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If I’m sure the situation is as stated (photo, etc.) I ship a replacement and include a return label with the replacement shipment so they can easily send it back.
I don’t ship with eBay shipping, reading all the comments validates that decision.
I use ShippingEasy, primarily so I can do shipping from all marketplaces in one place while easily picking the best shipping service, but also because of how I can streamline my shipping process.
The efficiencies are well worth the monthly fee, and the dimensional Priority Mail rate saves me more than the monthly fee. There are other advantages, but I tend to just expect that from a provider whose primary business is shipping labels.
I already enjoy many of the wish list points mentioned in this thread. I realize this isn’t for everybody, but it’s something to keep in mind to ease the pain points.
Was anything discussed about the new sales tax collection. Seems to have some people riled up.
Bingo! You’re right, and that article provides a lot of good background on the company.
So, these plates were likely for advertising posters placed in the various feed stores across the country that sold Ballard’s chicken feed. “Insurance” was a brand, and quite a red herring.
I’m wondering how folks are actually doing their end and relist process. If using the Relist function from Ended Items, that is probably not going to give much of a boost since I believe it still carries the same impressions, clicks, and sold information. Or, Sell Similar, which is what I have done, actually creates a completely new listing unassociated with the performance data on the old listing.
Sonia, I found it depended on the labels as far as the toner rubbing off. I don’t recall now what I ended up using, it’s been too long. I still have some left but no seller information.
Mike, thanks for the walk down memory lane. My first job out of high school was making steel rule dies (working for Hallmark Cards), and I continued on through a series of related jobs over 20 years or so to become the sales and marketing manager for a company that used steel rule dies to cut out silkscreened faceplates for electronic equipment. That was in the mid-80s. As you said, die-cutting is much the same process without the inking, we used Thompson and Kluge machines. We also did some embossing using the same machines.
My guess is women’s size 5 is about right based on the dimensions you gave. Maybe you can get a western wear store to give you some free advice?
They are beautiful, hope you make a horse trough full of money on them.
“I’ve never seen a seller transparently share their net numbers of the money they make on multiple platforms without eBay”
Now you have.
I use ecomdash to manage inventory between eBay (2 stores), Amazon, and Shopify. I like that they update every 10 minutes, compared to once every hour or even every 24 hours since I have many low quantity or single quantity items.
I used to do this manually, it got to be too much of a hassle and time drain and I still ended up with out-of-sync situations and oversells. Sometimes a person has to buy more time and peace of mind.
That printer looks like it would do the job for printing shipping labels. Nice that it has 2 trays if you are planning on printing both labels and packing slips with it. No wireless, so you will have to keep it within cord reach of the computer you are using. Very basic, but then you aren’t expecting to print photos, etc. Pretty much equivalent to my old HP LaserJet.
Back when I was printing labels with a laser printer, I found some 4-up label sheets and configured my printing app to print to those, cutting my label expense 50%. I have no idea if you can do that with eBay shipping.
I have a color Brother at my home office, but for printing packing slips at my warehouse shipping station, I use a black-only HP LaserJet that I’ve had for over 10 years. A very basic printer, no wireless, I think I paid around $100 for it back then. Third-party toner cartridges are very cheap and I’ve never had a problem with them. I used to print labels with it too and I really liked the front-facing tray for optional feed without removing the normal tray. For new sellers wanting a dedicated printer for printing labels and packing slips economically, I think this is still a good option and used ones should be very inexpensive. I will buy another one for printing packing slips when this one finally quits.
Thanks, I have that Billy Joel song running around in my head after reading the title, lol.
I worked in I.T. up until about 5 years ago. I used to do a little computer repair on the side but it got to be too much hassle for too little money. I do have a small stockpile of used computers stacked in my garage that I keep thinking about parting out, as well as a closet full of parts. I think they breed and multiply in the dark, its starting to get out of control.
