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Use the global shipping program and just ship the same way you would domestically. Ebay tells you how: http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/shipping-globally.html
Most of the time for things between 1-6 lbs, Priority mail is cheaper than “economy shipping”/parcel select. so if it’s over 1 lb, first try padded flat rate or legal flat rate envelope.
Priority boxes are FREE on the usps website, so you don’t need to worry about sourcing those.
Ashana, I really think you had the right idea about changing up the shipping, hence your posting in this forum, like you said! đ
First, for < 1 lb items, use first class.
For items 1-2 lbs: Select the first generic “priority shipping” option.To get the best shipping prices when you actually go to ship, you need to go to usps.com if you havent already and stock up on the other types of free priority boxes & envelopes. Here are the ones I couldnt live without for items over 1 pound..
Padded flat rate envelopes
Legal flat rate envelopes (cheaper than padded flat & good for things like jeans)
Regional rate A – both sizes
Regional Rate B- both sizes
Priority mail tyvek envelope – lightweight and doesn’t cost much more than the flat rate envelopes, and are a lot bigger than padded flat and legal flat.I should also say that I have ordered every other size of free priority boxes I could find on the usps website, because the one I need is always the one I don’t have.
Since they upped the weight limits, I’ve been able to ship everything under a lb First class, even biggish stuffed animals, as long as they are less than a pound.
Could be a lot of things, but here are a couple of possible problems:
How many listings do you have? I didnât start seeing sales ALMOST every day until I was at 200+ listings.
If you are selling a lot of items that are less than 1 lb, set those to calculated shipping as âFirst Classâ and add the weight, which should make a big difference in shipping costs for potential customers.
Very true! I’m afraid to buy it online because you never really know what you’re gonna get, unless you’re familiar with brands (which I’m not). I’ve gotten mine in the past from a local crafts/hobby store. Good luck! It’ll certainly be a challenge!
I’d go to a mail packing store on this one and pay them to pack it properly. It probably won’t cost more than it would cost to buy the supplies to pack it!
If you don’t wanna do that, I’d try an inner layer of thick foam rubber and outer layer of Styrofoam.
And however you package it, DON’T send it via fedex smartpost!!! They break things.
Go to imgur.Com, link or upload it and it’ll give you a link. Copy or and paste it in your message here and it’ll put the picture with your post.
You seem to have a really good understanding of all this. Thanks so much for the info!
A cautionary tale..
A buy things on eBay often, because I’m kinda cheap:) . I bought a crib mobile on eBay for my baby bed a few years ago. When I opened the box, there was black flaky stuff inside the box and all over the mobile. Gross, but I can handle it- I’ll just clean it off.. Until more gross flaky stuff kept coming out of it.. So I got the screwdriver and opened it up. Evidently at some point it had been infested with roaches and the inside was covered in.. ugh- I dunno, like roach.. dander? There were two dead roaches still inside. My guess is the seller had wiped it down, and didn’t realize the nastiness inside, since it probably came from a dumpster. So beware!
