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Stupid question about eBay and shipping.

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Locut0s

Locut0s

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Ok so it's been year and I mean YEARS since I bought or sold anything on eBay but I'm thinking of getting into it a little more seriously. Though it seems more and more than most of the stuff on there is just "buy it now" and not auction anymore. Anyway my question is how to people usually work out beforehand what the cost of shipping is going to be. For example many sellers let you chose from a drop down list of your state/province/country and they immediately show you the cost of shipping. The last time I sold something on ebay I actually had to email the winner after the fact to find out where they lived then had to go to the post office to find the coast of shipping then come back and email the answer to the customer. I'm guessing that there are services offered by fedex and the like that help sellers add these calculators to their ebay listings? Just enter the weight and size etc...? Or does eBay itself offer this service? Also does any of this apply to Canada?
 
Dunno about Canuckistania, but in the States those calculators are built in - i'd imagine the same for over there though.
 
I just put a flat price. Estimate the cost of shipping to the other side of the country, add a couple dollars, and there is shipping cost. Buyers take into account the cost of shipping when determining the cost of the item anyways. You can overestimate and do $10 shipping and $20 item or calculate exactly $5 shipping and $25 item, in the end the buyer is only willing to pay $30 for your item.
 
Do like many of the sellers...overcharge like crazy for shipping. If it costs you $30 to ship the item, charge them $49.99.

It's like "free money" that you don't pay ebay fees on...😛
 
CRXican said:
People love free shit so I always put free shipping.
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Only works for buy it now stuff though I would assume. That way you can put the real cost of chipping into the cost of the item and pretend to give them free shipping. If it's a real auction and the winning bid is low then you might actually loose money if you give them free shipping.
 
Locut0s said:
Think people would still bid?
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Have you ever been to ebay?

Fucking sellers overcharge for shipping all the time.



Locut0s said:
Only works for buy it now stuff though I would assume. That way you can put the real cost of chipping into the cost of the item and pretend to give them free shipping. If it's a real auction and the winning bid is low then you might actually loose money if you give them free shipping.
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If you're gonna chip the item, does that mean they get a discount because it's broken? Or are you chipping the item as in installing a better/higher performance chip?

😛
 
There is a reason for overcharging for shipping - you have to if you want to make the money back that ebay/paypal charge in FEES and include the cost of packing materials and YOUR TIME to post the auction, pack up the box, drive to/from the shipping carrier.

As for shipping -

You can either include shipping/material costs in the auction price and call it "Free Shipping" or use the drop down menu to let the system determine actual shipping costs to wherever it needs to ship [there is a worldwide drop down menu as well].

If you use the drop down menu, add a few ounces/pounds to the total weight so your time/material costs are automatically included. Or use the "handling charge" option to add whatever you want to charge for shipping materials and your time.
 
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