ClearSky

I want to sell stuff I have to earn some money. I just have one question. How do you figure out the shipping for ebay? Do you have to individually take each item to weight it?

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lilylover72

You need go your post office and ask them about how much for shipping and handling. If you set your own ebay business, You can buy weight product from post office or Ups. Also open an account with post office or Ups so they can arrange to pick the package from your house every week.

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I never order or buy anything from "e-bay", because I saw news not long ago that e-bays is having problems now.

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Actually ebay has a built-in feature in the shipping/handling portion that you can put in your zip code and it configures the cost of postage for you. (And you can add on whatever $ you need for packaging and handling expenses.)

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ClearSky

I tried to find the feature when trying to list my first item. I am trying to sell cosmetics stuff I don't need. They are new. I asked for LiveHelp, and she said to have it at a flat rate. I am guessing it means to sell it for the price the person bidded. I still need to sell 5 more items before I can sell an item without auctioning it by using "Buy It Now." There was a bug that wasn't allowing me to set it the way she was instructing me to do so. She said to try again the next day to set it the way she told me to.

There is a feature where you enter the weight in pounds (lb.) then ounzes (oz), but the bottle is in fl. oz, and I don't think that's the same as oz.

If I want to weight it, then I have to go to weight it or buy a scale to weight my products.

I have used half.com in the past, which is how I sold 5 college textbooks.

Liebling:-)))

I beleive that US ebay do have online ebay weight cost for shipping because we have like this in German ebay. I will go to US ebay to check ebay shipping cost when I'm home from work tonight. (I use ebay for the world). I will post when I find US link in ebay for shipping item.

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I didn't have problem that I bought quilt kit from seller of ebay. I been member with ebay for many years. Of course Ebay do have problem sometime but they can fix. Look at many business do have problem. Humans do have problem. We are learning to how fix and do correct. Sigh,

ClearSky

Thank you Liebling. I'd like to know. Would make my time easier than go to the post office.

Liebling:-)))

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You can see "Ebay" then click... then it will tell you how much and how many weight... You need to measure the package/parcel... then it will tell you automatic how much shipping cost. I often use like that when I deliver the package/parcel.

USPS - Online Postage

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ClearSky

Thanks Liebling.

Am I able to get a general shipping cost for USA shipping instead of figuring out how much to each zip code address.? I don't have any items sold yet, but it seems that I need to list a shipping cost. My stuff are not in packages until it is sold.

Will the shipping cost be an estimate? Does it have to be exact shipping cost?

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If u see lousy descripition and/or lousy feedback with alot negative feedback, dont buy it!! Other than that, they are good and high trust seller...

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be sure put little high shipping cost than regular since u will have to pay some fees for eBay and PayPal, also ur box/tape and drive to USPS... for example, jersey should be 5 or 6 dollars shipping then put up to 10 dollars...

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ClearSky

That's true. I am learning about selling on ebay and using pay pal. I see that they charge a small fee for the services used. I try to set it as low as I can for the products I am selling. I will calculate it and add a bit more.

I use the post office. Why use USPS? Is there a difference? I am curious. I thought the post office is less of a hassle. Let me know if I am missing something about USPS.

I thought that using paypal is much safer than receiving a check that you never know if it has enough funds in it, but I realize it's probably cheaper to request only check payment to avoid the paypal fees.

sequoias

I have been a ebay seller for a long time. I recommend you to charge shipping AND handling fee when you sell items, you get a profit because you have to drive to drop the item off, labor for packing the item, etc. For example, when you are shipping an item for $4.85 priority mail..you should charge maybe $5.50-6 shipping and handling charge. Lot of people do that to get extra profit. You can use the shipping calculator on USPS, UPS and fed ex websites to get a better idea how much the shipping charge will be. It isn't hard to do that.

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I have Ebay member for 4 years. But I haven't sell anything yet. I should to do it. I used to buy stuff from ebay before.

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ClearSky

It doesn't seem easy, yet. I just started to sell on ebay, and the shipping doesn't seem to be easy to grasp how to do it efficiently.

What's not easy to understand are the different ways to ship items like parcel post, first class, flat rate, etc. etc. Of course, I would rather choose the cheapest option. A tracking number is always a good idea to make sure the item got to the person's house.

I weighed all of my stuff at the post office. Stuff I want to get rid off. Some items weight too much that it needs a zip code. How will I state a weight? It wouldn't reveal to me the weight. Just asking for zip code. Well, I won't know the zip code of the person who's going to buy it.

sequoias

You will know the zip code after the person bought your item. They provide you the shipping address. Give it time and you will understand how shipping/handling stuff works.

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VamPyroX

If you're willing to accept checks, it's better to get money orders than personal checks.

Money orders are like cash. Someone pays money to get a money order. You get that money order and it immediately goes into your bank account (or a bit later).

Personal checks require several days to be processed and approved. If you accept personal checks, then you should add a comment that if they pay with personal checks, it will be several days before you can ship the item due to waiting for the personal check to be approved.

Credit cards and Paypal are pretty much instant. Some people do "Paypal Only" for their auctions.

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VamPyroX

I know a lot of people usually add a lot of things within the shipping & handling.

While the box could be cheap (or left-over from old boxes), there's also the issue of shipping costs and tracking. If you wanted to be sure that the mail arrived at that person's place, then you could add tracking to your package for an extra charge. Include that in the "shipping & handling" fees for the item you're selling.

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ClearSky

Does ebay charge you for the listing even if you don't sell the item?

VamPyroX

Yes, they do.

Sometimes, they have specials where they won't charge you.

They also have a re-sell special where you try the second time. If it does sell the second time, they won't charge you... since they already charged you the first time.

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ClearSky

I want your opinions.

I want to do Money Orders only. Am I limiting potention buyers if I only do Money Orders?

I could do checks, but they can bounce if the buyer doesn't have enough fundings. I would require them to wait until I clear the check. If the check bounces, am I able to require them to pay the bouncing fee?

I'd like to do Money Order as I don't have to pay paypal fees or worry about bouncing checks.

Thanks for your help.

ClearSky

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VamPyroX

Money Orders are good cuz you know you'll get the money. However, it might lower the number of people who can pay you. Have you thought about PayPal?

If you do checks, you can simply add a comment that anyone who writes personal checks will have to wait a few days extra until the check goes through and is approved before you ship the item.

Here's what people have to wait for when paying like this:

Personal Checks: time to mail the check to you; time to process the personal check; time to ship the product back to the buyer

Money Order: time to mail the check to you; time to ship the product back to the buyer

PayPal: time to ship the product back to the buyer

Yes, PayPal costs money... but a very small percentage. If you're so worried about the cost of PayPal... just add a few cents more to your starting bid.

For instance, if you want to sell an item with the starting bid of $10 and it could cost you 10 cents to use it through PayPal, then make your starting bid $10.10. It may look unusual, but it would likely get people's attention.

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ClearSky

Hello, thank you. I forgot this thread because I didn't receive a response fast. Yeah, I was worried about PayPal charges.

It seems worry-free to use money order only, but I thought I might not get people interested with that.

I guess it don't matter as long as I put down Check and Money Order if I don't want PayPal. The thing with Check is if it doesn't clear, and you can't charge the buyer for not having sufficient money in the account.

I never understood why the bank charges the one depositing the check, when it's the other person's fault for writing a false check.

VamPyroX

I've never heard of a bank charging you for depositing a bad check by someone else.

They do charge you for writing a bad check... $20 to $30 (varies on the bank).

As for PayPal, they do charge a very small percentage... no biggie.

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