Is USPS Postage Increases Killing eBay & eBay Sellers?
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1:12:53 same thing with collectibles i have been doing it for 25 years you as a reseller/dealer (anyone that sells collectibles (rare or semi rare) should not list every one you have meaning one listing with quantity available nor do you list the item 3 times and do #1 #2 #3 at the end of each title YOU list one at a time to make the PERCEPTION that the item is rare its the same thing the ACTUAL companies do with manufactured items as well you don't go and show that you have 10 or 20 or whatever you ONLY SHOW You have one and if you want it (the buyer) you better get it now before another buyer comes in and swoops it up.
Thanks Benny!
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Will do. Did you check out Part 2 of his adventure?
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I second that!
I can only speak for myself, but as a part timer I take as much advantage of these long weekends as my family will tolerate. It's rare for me to get more than a couple of hours at a time to work on the business so these weekends are gold for me. Thank you for all you do brother!
My pleasure and appreciate you checking out the video. Enjoy the holidays!
Tech!!! This hits home today!! I have an amazing eBay buyer who asked me to discount my item because his shipping charge is $93 to ship across country. Mind you, if it was more local to California, it would have been $41. Absolutely I discounted the item for him. I’m still making profit and he’s receiving an amazing item. Thank you, Tech 🙏🏻
Turn that money into more items!
Love the photos of the cart you used at the flea market! We have a similar cart, and one of the wheels fell of while we were at the swap meet. Luckily, we saw a paperclip on the ground, and used it to fix it... Then the other wheel fell off, and we fixed it with another paperclip ... Still using it with the paper-clipped wheels LOL
Yes always walk around with a cotter pin!
I agree Tech..there will ALWAYS be pricing/costs obstacles when running a business..you just need roll with those punches and find a way around it..and there will ALWAYS be reasons (excuses) for not continuing on eBay..thank you for this business wisdom..you are a walking and talking example of making something successful in spite of the many obstacles.
Appreciate you for checking out the video! Hope you enjoyed it and found it helpful!
Its annoying how ebay charges fees on postage if its itemised separately. I understand why they do it however I think they're leaving money on the table by all those low margin listings that could be created that aren't because ebay fees make them unprofitable or even loss making for the seller.
If they can find a way to expand standard envelope into other low margin categories
On the clear plastic bag thing, I see people doing that and that's cool and looks nice but I worked management for Old Navy and we put online order directly into the poly bag $10 items or $100 jackets didn't matter we didn't even have access to other shipping options . They had one size polybag that's it, sometimes it was way oversized for the item .
Appreciate that! Yes to each their own
Excellent live tech I loved it!
Appreciate you for watching!
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Goodwill in Bradenton/Sarasota offers 5% for their newsletter subscribers.
Also, I soured a Dixxon Flannel Moon Eyes model and Foxtrot model in Tampa back in Q4 of 2023.
Thanks for all the value you provide.
They are creeping closer!!
35:55 it really comes down to 2 things one you said how much you need that money right then and there and the other thing is Patience if you don't have patience to wait for that buyer that will come along and pay more then your most likely going to sell for less and leave possible money on the table this is why you have 1000's of those 5 to 25 bread and butter items to fill in while you sit and wait (and be patient) for that Grail item to sell to the highest buyer! its the name of the game!
Yup!
Thank you for your generosity.
My pleasure thank you for yours as well spending it with me on the live!
Omg I’m cracking the eff up at your photo on your desk. That is the most funniest thing ever 😂
Lol!
Improvements must always be made to get better! That’s just how it is. People need to understand that!!
Absolutely
Our Goodwill had a 70% off everything sale 7/1-7/3.
That's crazy!
I think our Goodwill had a 70% increase on everything to make up for it!🤣🤣
Thanks, Tech!
Thank you as well!
I second Tech. I've received 4 VERO's lifetime from ebay since 2016. One from for FedEx, one for UPS, one for DHL and then one for American Airlines. Their uniforms are everywhere near me.
Amazon is the only one I've ever gotten away with.
Got to be super careful about those
Understood. Thank you once again
My pleasure thank you as well!
I see UPS , FedEx coming in and being competitive on their rates in the future .
Competition is good for the market.
So could shipping cost on small items be like $100 some day? Like how does that work? I don't understand how it could just exponentially increase. At some point it wouldn't make sense. Unless the wages go up along with it over all. If not that's not sustainable for the population at large.
Technically speaking one day shipping will be $100 the way inflation is trending. $100 in 1970 is worth $12.73 today
I got a Vero for Lipsy London the other day. My itemwas definitely not lipsy London just a brand from forever 21 or like that. I will put it in the garage sale pile.
Very weird, maybe contact the brand owner and see if they can clear it up for you
This happened to me too. A brand that was not the brand owner gave me a false counterfeit VERO. I tried emailing the company and they didn't respond. Of course Ebay did nothing.
I met one of the artists that designs for Dixon Flannel
Nice!
30:45 that's what needs to be done to platforms that raise there fees over 25 years that has always been the THING to do collectively go on strike its never happened i do not think it will ever happen same thing needs to happen with the Shipping Companies they make the Majority of there money On Resellers they think we will keep paying there prices no matter what same with thrifts and same with reselling platforms the ONLY answer to this is a strike by sellers but it would have be the Majority Not the Minority for these companies to feel it in there Pocketbooks
Organize the union of resellers lol
Tech! You are so awesome!! 🔥🔥
Thanks so much Jeannie! I hope you found the discussions helpful!
Salvation Army in my area in houston gives me points everytime I make a purchase . Accumulate to get % off my purchases
Nice!
shipping included in the final value fee is what hurts ! it negates much of the discounted rate sellers get. The only USPS flat rate i find useful is the Legal size envelope , when shipping to zone 8 . USPS wasted allot of taxpayers money on some of those boxes that will never be used ! Ive shipped every kind of size shape and weight and have not found one advantage or cost effectiveness yet with any of them.
Flat rate used to be really effective before Ground Advantage
What could eBay do? get rid of promoted listings which only clutters the search with products you are not interested in.
@@russell9133 unfortunately I think those are here to stay. Insanely profitable for ebay and if it's insanely profitable for ebay it means customers are buying those items
i have tons of dvds and cds i dont bother selling because of ebay fees and shipping costs. I cant compete with the goodwills on ebay
Can you monetize them in lots or another way?
@@technsports thanks for the response tech, I try doing lots and some sell but usually someone just wants to buy one or two out of the lot. I'll just probably end up giving most away to goodwill and they will make money on them 😔
How does Mel backfromburnout have such positive feedback with only shipping in 1 bubble mailer for most of her books? When I ship books, I've always shipped with extra padding. Especially on heavier books and book lots. I ship 1 book with only 1 bubble mailer and I get a negative feedback. Never again will i do that. It just doesn't make sense to me.
she mentions in one of her videos that she folds the envelopes over and tapes them so that the books are not moving around in the envelope..and perhaps she may use extra padding on her larger books? I sell books too and have always just used 1 layer of bubble wrap and then into a satchel but have just moved over to buying the envelopes in bulk recently and I can't tell the difference between the level of protection..I find the padded envelopes just as protective. Unfortunately negative feedback can happen to anyone, no matter how well you present your book..I would try to get that removed if you can and if not just don't let it get to you and move forward with selling to your other customers.
Probably a great question for her to answer.
i ship all my books in multidepth boxes and wrapped in bubble wrap and people still find a reason to be a negative nancy and give negative feedback
thrift books ships ALL their books in a plastic bag with no bubblewrap
@@crypto6ix9ine50that’s just asking for negative feedback
I never get into these live, always watch after. I have a question for you though if you get a chance in your next vid. Maybe its been asked before...sorry if so. Here goes. What is the ONE THING you would change about ebay if you have a magic wand? It would happen immediately. Thoughts also how it would change it for sellers / buyers. I know what mine would be (but not telling as don't want to influence your answer LOL). Just curious.
The validation of tracking within 24 hours and ebay not accepting the same scan a scan sheet provides.
I sort Lowest to highest
Same!
Complete and total newbie here and have only a few sales but listing 1 a day consistently. I have questions about the shipping as that is the most variable factor for me. I have started with calculated shipping and don’t want to lose my shorts or scare buyers away with too high of shipping costs.
1. for larger clothing items (Carhartt jackets, Carhartt bib overalls) I’m storing and inventorying them in priority mail boxes and plan to ship in them as well. With calculated on I can’t choose box size and the recommended amount is nearly half what the actual cost would be. I have switched not to what actual cost is but is choosing a box size a feature when you have an eBay store or would you recommend just buyer pay flat rate of whatever the box size is?
2. For utilizing the cubic rate for shipping smaller goods (shirts, shorts, pants) I use ground advantage but cannot select a cubic option. Again is this a feature when you have an eBay store or do I need to use another application (pirate ship) to get the cubic rates on ground advantage
#1 - have you looked into ground advantage? It'll be cheaper
#2 You don't need to use pirate ship for this, you probably need to re-do your business policies
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1. I will look into ground advantage and compare.
2. I don’t have business policies yet. I will start doing some homework now and report back!
Thanks and please keep the amazing content coming!
Im finding ebay cutting prices of postage the last month, i have lost money on postage so my profit margin has shrunk.
ebay cut the prices on postage or postage has increased?
Tech, can you explain how the hell you get items listed in under a minute? Aside from your massive knowledge, what techniques work best for time reduction? I know a system is vital as far as a designated picture area and work station and being repetitive, but specifically from photos, item specifics, and to publishing the actual item, how in the world? I feel like it takes me over 5 minutes per clothing item and I’m already doing sell similar from my own archive of active/sold items.
You nailed it already, it's the knowledge and the systems. I've listed more items than possibly anybody in the entire world. Literally hundreds of thousands.
I show my complete set up in my very first CZcams video here:
czcams.com/video/9NT_Gaqr8u8/video.html
See what you are doing in your process that I am not doing in my process. Eliminate that.
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Thank you for this!
Hello.
Hello.
Is anyone passing the discount shipping charge to your buyers?
Some folks do!
How mean hats can you list in 1 hour??????????!
I think he only lists nice hats
Takes about 30 seconds to list an item.
this is true
yep to your video's question and the standard envelope is theft by deception it has no tracking and people that buy from those that sell it know this and steal the card and get there money back ebay is stupid for allowing this
How much have you lost on standard envelope? If the answer is yes, why not change the direction of your business?
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If shipping costs are killing your business. You do not understand this business. The profit margins are huge.
yea, that depends on what you are selling. what are you selling that has such a profit margin?
We are fortunate to have large margins in this business which are very helpful. Thank you for checking out the video. I hope you enjoyed it!
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