either media mail (only those things listed above can be shipped this way) or first class (for dvds or cds, b/c they're so light weight), which would be like $2-3 in shipping, so you've covered the cost of a bubble mailer too...
Again, depending on what you're selling, and if you have lots of it to sell, I'd look into purchasing bubble mailers off ebay - it works out cheaper than buying them from an office supply store, or even walmart. You want size 0 or 1 for dvds/cds, 2 for books. 3 for text books. You can buy as little as like 10, and as many as a hundred... obvs, the more you buy, the better your price is. I used to do 50 or so at a time, and it worked out to like .25 an envie.
*thinks* I don't know what else to tell you... let me know if you have more questions..
im about to start selling things. and. i wanted to hear user experiences.
The fees suck - jack your shipping by adding a handling fee, or use a flat rate of like $10 per item, you win some, lose some this way.
I haven't sold since they changed it to where you can't leave bad feedback for buyers... thinking about it tho...
Any specific questions?
hmm ok. i was mostly trying to figure out how shipping worked, and how i figured out those costs, and how do i make the buyer pay for it.
and thats interesting that they changed it so you cant leave bad feedback for buyers.
ok. Shipping works like so - either you have a scale and you weigh the package PRIOR to listing and know all dimensions of the box/padded envy, whatever, and let them calculate it by the zip (ebay has a thingy to do it - but you have to know weight). I believe (and I haven't played with ebay in a long while) that you can still add a handling fee onto it using this... I'm not sure if it's disclosed to buyers... THEN when you get the paypal for the package, you can print off the postage via paypal/ebay (I'm pretty sure it walks you through it).
Or, what I used to do again, was make all my packages a flat rate of $10 - even if it only cost a dollar to ship - because this way I get some of the monies back that ebay raped off me in fees (they don't calculate shipping into the fees, but you will take a hit on it with paypal.. another reason to over estimate.)
Also, the flat rate priority boxes are like $8.95 now, so that, with delivery confirmation (printed online is only .13 extra, taken to the post office it's like .65 extra), puts you at about $9.50 give or take some cents... so depending on what you're shipping/selling exactly, I'd go with a flat rate of shipping of like $12... if it's big enough to fit into one of those boxes. There are two sizes, and they pretty much accomidate a lot of stuff..
If you're selling like CDs or something - I'd go with a flat rate shipping charge of $5, because CDs/books/dvds etc can go either media mail (only those things listed above can be shipped this way) or first class (for dvds or cds, b/c they're so light weight), which would be like $2-3 in shipping, so you've covered the cost of a bubble mailer too...
Again, depending on what you're selling, and if you have lots of it to sell, I'd look into purchasing bubble mailers off ebay - it works out cheaper than buying them from an office supply store, or even walmart. You want size 0 or 1 for dvds/cds, 2 for books. 3 for text books. You can buy as little as like 10, and as many as a hundred... obvs, the more you buy, the better your price is. I used to do 50 or so at a time, and it worked out to like .25 an envie.
*thinks* I don't know what else to tell you... let me know if you have more questions..