Where do you get shipping supplies?

[TNTrulez]

I'm thinking of selling some books online but I don't know where I'm going to get the shipping supplies. Does USPS give out Media Mail envelopes for free?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Staples works for me 🙂

 

[ROTC1983]

Go to the main USPS website at USPS and you can go to their store. Register and sign in and you can get the boxes and stuff for free 🙂

 

[ElFenix]

priority mail boxes and stuff are included in the postage price.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
priority mail boxes and stuff are included in the postage price.

Ooops, forgot about that 😱

 

[brtspears2]

I suggest going to Staples or something similar for supplies, since mail packaging stores charge you an arm and a leg.

USPS Prority is free packaging.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
I suggest going to Staples or something similar for supplies, since mail packaging stores charge you an arm and a leg.

USPS Prority is free packaging.

Yeah, Stay FAR away from Mail Boxes Etc!

 

[sciencetoy]

I sell books on ebay. They don't usually sell for much - media mail is the way to go, but sometimes first class is a dime or 2 cheaper. If you buy expensive wrap, that eats up the profit.

Supplies: Ask around and find a source of used bubble wrap. I bring it home from the office, but if you keep asking you'll find somebody who has bunches of it. Stores? Friends? Whatever. Then I use a 9x12 or 10x13 manila envelope (which I also bring home from the office so they don't cost anything). If I don't have any envelopes I use brown paper grocery bags.

 

[Imdmn04]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983
Go to the main USPS website at USPS and you can go to their store. Register and sign in and you can get the boxes and stuff for free 🙂

make sure you send only express or priority, otherwise its illegal to use their stuff.

just buy boxes at office stores like staples or officemax.

 

[ChefJoe]

Grrr, I went to the post office expecting to find boxes like this out front and they only had those ones that they charge you for. $2.75 for a box that should be free priority mail type, I was in a jam. Now, I'll have 25 boxes waiting to go. Thanks!