How I Ship Ebay Items & How to Use Calculated Shipping
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- Let me walk you through how I ship items and how to use Ebay's calculated shipping.
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Hey!! I've just binge watched several how-to shipping videos. I wanted to let you know that your video is very informative! Showing how you actually calculate it on screen was super helpful. Thanks for making a clear and concise video without too much random jibber jabber. Thanks!!
Hi Eileen, thanks for the video, it was extremely helpful. I have watched a number of videos about shipping on eBay and yours was very clear and concise. You have a wonderful, kind, patient personality which shines through.
The shipping aspect has always kept me from selling
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I hear this a lot! Don't let it stop you :)
I was strictly on "letgo" or "FB marketplace" because I didn't wanna bother with shipping and online scammers but I put up a pretty popular Jura coffee maker I got for free (I know, lucky me!) And it was gone within a day. They got it this weekend. Although I'm very patiently waiting for feedback, I am so glad I made the jump. My options for what I can sell just went way, way up!
Also even if you put the exact shipping ebay takes a chunk and paypal too out of the shipping.
You are probably referring to the cost of shipping in general, however I can definitely say eBay cost is less than going to the post office and they could not have made the process easier to print a label and ship.
So glad I found you on IG for the listing challenge and now this video has really helped me on setting my Ebay shipping pricing. I have tried Ebay off and on and I have made sales but the shipping was always confusing but your video has helped a great deal. Tfs, 💕
I use many of these tips myself. Thank you for the content and good luck with your store!
Excellent video! Especially the part about how to calculate postage on the eBay website. I tried to do that myself yesterday on eBay and got very confused. Your explanation was just great, so thank you!
Thank you very much, ma'am, that answered just about all of my questions!
This was so helpful! Thank you so much!
Because I have been stood up many times from potential buyers I have decided to try shipping instead. Thanks for this video you explain things well for a newbie like me. I hope this doesn't sound strange, but you have a lovely voice, you would be great at ASMR.
This is the absolute BEST ship with me video I've seen. Very thorough, explaining what and how to ship, what to select and why. Thank you so much.
This was a simple and excellent video for someone who is getting ready to do her very first listing! Thank you!
You're welcome! I'm so glad you found it helpful :)
I totally learned something new about shipping tonight, and I appreciate it.
Great video! I'm trying to cut out all my trips to the post office and this will help!
Very helpful you answered all the questions I wanted to ask but didn't know how to word it. This has been putting me off opening an etsy shop.
I’m glad you found the video helpful! Get that Etsy shop going :)
Thank you, that was very helpful!
Thank you so much! Super helpful
Thank you so much! I have a pair of mens sneakers I have been holding on too because I was unsure about how I would ship them. I brought them to the post office and had them weighed so I knew the weight,I just wasn't sure about the shipping process. And since they still had the original box ,I wanted to ship them with the box so I knew I wanted to use calculated shipping but was unfamiliar with the logistics. I appreciate the insight.
Thank you!!!! Definitely Very helpful!!!
Helpful. Thank you so much.
Love your channel, good luck with all your wonderful sales!!
Thank you!! :)
you answered the questions i had thanks.
Very helpful - thanks!
Woooooooohoooooooo that timing of the garbage truck was impeccable
very informative vid
thanks!
can you make a video talking about your monthly profits, how many items you post per month, if u have returns, Etc.
Good video. Thanks. When you do ship calculated priority medium flat rate box, do you put in the box dimensions & weight (there are 2 sizes, & it's supposed to be any weight, one size). Also...do you enter the size of the polymailer in each listing when 1st class? Thank you!
Thanks for video. I learned about the larger envelops available thru USPS from you! Will order some. My question is this: I always put in exact weight, but just opted out of global and am trying USPS first class & PM internationally. Do you ever add a few ounces to make sure you collect enough? Especially internationally? Or do you even know, given you showed you used global. I know a seller and saw a video of another, who inflate weight ALOT to make sure collect enough and always come out ahead. I only want enough to pay for Label or maybe a 50cents leeway to make up for just some of my paid for shipping supplies. Like labels, tape, peanuts, fragile stickers, and INK. never made anything for those to date.
Thank you for such a helpful video.
You're welcome!
Thank you, learning slowly!🤕😃
Great video! Thanks! But how exactly do you print your labels? I’m a beginner, do you recommend that I just get blank labels and write it by hand?
Hello and thank you for this video, especially for a list of very useful links! I plan to start to resell on ebay... but it looks not easy. Could you make a video how you buy for resell, wash, clean and iron clothesfor shipping. And how you package - i have seen many videos and wonder how different people do it!
So useful thank you
Hi! Love the video! Wanted to ask you I have to ship out 5 items and it's parcel ground. Isn't parcel you have to use your own packing material? Also all my items weigh less then 11oz so I can do first class mail? But will ebay let me change the shipping
When I sell on Ebay, I calculate the cost of shipping to the furthest destination. I am in Canada, so I calculate what it will cost to mail a package to Vancouver. I then add that to my price and list the item with free shipping. It is the easiest way to do it. People will search on Ebay for free shipping, so imho, always add shipping in and list your item with free shipping.
Thank you!!!! This helped a lot !!
You're welcome! Glad it helped :)
This was helpful. I’m still a wee bit confused but the only way I’ll get it straightened out is to start listing things. Thanks!
I love, love your video
AWESOME VIDEO!!! You did a way better of explaining the calculated shipping and adding an ounce for the tape and etc 🙌👏🙌👏
Excellent video. You answered exactly the questions I was having. Thank you! One question. I know ebay does, or used to, really encourage free shipping from sellers. Have you noticed any negative consequence in your top rated status by using calculated shipping versus free shipping?
Nope! It doesn't impact that as far as I know.
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Oh my goodness~not at all confusing, you articulated it very well~ imho! I'm so grateful, and I just have to say the way it's laid out on eBay is what's confusing! Having you walk and talk through it like that~I get it now. Thank you SO much =)=)=)
It definitely is confusing! Shipping is already pretty confusing and I don't think ebay has it laid out in an easy to understand way either. I'm glad you found it helpful!
Thanks so much for the greatest tips. I want to start reselling items in my house that I don’t need anymore but I am struggling how to understand about the shipping part. If I list an items with Free shipping then I pay for the shipping and what if I list an item and have buyer pay for the shipping then do I still pay for the shipping ?!
If I use poly mailers, are they considered envelopes or packages? Those are the only two choices I have on the calculated option. Also, if you have a small item in a bag that is larger, do you roll it up and tape it so its smaller and if so how do you measure it to calculate?
I have a question that needs to be answered ASAP. I want to start using the poly mailers but since eBay has updated its website I do not see the option for it. Only flat rate envelopes. I tried the USPS website and I only see options to check the price of shipping but not when I select to print a label. Are there options that I do not see on the new eBay website structure? And how do I enter dimensions?
Thank you!
Eileen, great video! Regarding the calculated shipping; for example, if you first select calculate shipping and it is first class and you have weighed it, do you also fill in what size the packaging is? If it was in your video, I missed it. I use the shipping calculator also, but MIGHT be doing it wrong! Shelley
For first class you do not need to enter package size
Good morning I have a small consultation like when you stop a shipment ?, And presented some inconveniences with the seller informed me that I would deny the shipment but I still appear "In transit" And his estimated time of arrival was yesterday, I even have other shipments and notify me that they will be delayed by bad weather weather but in the other package only appears "In transit" ... MY QUESTION IS WHAT MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN A SHIPMENT IS STOPPED?
thank you so much for this video you are very clear on things to do and I hope you don't mind me asking dumb questions because I want to learn more I did get screwed on some items that I sold I need to learn how to set up the shipping the way you did the only thing I was a little unclear was how to price an item I don't know if you could help me with this also I don't know how you take pictures but they are very nice I seen your listings they are very beautiful I would like to learn how to do something like this can you please direct me
HI!! I just started watching your channel and its been super helpful!. I just had a questions, I just sold a makeup bag on ebay for $4.00. The calculated shipping came to like 1.50 or so but the postage cost was 3.50....so I just lost money out of that and I dont understand where I went wrong. I calculate and weigh everything out. How do you do it?
1.50 would of been the price to send a large envelope not a package maybe that's where you went wrong? .-.
In reference to the shoe box what do you select large box? And what measurements I had to round up, is that normal?
Great video! I just found you!!! 💙😊
Thanks so much!
Those labels you have, do you print them using a LaserJet or inkjet?
I don’t know if we make any money after shipping and pay for merchendize ?
Thanks for another great video. Do you measure your box or package when you do calculated shipping?
If your package is under one cubic foot, the dimensions don't matter.
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How do you know which kind of shipping to choose around the 5:20 mark? I'm new to all this
Also, thanks. Its a great video.
Thank you for this video. Very informative. You show label sheets - 2 labels per sheet. I have just begun selling on eBay and just sold my first 2 items. I printed labels on just plain white paper and then taped them to the pkg. The label which printed for me had to be "cut on the dotted line" above the dotted line was the label and below the dotted line provided Online Label Record showing to whom I had sold the item and a description of the item. So if I utilized the adhesive labels like you show, it seems as if the "cut on the dotted line" portion would print on the second label part. I hope you understand my point. Am I doing something wrong when I request the label to print on eBay? Thank you for any help and happy selling!
You can either have it print that receipt or you can set it to print 2 labels per page (when doing bulk shipping). I like to keep all my info digitally (ebay stores it all for a certain amount of time) so I opt out of the receipt printing.
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What do you do when your item gets sold? Where do you get the label and where do you ship it from?
When you ship first class do you add a tracking and add that charge in the total shipping? First class doesnt have tracking. I can see buyers just saying they never got the package and you have to refund.
Ugg what a task, taken many trials at this and still slogging through it. Specifically pick "base shipping on buyer location" and it just leaves a bullet point in set fixed shipping cost.
Very new to selling on Ebay and never realized that there was an option for calculated shipping. Do you find bad feed back from your customer for choosing that option? Has it hurt your sales? Newbie trying to learn the ropes. Thanks for sharing!!
hi... what option should i put when i want to ship a bag that weighs 0.5kgs. kindly advice
New subscriber. We also just added our channel. I noticed on your shoes to 10108, I bet they would fit in a Regional A box and ship far cheaper. The Regional A ships at the 2 pound rate no matter what it weighs. The Regional B ships at the 4 pound rate. There are 2 sizes of each. When we anticipate using them, we list Priority at either 2 or 4 pounds and never lose money plus the customer saves on shipping making your item perhaps sell vs. the same item from another seller. Thanks for the tips.
+The Picking Pair thanks! If shipping seems high I will grab a regional box and try it out sometimes, but I really need to try to use them more.
Where should I shipped my products to? And when should I ship? After got an order from customers or before they order ??
If I am a seller of heavily just shoes, would it be best to select every time a flat rate shipping service that the shoes will fit in, or to go with just calculated shipping, however use a box of my own that is NOT a flat rate box? Because I believe with calculated shipping is only if you are not using a flat rate service because regardless, the price is applied to all zip codes.
Thanks for the video! I have a question... do the packages come with a tracking number? Also, do u normally insure the package as well?
The labels I print via ebay do come with tracking! And no I don't insure unless it's something pretty valuable.
if i have a flat rate box $7 and i print the shipping label thru ebay website does ebay give a discount or do i have to pay $7
Will the post office care if I ship the item a day late than expected in the shipping label?
Lets say I put the date to ship the item today. However, I ship the item tomorrow due to unexpected situations or the post office closed. Is there any punishment to that?
Great tips! Specially the tips about having them pick up the package on your porch. I also have a baby and it's a pain having to get him in and out of car. Thanks. - aplenty shop (Jessica)
You're so welcome! Glad you found it helpful :)
Do you need to do the dimensions of the package too?
Thanks for the video it's helpful. I would like to ship to canada or internationally. Do you have video please let me me. Thanks
Just one note for people selling from U.S and sending to U.K UPS are excellent,never had a problem with them.D.P.S dreadful they happily leave packages in the rain,they once even tried to send me an empty package with a whole in it and wanted me to sign for it!
Thank you, this was very helpful especially with the calculated shipping; Because I do use eBay labels and was concerned whether or not to refund people when my shipping cost was cheaper than what they pay.
It's totally up to you if you want to refund people. A lot of sellers use the extra as padding to help with the cost of shipping supplies, gas to get to the post office, etc. :)
@@HustleSlow thanks so much for responding! I was kinda thinking the same thing. We still have to pay for what we ship it in, labels, etc.
@@beckystout2018 Yep! Unless it's a massive difference (like $20 extra on a heavy item) I usually just take it. The buyer was comfortable with paying it so there's nothing wrong with that.
Super helpful! Thank you so much! I'm so excited to start doing this! I sold my first item this morning and this definitely helped me!!
I.G. ( @Learning.As.We.Grow)
If the customer doesn't Click see details about shipping, and they live far away, will ebay recalculate the shipping charges that are shown on the listing page please ? Thank you.
I see this video is from 2017, hope you get this message and answer 🤞 l got a question about the poly mailers: what do you classify them as when calculating shipping? Are they "large envelope" or "package"? Since you're mailing clothes I would guess they're not flat, so the envelope classification don't sound right, but I wanted to ask anyway and maybe save some money! Thanks!!
great video just want to add my my 2 cents. invest in a thermal printer. I bought a used zebra 2844 about 5 years ago and it's still going strong. it prints out 4x6" labels and it doesn't use ink it's thermal.
Yep that's on my list of things to invest in the next few months :)
Look into the Dymo 4XL before you make your final decision. I use 9 Dymo labellers in my shop, and I love the 4XL for making large, legible shipping labels.
yeah its thermal, no ink, but pay instead the special paper cause thermal can print only on one type of paper, what goes around comes around
Thanks 👍👌
Hi, what USPS priority mail package/box would you recommend for shipping stuff like hoodies? They don't quite fit in the padded envelop.
If I can stuff them into a padded I do! Otherwise it's hard to say. I usually give the customer an option between a medium flat rate box or regular priority mail (priced by weight) and put it in a large polymailer or I use one of the USPS shoe boxes.
Depending on where they live and the weight one might be cheaper for one customer and the other may be cheaper for another so I just add both options to my calculated shipping options on the listing :)
Hi wait so you dont put in the mesurmants? Thanks!
I find that its much different selling from Canada then from the U.S.; you explained it very well, but when I go on my own screen to calculate buyers actual amount for shipping I have like 0 options, unless i just want to send them letter mail.
So is there a way to ship from Iran? Will eBay find out about it? Like can we ship directly to the buyer? I don't really understand the process 😕
why is it when i use calculated shipping and i use ebay to buy and print the label it still cost me money after the "Buyer" paid the shipping. it will say buyer paid $2.50 for shipping then i go to buy it and it say its $5.00 to ship it? every time i use calculated shipping it cost more to ship than what the buyer paid to ship? i dont get it. can anyone help?
Thanks for the video, great info. I have a question, when shipping items like for example a digital camera. When listing, do you weigh the camera in a the box with the protection material. So would you for example place the camera in a box with the styrofoam or peanuts, then the customer will calculate their shipping from that total weight? Thanks for your response and time.
Yep! I always include the total weight that will be shipped when listing the item so if it's a camera I would pack it in the box with all the protective packaging exactly how it would be shipped and then weigh it that way. Then I would choose calculated shipping to choose different methods for the customer to choose from and ebay will calculate it for them. If the item is heavy (over 1lb) and will fit in a flat rate box I will always give that option too because in some cases it's cheaper.
Hustle & Slow Thank you for your time and response. I really appreciate it and look forward to following your future videos.
Hi. Can you ship priority in a poly bag? You can weigh it but how do you get the measurements. Do you put it under small or large package depending on what? Or is it better to send it in a flat rate priority box? Most of the things I will be mailing in a poly are plush toy.
You can ship in a priority bag and you just guess approximate dimensions. A large package is VERY large, like a big box. You can check the USPS website on how to measure to see if it's considered large. A flat rate box is fine, it all just depends on where your buyer is located and which is most cost effective.
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You're welcome!
That's hilarious how you reacted to that garbage truck!
Where or in what should I ship a smartphone?? Thanks
Can I ship stuff using any envelope or pad/box i want? Do i need to buy specific boxes or get the free ones from usps website?
You can use your own shipping for any method except the Flat Rate methods which require a specific flat rate box.
How about the dimensions of the package?? If they are shoes and you used a priority mail so you have to put the dimensions??
This might be a stupid question but I’m just starting out as a seller when you weigh this does include box or bag it’s in right?
Yep! The total weight that will be shipping so include any box, bag or packaging.
Thanks
Hi u didnt mention the part about measuring the box???
Hey so just starting to sell on eBay I’m wondering is it better to put free shipping and then factor shipping into my price? Or is it better to give a price and then add on shipping after. Also when factoring in my price, for shipping included products, how do I know what shipping will cost if I don’t know where the person lives.
Better to add shipping after some people live in places where shipping going towards them is expensive
@@harshlarose6670 same question
You always have the option to invoice the buyer and revise the shipping method and price. This is especially useful when combining shipping for multiple items. I've listed both with free shipping and a price. Sometimes I feel free shipping is more attractive to buyers because they don't have to add item price and shipping together to determine value of of the purchase or how much they can bid to achieve the value they want.
Thank you for your reply. I am still confused about plain poly bags with things that make it impossible to get measurements (plush toys). When you go to list it asks not just for weight but also for measurements. Can you list by weight only? And if so how? Thank you for your help and for the videos.
I usually just put a rough estimate in :)
Wait how do u package a electronic or a vcr
hi - im just learning a lot of stuff and am a newbie - i once sold a watch and got screwed on shipping bcuz i went along w ebays automatic calculated estimate b4 item even sold so i listed that estimated shippimg cost but how am i to know where im shipping to ahead of time - im in california and maybe someone from east coast buys - then what - also they encourage to do free shipping to get good ratings - how in the world would that work...
When people do free shipping they just add in the shipping cost to their price. I prefer to use calculated shipping so the buyer just pays exactly what it costs and I don't have to do any guessing or mental math.
trying to figure this out, so a shirt or single piece of clothing costs 6-7$ to ship, how on earth do you make a profit? Do people pay $15-20 for a shirt? Trying to figure out if I sell on Ebay or donate my nicer items.
Some people get shirts and pants at Goodwill like for .25 each, so the profit margins are exceptional!
hi - so Ebay guesses since they don't know the destination until after an item sells ? Why use a flawed system ? This reminds me that I've asked a few sellers why their shipping is so high for a small item. They'll reply that Ebay claimed that's their shipping amount. Is there any way to avoid using calculated shipping ? I'm new too, well anyway, I did used to sell but it was years ago and now things have changed. I plan to ship only within the USA.
Thank you -
Ann R. From my understanding when you are signed into eBay and you are looking to buy an item and the seller has chosen calculated shipping, eBay knows YOUR zip code from your account information so it knows how much shipping would be from the seller to you.
So if I just print a shipping label, then bring it to the post office, will that be it?
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Do You have an etsy shop? and a tutorial for etsy shop shipping