Ebay Basics - Calculating Shipping Costs

Here's the video some of you asked for regarding ebay and shipping. This one just focuses on how to calculate the shipping cost. If anyone wants a separate video on packing and shipping out your items, please let me know.

I am NOT an expert on shipping, so if anyone has any tips for me, I'm all ears!

Here's the link to the post office website where you can calculate shipping and order Priority mail supplies.
http://www.usps.com/

Thanks for watching and sorry again for the quality of the video. Hopefully the camera will get fixed soon!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• ebay
• shipping
• post office
• priority mail
• first class
• media mail
• parcel post
• etsy

[Hummingbirds2009]

How do I know if I'm getting a good deal on shipping cost? I'v bought some small items that don't weigh anything. The person I bought it from says the shipping is $9.50 and i'v asked them if they could wait because I want to bid on more of their items. I asked them if all of my items could be put in the same box to help me on shipping charges. They said that that's not possible because they do their invoicing weekly. I just think they are being difficult. Can you give me any advice?

[ThePaperCastle]

@Hummingbirds2009

Sorry for the late reply. Most sellers will work w/ you on shipping. The ones who don't aren't worth buying from. I always combine shipping. You can always try and guess the weight and use the shipping calc. on the USPS website to estimate the shipping. Ebay does take a chunk of our shipping costs now, but some sellers still inflate the cost. I don't know how they get away w/ it. And if a seller lives close to you, don't be afraid to ask for a discount. TFW, Heather

[j23siempre]

you say it cost $5.83 if you ship online,how do you ship online? do you ever ship online if?one day I would like to sell on Etsy but I dont know if its the same shipping situation as Ebay.what is the maximum weight you can ship for $5.95? how do you figure out what shipping would cost with another item?

example: on Etsy

Ships from United States

SHIP TO COST WITH ANOTHER ITEM

US $4.50 USD $1.50 USD

hope you can help, nice video ")

[ThePaperCastle]

@j23siempre

Sorry for the late reply. It all depends on what you're shipping. I sell all kinds of different things, so I have to figure out costs for everything. Hopefully if you sell on Etsy, you're not selling such a wide variety. A lot of shipping is estimating, but using the shipping calculator on the post office website helps me a lot. Sometimes I lose a little and sometimes I make a bit of a profit. It usually balances out in the end. TFW, Heather

[ItsTonyAldo]

super informative, problem I find selling is say I want to ship a dvd in a flat rate evelop which = 4.95 to ship ..well ebay sets the max shipping limit to 3$ it's shit like that eBay.

[ThePaperCastle]

@ItsTonyAldo

I hate the shipping crap on ebay too! It's unfair....especially now that they take a cut of our shipping for themselves! TFW, Heather

[rainerfilm]

vintage printer

[OCVINTAGECOUTURE]

@Icyrails12 I think she said "ETSY"

[pannoni1]

Biggest ripoff: Shipping a single Pokemon trading card for $25! The seller had the list price as $0.99, but did so just to "make money off of shipping costs". That is plain WRONG!