In my opinion the calculated shipping still doesn't take the fact that you have to pay for a box and bubble wrap and tape and you have to pay for your time to ship it so the small discount ebay gives you compared to what they charges means you would lose money. They also charge fees on the shipping you get from the customer. Customers think shipping is cheap or free thanks to amazon. Amazon has their own fleet of vehicles and planes. eBay doesn't.

@joeambly6807

5 күн бұрын

So add a 1$ handling fee for supplies

@Driftless-Region-Flippers

4 күн бұрын

@@Kramer7969 that’s why I I only use ground and charge your own price and I add all those things in my final shipping charge!!

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

1000% Amazon wants to give free or cheap shipping GREAT let them do that on there CRAP from there SITE thing is MOST items on all other sites YOU CANT FIND THOSE ITEMS on amazon so buyers either PONY up and pay or they dont get hose items period and i have explained shipping COUNTLESS times to buyers on eBay and i have explained we are NOT amazon you cant find this on amazon and SHIPPING is not free shipping costs money its time SELLERS build a back bone and stop babying buyers Period

@joeambly6807

3 күн бұрын

@@bennystratton7734 you sound like a real pain

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

@@joeambly6807person with little perception! ! Nope wrong not even close! not a pain I'm not a robot I'm open minded and I March to the beat of my own drum! I just don't do what ebay suggests or wants me to do blindly like most gullible resellers because after 25 years selling full time I know it only benefits them period end of story! They can care less about sellers or buyers! If you have not learned that yet your living under a rock!

This is why calculated shipping is the way to go, if the rates change, it just updates automatically. Plus, with accurately calculated shipping, you have a shipping cost advantage for customers closest to you.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

100% been doing Calculated on items over 1lbs for 25 years as a full time reseller LOOK if a buyer wants an item bad enough they will buy it NO Matter the price of the item OR the shipping cost! look ALL business Pass the Cost off to who???? the customer we are most platforms Customers (with the accepting of maybe amazon) how do those platforms pass the cost on they do it by INCREASING fees on us the customer!! so how do we combat the Postage rate increases (now 3 times a year pre covid it was at the most twice a year) we do it by using Calculated shipping On items over 1lbs WE PASS the shipping increases onto the buyer (our customer) hey if the platforms can do it to us and we just roll over and accept it which we all do then the buyers will do that regarding SHIPPING Period end of story. and your absolutely right the Buyers closer to YOU will have a better rate then Buyers Further away but again IF that buyer Really wants your item (and hopefully there are not many others available and you have great pictures and a great rating and you have been selling WAY longer then the other sellers) Shipping price will NOT matter that buyer will buy from you even if your IN NY and there in CA. ONLY why Flat Rate shipping works is on items Under 1lbs (these items only go based on Weight not dimensions unless there over 15" they get a surcharge) most Ground Advantage items under 1lbs will ship between $4 something (1oz) and $6.33 (16oz) another way to keep money in your business regarding shipping is NOT to give your shipping discount to the buyer we need to stop babying buyers we need to start to educate them as to what RETAIL shipping actually costs especially so when they go to ship something they are not sticker shocked when the clerk tells them how much it is to ship a 24x24x12 box that weights 30lbs from NY to CA which is well over $100 RETAIL rate we need to start to train buyers by charging them the RETAIL rate so they can expect that when they ship there own items i have been behind everyday citizens almost going postal about how much the shipping is im like thinking in my head where have you been for the last 20 plus years! Its 100% called the amazon affect may everyday citizens in the U.S. except it to be the AMAZON way (even it its not purchased on amazon or from amazon) and that is either FREE or next TO nothing shipping. Amazon wants to give free or crazy cheap shipping great let them do that Most stuff that is on eBay or any other platform YOU CANT FIND OR GET on amazon so buyers has to either Pony up and PAY or find it elsewhere

What the post office needs to do is charge China more for postal delivery. alot of small inexpensive item coming from china is sold and shipped for less then we pay for any shipping in the USA which is rediculous

@gailsheppard5404

4 күн бұрын

China is opening warehouse’s in the US. Some is still coming from China some is being shipped from US. Temu just announced they opened their warehouse.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

100% Ebay Main Street needs to Do some Grass roots On this forget about the Income Tax thing there never going to win on that it will be gong down to $600 and 1 transaction within the next few years they need to start Pressuring the government to make CHINA pay ACTULA shipping Not pennies on the dollar shipping (what it cost china sellers to send there items to us yep Pennies on the dollar while it costs us to ship to them $20 plus dollars! how is that even FAIR but its been like this for at least 20 plus decades SO no matter who is in office Red Blue or Purple NO ONE has the balls to make CHINA sellers start to pay $20 to ship a 1oz item to the states!

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

@@gailsheppard5404 does not matter they still have to ship it to the UNITED states and they are still paying Pennies on the dollar because of Tariffs that were signed and NEVER redrawn up its been this way for 2 plus decades possibly even 3 decades! its never going t change No matter who is in office Red Blue or Purple!

I changed to calculated about 2 years ago. The reduced stress is enough for me to switch. Passing the discount on to the buyer doesn't make sense for the majority of sellers, unless you're a massive volume seller of the same thing continuously . Packing supplies, boxes, gas to the p.o., I need every dime to make any profits with the way fees are so insane. That $2 means nothing to your random buyer, but everything to me. Especially if what you sell doesn't make for repeat customers. If everything is a one off, I'm not "buying" myself any repeat customers.

@joeambly6807

5 күн бұрын

Passing the discount on makes sense if you are shipping large things. Sellers that don't loose out big time.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

100% spot on!

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

@@joeambly6807 that is 100% myth! and i have been reselling 25 years full time and i sell small items 3" all the way up to stereo receivers and Sewing Machines Never passed ON MY hard earned discount and im still making great sales to this date! If a buyer wants your item and you have great feedback, great pictures great description they will buy your item NO matter the shipping! this is Fact like it or not

@thedailygrind-m70

3 күн бұрын

@@joeambly6807 it's LOSE out and even with big items, if you pass on the discount, most of us need to add a handling fee to make up for ebay's fees and packing materials.

If we give the buyer our price for shipping then ebay should stop taking fees on the shipping. Because we lose money otherwise.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

haven't sellers learned by now eBay can care less about sellers heck they dont even care about the buyers that buy on there site they just care about there BOTTOM LINE and that is how we should ACT as well monkey see monkey do! this is why i have NEVER and never will give MY hard earned discount i get to a buyer! we all need to collectible as sellers STOP BABYING BUYERS Period! if they want your item and you have great feedback and great pictures and great description THE BUYER WILL BUY your items NO mater what the shipping is! stop believing otherwise

Hi Kevin! I am Steven (the Rams pennant buyer). I have been selling on eBay since the year 2000, and full time since 2005. Of course, I have seen many postal rate increases. It has helped in preparation of absorbing these constant rate increases by charging about 20% more on flat rate shipping when I list a product for sale (I only do flat rate shipping, and occasionally free shipping), so when the rate increases hit it doesn't affect me so drastically, and I don't have to scramble and increase my shipping charges. I will then start gradually increasing my flat rate charges as I create new listings. Best wishes! -Steven

I don't like to put any portion of the shipping into the item price because that makes it hard to manage markdowns, sales and offers in bulk.

@matprather5833

5 күн бұрын

That's a big reason I like calculated. Also don't want to adjust the prices every time the shipping increases.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

100% spot on!

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

@@matprather5833 100% the better your process (you don't have to keep changing polices every time there is a rate increase which is now 3 times per year) the More you can get done

We do calculated shipping, and do not pass along the shipping discount. That goes to offset our shipping costs.

@garettanderson6772

5 күн бұрын

Ebay just gave the discount to my customer two days ago without my approval. I couldn't believe it. The listing was only about a week old when it sold and when I set it up the least it was going to cost to mail was around $17.00 without the discount, but ebay gave them the discount down to $11.00 I was counting on that extra to cover fees . I wouldn't have accepted the offer had I known that was going to happen.

@BobbaDons

4 күн бұрын

@@garettanderson6772 They started doing that in April or May I think. They automatically opted me in, i had to go to my settings and turn off giving the discount to the customer. It's not my fault that shipping prices are out of control. Ebay should negotiate better rates with carriers for the buyers sake, not take it out on sellers by opting us into giving away our discounted rate.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

100% if you have business snese its the only smart way to do it look all business Pass there costs on to the customer look at the platforms they pass there costs on to us sellers by increasing Fees or adding Fees well we need to think and do the same to our customers Postage rates rise we pass that on by charging Calculated shipping (retail Rate No passing on our hard earned discount) for items over 1lbs for items under 1bls and shipping in boxes under 12x12x12 shipping will be $4 something for 1oz item to $6.33 for a 16oz so do a flat $6.50 flat for the entire U.S. and your good to go

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

@@garettanderson6772 you need to go into your settings and change it back to not pass on your discount to the buyer it should be in your shipping settings

@joeambly6807

3 күн бұрын

@@bennystratton7734 hard to take business advice from someone that can't even type

I use calculated shipping and do not pass on savings. However on occasion, an item will sell with exact shipping paid by buyer. I also occasionally refund some of the shipping cost if itthe buyer is ridiculously over charged.

Hi Kevin! Thank you for the shout out with my purchase of the uranium bowl. It arrived safe and is awesome! The point you make about the small under 8 oz low dollar items is on point! I am going to do that. Also bundling smalls that make sense is also a great idea!

Praying for a quick and speedy recovery for your Regan

Awww Regan - I'm sorry you fractured your ankle, and during the summer too. Hope it heals quickly and painlessly for you.

If ebay would do away with fees on shipping if you give the customer the discount, I would do it.

@joeambly6807

5 күн бұрын

Just add a few $ in your handling fee

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

@@joeambly6807 so basically your making the whole point of passing on the dsouct to the buyer basically a NULL point! makes no sense to add $ as a handling fee! you either be a gullible eBay solider and do whatever they tell you do to do and give the discount to the buyer or you be a smart business person that is running a real business and Keep your discount where it belongs IN your business

@joeambly6807

3 күн бұрын

@bennystratton7734 when you sell big and heavy things it's a HUGE difference. Good lord how are we the same species when you are this daft and opiniated and wrong

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

@@joeambly6807 so you just want to baby the buyer and be a good soldier and do what ever ebay tells you do with put questions grew up if we didn't have opinions we would be robots you but your the one that is wrong your stating opinions I'm stating facts HUGE DIFFERENCE wow this subject brought out the clueless people! How are you even a reseller with that mindset definitely not a business minded! Again if a buyer wants an item bad enough and you have great feedback, great pictures, great description they will buy your item no matter the shipping. I'm not going to help confuse buyers to think what there paying on ebay is the same price there going to pay if they were shipping the same item to a friend or family (retail rates) I will not be part of making someone pissed off at the usps because they go to ship something and see 30-40 increase in the shipping rate at the post office. You keep giving away you shipping discount obviously you don't think you deserve it

Oh Raegan, I'm so sorry. I fractured my ankle when I was 13 (I ran cross country and track). It's a frustrating injury. I hope you heal quickly and you are back on the floor and beams soon.

I am keeping the shipping discount to help cover shipping supplies and fees. But i also don't get many sales to compensate for it.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

smart business move! keep the money where it belongs in the business!

Sorry to hear about Regan's foot. When I jacked up my foot last year, I made a rule that I get extra chocolate until it heals.. maybe she can get some kind of treat too.. it really helps you heal faster ;)

@OriginalNethead

5 күн бұрын

Chocolate Haagen Dazs makes a really good painkiller and antidepressant.

I love the green dish 😊😊

just found your channel - love the glimpse into your business! As a buyer on ebay, I can attest something is amiss with their search bar- I collect antique books, so I enter complete title of books I want- I was shown jerseys, hair curlers, poster prints and toys- I tried a few different times and got so frustrated I found the books on abe books

Enjoy your videos!!! I'm sticking with Calculated Shipping with the buyer getting the discount.

Absolutely everything I list is calculated shipping

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

smart business move! keep the money in the business!

Super Chicken!! Love It!

I'm using UPS and FedEx way more than I used to. Last USPS changes were so good...up until now.

@the_return024

5 күн бұрын

USPS weights stuff ..an dings u for few oz.

Good morning Kevin 🎉🎉

The past few days I have had ZERO sales. I keep checking my account thinking I must have violated some rule or something. I’ve never had this happen when I’m consistently listing, which I am doing.

@Kens-bin

5 күн бұрын

Same here . I had huge sales then last few days nothing.

@promisejrhodes

5 күн бұрын

@@Kens-binweird! ☹️

@joshandkrystalwhitehead

4 күн бұрын

Me too!! No sales in 48 hours

@Mel-vu9ss

4 күн бұрын

Happened to me also then yesterday I had sales. So far today. Nothing.

@promisejrhodes

4 күн бұрын

@@joshandkrystalwhiteheaddang!! 😖

I never use calculated shipping I use flat rate ground for almost everything

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

then you must not sell items that require a 24x24x12 box or weight 30 plus pounds you don't do calculated on items like that you will be losing money 100%

I almost stopped selling all media shipping items and now I am going to calculate shipping for now on. Like you said I’ll just raise the price a little. Pray I sell a house today and your videos are great

Can someone elaborate on the question: "do you pass along your ebay discount to the buyer"? Is there an option to keep the diacount that we are unaware of? Cant believe Ebay gets away with charging sellers 15% on SHIPPING! Those costs are an even exchange for delivering the item,... there isnt profit there. Very confused about this.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

100% agree with you we EARN that discount the buyer does not! yes go into your shipping settings and you should be able to select it off if eBay selected it on for you!

My sales have gone up this past month but I miss the little amount extra that we use to get with calculated shipping. You are correct I used to use that little amount to offset packing supplies. Sorry to hear about Reagan. I hope she heals fast.

You are 100% correct to raise the price of those small dollar items and offer Free Shipping. My sales tripled within a month of switching to this strategy.

I've always done the discounted calculated shipping on a majority of my items but also tack on a handling fee to cover expenses. Also tend to go a little higher in weight to cover possible unforeseens when it comes time to packaging. However, I am watching the rise in costs for sure and for those small percentage of items that are low dollar in my store, I'm probably going to consider much more doing domestic free shipping on them and bake the cost into the price. I have already started using the UPS Saver more often now to save a few cents as I'm lucky enough to live near a hub to drop stuff off. But I am wondering how far the cost of shipping can go up before it does become unfeasible for smaller sellers. I also think the cost of shipping has effected my buying as well. Buying less, being more picky based on possible ROI. Which may be a good thing as I feel I'm buying less "junk" and am still finding enough things to keep me busy selling.

Prayers for Reagan’s speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹 SNOOPY FOR PRESIDENT 😂😂

When eBay made that change, I automatically gave the shipping discount to the buyer, and it made bigger, heavier stuff move.

Thanks

Get well soon Regan

Shipping a 3 pound package from St Louis to Chicago via Priority Mail cost $13.10 two weeks ago, I guess now it will cost $13.75. I remember when the cost for this was around $6.

@commonwealthflipper

5 күн бұрын

Retail prices I am guessing.

@Faithique

5 күн бұрын

Why would you ship Priority such a short distance? I'm sure the delivery time was the same.

@Chumbama

5 күн бұрын

@@Faithique Yes the delivery time was the same. No I didn't use Priority mail. I only looked up the price. I used UPS next day shipping for $14.18 because the buyer wanted expedited arrival.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

yeah those were the days! we cant look back just forward now and do what is best for each of our business that is what the platforms are doing that is what the USPS is doing

Pass the cost to the consumer. You do that,and you never have to worry.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

100% spot on look all business pass there costs onto the customer look at what the platforms and the USPS is doing they are raising fees making new fees to pass there costs to US there customers so why cant we do the same business practice and pass the cost on to the buyer ITS THE SAME THING nothing different they are a business and so are we we are all running business no matter what you might think

@GMOVER1

3 күн бұрын

@@bennystratton7734Eventually resellers will actually not have a choice but to do that. With a such low barrier of entry into the resale industry, you can not expect these people to be business savvy. I can tell you that more and more people are shopping online than ever as it is frankly a pain in the ass to drive to the store only to find out they do not carry what you need. Convenience cost money,and resellers need to start thinking like this. Buyers might whine,but it's not like they can go to Wallmart lol so WTF are these sellers doing 😅 and why are they all acting broke,and desperate. It is because they do not know the market, they are just Google lens experts at best "Low Entry" can not see the opportunity right in front of their face, it's just " I got the best deal on the internet" LMFAO they are running a going out of business slowly sale 🤣

I chose my niche - paper ephemera and books - because of the way the items ship as well as because that is where my knowledge is. What the changes mean to me is that I now bundle pretty much everything that sells for under $10 rather than selling by the piece. The buyer gets more bang for their shipping buck and I move more low cost items. I will lose buyers if they only want that ONE thing, but if they shop around they will see I'm competitive plus they get something extra. The USPS is a service provided by the US Government. It was never set up as a business, never meant to be run like one until someone got it in their heads that they wanted to cut their budget. It will ALWAYS be in the red. Either the government allots more money to this service or it will have to be privatized. No way will it ever get the money it needs until people value it more and many younger folks don't since they live in the digital world. They will never know what they are missing by not having a letter from a loved one long gone to hold onto and re-read for the rest of their lives. Email just isn't the same.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

for paper ephemera and books you can just do Flat rate shipping meaning you just charge ONE shipping price no matter if the buyer buys one book or 100 books same with paper (i sell all kinds of paper ephemera) i do a $6 flat shipping i have orders with 10 items some with 20 items if the order is over $75 it ships free especially items under 1lbs for example say a buyer buys 10 post cards for $3.99 each that is $39.99 plus on shipping charge of $6 and it actually looks better then sellers selling the same post cards wanting say $5.99 free shipping if that buyer were to put those 10 in there cart it would come to $59.99 who is that buyer going t buy from yep there going to buy from me at $39.99 plus $6 shipping not the $59.99

I use calculated shipping and give discount to buyer. I calculate the packaging in my price.

What's up! Happy to be here early. Love the videos

I usually do free shipping, I think your right about the split cost look, I also get burned on shipping long distances but if it can fit in a priority box I just add in my head that cost and what I want to profit in the end.

Good morning Kevin 😊😊

You’re welcome 😊

I use calculated shipping and give buyers a 20% discount off the shipping price. I may decide to raise that percentage with the postal price increases. Thanks for all you do!

"We finally beat Medicare!"

@garettanderson6772

5 күн бұрын

Trueinternationsufferdapressure!

@StaceNyourFace

5 күн бұрын

🤡

That’s what I did; I raised each of my flat rate prices of 75c or $1. I am testing out the other categories I have with shipping such as flat rate priority padded envelops. I want to see how much more it will cost. I use a lot of these to ship shoes and different items. I may do like you and transfer a bunch of my flat rates to calculated shipping. Most of what I sell is flat rate shipping added on. I never include shipping in my prices because I send out a lot of offers and do not want to cutting my prices when I would have to pay for shipping as well. I am not happy about this change…! For sure. I think it’s going to negatively affect our sales. We shall see. Thanks for the update and videos😊

I charge 5.99 Shipping for anything 4 ounces to 1 lb then 4.99 for under 4 ounces. Anything larger I just guess but I'm usually pretty spot on. I try not to charge my customers retail on shipping.

I do calculated shipping on most of my items. If the shipping cost to the buyer is significantly different after purchase, I contact the buyer and ask them to let me know when they receive it and I will refund some of the overage on shipping. I don’t do it all the time, but if the difference is more than a few dollars I will do that. Gives me flexibility plus creates some good will with the buyer.

I just up my weights and size a bit and it helps with the price of shipping

I use calculated for most, but did start charging a flat rate for some 2 and 3 lb items, but now I'll have to increase those as well. The cost of tape and shipping boxes in the last couple years has skyrocketed, and I have added 5% promoted to TRY to get more sales, so that is also on the tax and shipping. I liked when priority was closer to ground advantage and we could use more of their free supplies. I sell a lot of toys, and I tried the free shipping on the smalls, (think barbie shoes or a pair of doll shoes) and then I had people offering me 5.00 which basically covered just the shipping. I had more than one person tell me they did not believe a pair of doll shoes is more than a couple dollars to ship, so I took the free shipping off because people didn't realize in the 10.00 free shipping, almost half of that was actually shipping. I wish USPS had a tiny cubic rate for like a 4x4x4 box or poly mailer under 4oz. The shipping on the smalls really hurts.

As a retired corporate executive, my packaging cost is included in my cost of goods like we did for our sales. I use calculated shipping and discount goes to customer.

Healing thoughts to Regan!

I give the calculated shipping discount to buyers but I increase the weight from 1 pound to 2 or add a pound on each order if over one pound. It helps cover some of the fees.

I sell mostly clothes and I use calculated shipping. I have been passing the shipping discount to the buyer for maybe a month now and I have definitely seen more sales.

When nothing is selling and ebay doesn’t show your items to anyone what does it matter if shipping costs are higher.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

100%

I pass on the savings. I started before the change and it's been so easy. I add a small handling fee to help cover cost of shipping supplies and the handling fee is higher for my largest items. I usually make a small percentage on the shipping, but never lose on it.

I use calculated shipping for everything and pass along the discount, but I add anywhere from 35 cents to $1 on the handling costs depending on what kind of packaging I am using in order to claw back at least some of my packing supply costs.

I use discounted calculated shipping plus add $1.50 handling to help cover fees, boxes, packing and time.

@bennystratton7734

3 күн бұрын

if you sell a $15 item your FVF is going to be at least that $1.95 (this does not even include Promoting fees) so the $1.50 handling wont even cover your FVF boxes packing and time! and why passing the discount MAKES no sense unless your buying into the Kool aid that eBay is feeding sellers these days

@joeambly6807

3 күн бұрын

@@bennystratton7734 you don't calculate FVF for the whole item out of the shipping cost. Good lord you are insane

Kevin...try a screen door!

I do calculated and give a 15% discount in the shipping.

New to reselling here, 2-3 months in. I've been focusing on some of the easier things I'm more comfortable with which is video games, collectibles & action figures, general merch of anything new in box or new open box items. Generally I have about 50 items on ebay (only place I sell) any given time. I source 98% of my items from Garage Sales and very few from Estate Sales/Buy Trade Social media groups. The first month I started out really strong making over $500 in a single month. I've taken those profits and put it back into my buying base and these last two months I've seen a really big slow down despite gradually increasing my total listings to well over 120 total items. I source all my items on Thurs & Sat and list my new items on Sunday every week for the past 3 months. I'm not sure what to do to help continue the selling momentum. I'm quickly running out of room to store my resell inventory and I'm not sure what to do. How can I sell items quicker and still manage to keep my reseller side gig profitable?

Hey Kevin, do you have one of those bin stores near you? I go to the one in my city. They put all new stuff out every Friday and I go Tues or Wed and get all the little boxes I want. They just have to make sure they are empty.

I made it to the old timey music/buffalo part......what have I become?

I thought eBay was forcing us to pass the savings on now? I thought they sent an email stating they would now show the reduced shipping cost to entice buyers?

I do calculated shipping & I don't pass on the shipping discount due to me furnishing my supplies & boxes since I moved from priority to ground advantage. I still maintain a 4.9 score on my shipping.

We do calculated and the buyer gets the discount. However, now we add $2 handling to make up the difference.

I use calculated and pass on a percentage of the discounted shipping on to the buyer... enough to cover the fee that ebay charges so that it doesn't come out of my pocket. I used to pass the entire discount over...I have not noticed a big change charging slightly more shipping.

I only do calculated shipping on 2 stores. One is mostly jewelry so under 3oz for most items and 2nd store is "everything else". So far eBay has not even messaged me to opt in or out for either store.

In the old days I used calculated only and kept the discount. Even in the old days that discount was what kept the fees from killing me, and when the USPS raised rates (as usual) it at least kept bad surprises to a minimum. Now it has to be pricing some sellers out of the market; their items sell at an expected price, shipping included, and the bottom line on those items is going too high to make them viable. Lower-priced items aren't worth it unless they're bundled; they never were unless you sold mass quantity but it's worse now.. I only still send Christmas cards because I sometimes find Forever stamps at estate sales for under the current postage rate. Otherwise I'd be posting on Facebook like everyone else. The USPS is pricing themselves out of business. My hunch is they actually know it, or the savvy types do, but don't have a viable alternative.

With the massive average increase of around 10% for Media Mail coming on 7/14, I've already adjusted my shipping prices and also increased my price on the Ground Advantage shipping option.

Kevin I checken district no lives until July 9 , soon I get my stuff together there will be an auction everyday thxs.

For me... just a little behind overall sales compared to last month... but no worries ill make it up.

I use calculated shipping and I pass the discount onto the buyer. I do add on $1.00 handling fee.

I have a spreadsheet in which I added the cost of my supplies (plastic bags) to my cost of goods, so I know exactly what my net profit is and if it doesn't look good, then I up the item price.

I had to contact eBay some many times this week over the cost of postcard shipping. One representative said I should go to USPS to purchase my first class postage…this didn’t make sense? So I asked for another representative who explained I would have to use standard mail. The changes are constant and it’s difficult to keep up.

@silverman5707

5 күн бұрын

Sending a postcard or shipping an old used postcard?

@sharonfarrah6628

5 күн бұрын

Have you tried eBay standard envelope if it is low weight

@terriyoung2389

5 күн бұрын

@@sharonfarrah6628 yes. I had to change every listing with a new policy but the shipping calculator hadn’t been updated so it was still coming up as first class.

I pass my shipping discount to the buyer because I want my price to be competitive. I experimented with free shipping for Funko Pop figures and it was a failure. Buyers didn't seem to understand it. I would receive offers that didn't even cover the shipping. My sales went down. I then changed every Funko Pop figure listing back to a flat $6 for shipping and I increased each BIN price by a dollar. Once I did that, Funko Pop figures starting selling again.

Kevin it never stops for the shipping increase! It sounds like you have it figured out by doing this 10,000 times! Huh!! Have great week! JIMBO ps I am the person bought the sweet tooth damit doll last night on your show!!!

@commonwealthflipper

5 күн бұрын

Awesome. Thank you James

Hey Kevin, who makes your decals?

Perfect music to match with the bison! Under a pound, I do flat rate. Over a pound, I do calculated and give the buyer my discount. I’m tempted to adjust my prices and do all calculated. I’d like to see eBay do away with seller fees on the shipping if the seller is giving the discount.

For a regular oversized lettermail in Canada now costs $2.09 for under 100 grams which is insane.

My shipping price never gets close to the item price because I avoid anything that cheap in general so Im good. Maybe just have to make an extra sale daily to make up for the extra charges.

Outside of the upcoming media mail increase USPS did not increase rates they reduced the discounts they give postage sellers like eBay, pirate ship and others.

I do sell lego pieces for a $1 and they pay $4-5 for shipping and sell many evey week. They don't seem to mind too much for the price of item compared to shipping cost.

USPS is jacking up rates because of their pensions. I forget what the law says but it's insane, and until that's fixed the rates will continue to go up. Regan - my sister's dog broke hers in two places with his retractable leash. Hope yours heals faster!

Hey Kevin - we have and eneman and eneman ornament we won on auction that we would like to send back and help a charity and say thanks for what he's been doing for us...where do you want us to send???

Absolutely, you should lot lower priced toys together.

Should sellers start adding shipping and handling charges to listings? I don't, dose any seller add fee to sale. Should it come back to be the norm?

Kevin, please change your title to Aggressive Grecian Day in the Cabin! 🤣✌

@commonwealthflipper

5 күн бұрын

lol. Fake news.

I do calculated shipping, plus 50 cents extra for domestic and a buck for international. I'm finding it a lot easier than flat rate or free shipping. I don't sell too many items under 40 bucks and I do sell many that are over 100 so I haven't had the issue of people paying the same for shipping as they do for the item, but as a buyer I understand it. If I sold more items under 15 dollars I would definitely consider free shipping on just those items. I tried free shipping for a couple months and took such a beating that I will never do that again. I definitely wouldn't try it again at this point as free shipping requires the seller to have a very good idea of what things will cost to ship beforehand, which is very hard to do during these periods when rates change. I find offering free returns, rather than free shipping, has been the best way to keep my sales consistent.

As an eBay seller, I do calculated. As an eBay buyer, I definitely factor in the shipping cost. If it’s too high, I won’t buy. If it’s free then I expect to see that reflected in the price of the item. As an Etsy seller, I also do calculated but you can add a handling fee to cover the packaging and labels. If there’s a way to do this on eBay can someone please let me know? Thanks 🙏

Flat rate shipping baby - although alot of buyers have the nerve to ask for reimbursement on the difference 😂

I do not pass on the discount. Any adjustment in the shipping would cost me money, like if the box is one inch off. And as you stated, everything in shipping costs us money. My son didn't dislocate or break but there's a third one to his ankle. The bones just wouldn't go back into the foot ball. Pins, metal plate to fix it.

4:38 why doesn't ebay main street instead of fighting legislation how bout they go and fight the USPS and have a sit down with the Postal regulatory commission If no one is bringing up these VALID issues as to why it should not go up there just going to let the USPS have there way but if there is PUSH back maybe they wont this would be a GREAT thing for ebay Main street to get involved in and do get sellers view points to bring up to the Commission if they don't try they will never know if it will work to keep the rates as is or maybe even lower them! Trust me USPS makes more money on Resellers then they do every day Citizens anyone who believes other wise is just kidding themselves

Bad hair day. 😮😊

I do not pass the discount on to the buyer. That covers my cost of packing materials etc. I sell a lot of media and the USPS 10% rise is a problem. It's a horrible category for a small seller honestly. The handling fee has always felt "sneaky" to me. Just my opinion. I wouldn't mind the PO's price hikes if it was "when needed". They are now on a 3X a year schedule of seemingly random increases. I "split" the shipping with the buyer on many items now. Not sure the buyer understands this, but they do if they've paid counter rates recently!

I thought the buyer pays the discount shipping price when using calculated. Unless you are saying you over estimate the weight purposely. My issue is you can’t add a handling charge to cover your shipping products. So…..if you only charge the buyer your discount rate then eBay should NOT charge sellers the fee on shipping. Prices are going to get insane.

When media goes up I’m expecting anywhere from 600-1200 a month increase

This is the huge flaw with reselling. Most people with jobs will get a raise and some around where I live in Illinois are getting four dollars per hour per year. If shipping makes people quit they weren’t successful anyways. I feel eBay and online sights are stagnant. if you go to live auctions which there are many every day here the prices are triple what they used to be.

Rarely use free shipping. You just get killed on returns when you have to pay shipping both ways.

The PO rates go up every few months at this point... I've conceded to free shipping instead of #calculated #shipping. I'm working on figuring out the loss of profit and percentage of shipping that will allow me to offer free shipping still. 🙄 Seriously, between eBay fees constantly on the rise and USPS ? What is their end goal? To stop reselling? I've been on #eBay almost 20yrs. Stuck by them. They need to start sticking by us. My sales are so inconsistent it makes me crazy some weeks 💯 gemeni-dreams

I changed everything to fedex economy. Comparing prices, USPS is fucking ridiculous. Hiking up prices TWICE in july??? I havent seen an issue with sales with fedex economy since every thing I sell has a 100% sell through rate

@commonwealthflipper

5 күн бұрын

The hike is really just once. Stamos first then everything else second