etsy 101: how shipping on Etsy works
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Since I posted my previous video about things I wish I knew about Etsy, I got a lot of requests to posts a video about shipping on Etsy/shipping costs.
Here's a quick video to break down everything I know about Etsy shipping as well as things I do for my own shop! Enjoy :)
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Thank you for this very detailed video. I opened my store a few days ago and got my first sale so I’ve been so stressed with shipping cus the site makes it confusing lol.
I thought I HAD to use the label Etsy gave me and I was freaking out since it costed way more than what I had put as shipping price for the item.
I will be writing down the addresses instead and sending them thru my local post office as their shipping actually matches what I put on my store 😅
Congrats on your first sale! 🎉🎊😊
Yeah it is a bit confusing 😅 I'm glad you could get some clarity on it from my video ☺️I hope it works out for you! thanks for such a sweet comment!
So helpful to hear your shipping experiences, and how Etsy’s recommended prices compared to your own choices.
for sure! it comes all from trial and error.
Thanks for making this. You answered one of my big questions in the first 3 minutes which other videos hadn't even covered. I appreciate the video!
No problem! I'm glad it helped answered your questions 😊
thank you for making this and replying to other people's comments! I'm currently researching to open my own small sticker business, so ill be referring to this video for tips :)
Aw thank you for leaving a comment and checking out my video 😊 wishing you the best of luck when you start your shop!
Thank you so much for this detailed video 🙏 Been searching for a shipping video like this for the longest time >.< I’m planning to reopen my Etsy shop soon and I’ve been wondering how the whole shipping works with the printed labels. Been writing everything by hand 😅 But I also didn’t want people to pay a ridiculous amount in shipping if I used the Etsy shipping. Thank you again 💗💗
Thank you so much for your kind comment! I'm glad it helped :) Best of luck with your shop reopening~~
Hello everyone! Just wanted to let you know that I have a new video that talks about all my packaging materials as well as the costs of everything. If you want to check it out, you can do so here: th-cam.com/video/R4JbZZIXvAs/w-d-xo.html Thanks for all the support~
I can't think of a name for my etsy shop I'm going to be selling custom chocolate bars, lip gloss, bracelets and canvas art of anyone has any ideas please comment
I wish I could help with names but I'm literally the worst haha I'd suggest writing down words that relate to all of the things you're selling and try narrowing it down from there! :)
@@DoodlesnTea I'm came up with a great name today
oh do you mind sharing? :) if not that's fine too! i'm glad you picked one ^^
@@DoodlesnTea I was going to do forever Unique but its taken
Something with Drizzle in the title? Sounds delicious to me 😋
I know you’re probably tired of making these shipping videos. But I’m a visual learner and it was kinda difficult keeping up without seeing what this looks like on the Etsy website.
If you don’t mind making another one with you physically going through the whole process.
I feel like I’m asking a lot. I’m sorry 😂😅
Haha no worries! I'm also a visual learner 😅 I'll keep that in mind for the future! 😁
when people pay for shipping, does the money go to you to pay for the shipping labels?
Yes! You get all the money you set for your listing price and shipping price (of course Etsy takes a small cut for their own transaction fees as well though).
DoodlesnTea okay thank you so much!!
Nice question. Thanks
how do you buy a stamp online? for your Etsy? You should make a video
I get all my stamps from my local post office when I mail out orders. I don't have some at home. It would depend on your post office (i'm not sure about post offices outside of Canada) but here, you can buy 50-100 stamps in a roll. You can order them online through the post office's website or in person at the post office!
Great video! I am still a little confused on how I can avoid charging customers shipping labels multiple times. They get turned away when they see such high shipping pricing, is there a setting that I can change to allow customers to just pay ONCE for shipping? I currently have calculated shipping on all my listings with item weight and dimensions of parcel box in each listing, yet I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Great question! Yes there is a way, you'd have to set up a shipping profile. You can set it so the initial cost is however much your shipping label will cost. Then for additional costs, you can choose to add or not to add extra money that they have to pay as they purchase more than one item.
I go through how to get that set up in the second half of this video: th-cam.com/video/UHeFPt-JOwk/w-d-xo.html
Hope it helps :)
thank youuuu this is exactly what i needed!
Thank YOU for watching :))
Can you choose to have Etsy recommended shipping for some items (bigger ones like you suggested), and your own shipping profile for smaller items? Can you make a video on how you set prices? and all the cut that Etsy takes? Thank you!
I don't think you can set multiple shipping profiles for the same listing but you can definitely vary them between multiple listings! Etsy will ask you which setting you want when you create the listing!
I can definitely make a note of doing videos about that in the future ^^
Super helpful! Opening my shop TODAY and shipping costs were my biggest concern. 😅 So glad I watched your video!
Aw thank you! Best of luck in opening your shop and a big congrats for taking this huge step! :D *throws confetti*
I stared selling on Etsy 3 days ago a sell temporary tattoos and use the same shipping method you use I send the tattoos on envelopes and I buy stamps because it’s easy and cheap but I’ve been noticing that Etsy does not pay me the shipping so what happens with that money?? I’m buying the stamps my self plus the buyer is just giving money to Etsy for a shipping that I’m paying. I don’t understand
Hm.. does it not show in the breakdown of the order the shipping price the buyer was charged? There is a possibility that the amount you charged for shipping was around the amount Etsy takes as it's transaction fees/listing fees. This is not to say Etsy didn't pay you for the shipping price but due to their fees, they took back the same amount which is like -.-
Does that make sense? haha I tried to explain it basically cancelling out. But then again I'm not 100% sure if this is the case : /
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If you need to write a return address, do you have to have a PO Box so that people don’t know your home address?
@@sophiaovadia9704 yes I do! I talk about it in my "more about Etsy Shipping video" 😊
DoodlesnTea thank you I just watched it.. I left another question on there though I’m sorry I’m new to this !
This has been so helpful! Thank you so much! I’m selling sticker sheets and die cut stickers, and was wondering when you sell your sticker sheets do you take any precautions when packaging them so they don’t get bent? That’s really my only worry! Thanks again for this video!
I tape them down to a chipboard after I put them in a cellophane bag. Before I didn't use the chipboard and still didn't have a problem with it.
This video was so helpful! Thank you! I do have a question though. When doing international shipping do you put different prices for different countries that are farther away like Australia? I'm afraid that if I put one general price that it will be too much for some places and too little for others. Thanks again for such a helpful video!
I'd put an average amount to cover all places in one go. If there's one country that is SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive/cheaper, then maybe make it separate. Sometimes it just takes some trials from orders to get a feel of the average cost.
For me shipping letters from Canada, all international orders are the same price.
I love your video the most out of all the hours i have spent researching but one question if i send out my own polly mailers could i write out the address on it (no shipping label) & sell it like you do at the post office
aww thank you so much ^^ With polly mailers, I'm not too sure to be honest (this based off using Canada Post). You SHOULD be able to just write the address on it and mail it out with stamps, but i'm not 100% sure on that and have never tried. Sorry > < This was a reason why I switched to kraft bubble mailers because I knew those ones would be fine with stamps/not using shipping labels AS LONG AS the order is within Canada.
Hope this makes sense! Please let me know if you need more details! :)
Hello! I’m completely new to Etsy and the mail postage service in general sadly..does it matter which shipping services you offer when editing your listing- if you just ship envelope encases products?
For me, I have gotten enough feedback to know it takes around 2-10 days for within Canada shipments and 7-14 days for USA shipments so I pick whichever shipping services matches those days the closest!
I would suggest picking a service that shows more days than it would take than less. Once people start receiving your orders, you can kind of gauge how long it actually takes for your orders to arrive and adjust the shipping service days by that! I hope that makes sense haha
@@DoodlesnTea Thank you so much for replying! I'm starting to understand the process a bit better, I'm trying to find info on this matter because the more i research, the more i become confused and paranoid. Is it okay to ship out sold merch through USPS first class mail (55 cents per ounce) I live in the U.S. but i keep getting different results :c
@@jayxnnag7345 it should be. I'm not 100% sure because I'm not in US 😅 sorry.. From my knowledge, the difference for the shipping services should just be whether they offer tracking and delivery time.
I tried to sell a necklace for $11 and they tried to charge me like $8 for shipping. Where did I go wrong? I would have been losing money. How do sticker people sell for so cheap and make a profit?
Yeahh that sounds about right for Etsy unfortunately :(( To be honest, we don't really make much of a profit from each sticker as sad as that sounds. Since this vid was from quite a while ago, there are a lot more changes Etsy has made and a lot more fees now too >
What I am confused on is this. If I dont do free shipping etsy makes a label for me. However, if I offer free shipping what do I have to do? Pay for shipping at the post office or can you still create a shipping label if you offer free shipping to your customers? Please help im confused
You can still create a shipping label regardless of if you have free shipping or not. Some people increase the price of their items so that they can offer free shipping to customers (so customers are paying for the cost of shipping without it saying separately shipping cost is ____).
JUST GOT MY FIRST ETSY SALE, WOOHOO!! now trying to figure out how to print the label😂
WOOPWOOP CONGRATS 😁🎉
Thank you for this! This was so helpful. I’m planning on opening my shop on Etsy, but I don’t have a PO box, what should I write for the return address? I don’t want to write my personal address on there. Should I just leave it blank? Thanks!
for the loooongest time, i just left it blank haha I never had an issue with lost mail (of course that was before covid. even after I've only had one incident of it being lost). ALTHOUGH do be aware if you are buying shipping labels from Etsy, it will put whatever address you wrote on your account.
For me, I just got a PO Box because I started email marketing. Apparently according to legal terms you HAVE to put an address at the bottom.
what is we are shipping out big boxes and letters???
Oh I mean parcels for big boxes haha Letters would just be your regular envelopes you use to mail letters to people
@@DoodlesnTea thank you! My mom has a liking into making decoration like wreaths and honestly they're super pretty and i think people would buy it ik i would so im just researching to help her start one once we move lol. ty again :D
@@emmajadehuot4495 aw that's so sweet :) I hope she can sell her decorations one day ^^
Thank you. So people go for free shipping.?..
I think people are just attracted more to the word FREE 😂😅
I hope you see this comment. So if I want to write out all my addresses & ship it myself, do I receive the shipping cost payment? Let’s say someone buys something for $5 and pays $2 shipping, do I receive that full $7 to pay for the shipping when I go to the post office? Sorry if this doesn’t make sense 😬
Hello! :) Yes in your example's case, you would receive the full $7 to pay for shipping! Etsy doesn't actually take the money you set for shipping (except for a few cents for their shipping fees which I honestly don't get.. but in the grand scheme of things it's not a lot). So whether you set the shipping price as $1 or $10, you will get all the money essentially. You can then take that money to pay for stamps, shipping labels, whatever you use for postage to mail out your order :) Hope that makes sense!
@@DoodlesnTea yes thank you so much!! I appreciate you!
so if etsy takes their 5% and 3% fees from the total transaction including the shipping cost, would it make sense for people selling cheap items to just not sell internationally or priority because the shipping costs would dip severely into their profit margins? I'm planning to set up a shop using the calculated shipping (at least to start out) but as someone selling things under 20$, I'm not sure what to do.
To be honest, I'm not sure if Etsy will let you know sell internationally (haven't dug deep enough to figure that out). I believe even with calculated shipping, you can pick which carrier to use (standard or priority) so in that case, you could use standard for a cheaper option.
From my personal experience when I used calculated shipping, despite the higher price, people would still be willing to pay simply to support a small handmade business. Don't be too discouraged 😊
How do you set your own shipping? I don’t mind writing the addresses myself. But I just keep seeing calculated shipping on Etsy.
I actually have another video on my channel that goes all about how I personally calculate my shipping costs/setting that up on Etsy! You can check it out here: th-cam.com/video/UHeFPt-JOwk/w-d-xo.html
If you have anymore questions, feel free to leave a comment in that vid :) Hope it helps!
Hey:) I hope you are doing great .I really struggle with the shipping thing .when the client buy something from the store it is going to cost them something but when I send the package (with the post office )is it going to cost me something too ?
Hi Audrey! If they buy a shipping label from you through Etsy, no you do not have to pay again at the post office. Either that or you can buy stamps to pay for postage. Essentially what's happening is when the buyer pays for shipping, they're giving you money to pay for shipping their items out at the post office. Hope that makes sense :)
Quick question, I just opened up my Etsy shop, and I want to deliver my orders by writing down the address and using stamps. When I post a listing, will I just have to click on “calculate my own shipping” and not have to worry about the shipping costs? Because shipping really increase the prices by $3+ so I would just have to “customize” my own shipping?
Thank you so much for your video!! Very helpful 🙏🏼❤️
I would recommend customizing your own shipping. I talk about how I do mine and set it up in this video: th-cam.com/video/UHeFPt-JOwk/w-d-xo.html
Hope it helps :)
hi i have a question. do i need to put a return address on my package? i dont have a po box and i dont want to put my actual address because of privacy reasons.
You don't need to. It's only needed in case the address you're mailing to isn't valid/found so they can send it back to you. I went the first few months without a return address and it was fine 😁
@@DoodlesnTea Okay thank you!
I’m planning on selling mainly beaded bracelets. I don’t really know which packaging to use, what do you recommend?
I think a regular envelope would be fine (maybe use a cellophane page to hold the bracelets inside too in case wherever it gets shipped to is raining 😅) or a bubble mailer!
Most shops I follow who sell "not flat items" use bubble mailers but you'll have to look into shipping price. Because bubble mailers are thicker, shipping price will increase
so what happens if I’m selling tumblers and stickers but if people buy like 3 or 4 wouldn’t it be expensive if it was by weight? I still want to do my stickers by weight though.
Also Will they pay for shipping if we are calculating it?
@@lochna1221 yes unfortunately it will get more expensive. Shipping prices are always affected by weight. Maybe think about the chances someone would buy a tumbler and sticker together. If the chances it'll be in separate purchases, I'd just create two shipping profiles. Then people who only buy stickers will pay less for shipping!
Also yes buyers will be paying for shipping even if you set up the price. They will be paying what you set! Hope this helps!
DoodlesnTea ok thank you so much!! When you meant by shipping profiles did you mean a different shipping setting for each item?
@@lochna1221 yes two shipping settings 😊
DoodlesnTea thank you so much!!!
Is there anyway to set shipping prices on Etsy based on location, such as base price to ship to Arizona ...etc.
Unfortunately I don't think so...
What settings should i do for etsy if i, mailing out with just a stamp? I havent started my shop yet but im not sure what kind of shipping i should use since i usually mail out with a stamp from my mailbox
I have mine set to regular parcel for within canada and expedited parcel for USA. I mainly picked those based off the estimated delivery dates!
Hi, What if i do not have the products at my place, And do not want to post the products every day myself, Can i have it in a 3PL, and they do the shipping for me? Thanks a lot
You could but that's just A LOT more work for you 😅 there are sites like redbubble or society6 that will drop ship everything for you. All you have to do is upload your design and pick what you want to sell! They will handle production and shipping for you.
I have friends who have tried using both and say it's not bad but I personally have never used them.
Very helpful! Thank you so much ☺️ fellow Etsy shop owner here 💙💙
yayy i'm glad it helped :)
Hi, I was wondering when someone purchases something off of your etsy listing and you have a fixed price for shipping does the fixed costs get put into your bank account or does like etsy force you to buy one of their dumb labels. Also great video! :)
Nope you don't have to buy their labels 😂 you get all the money you set for shipping, whether fixed or recommended. The money you get from it is intended to help you pay for your postage fees whether it's by stamps or labels. Do keep in mind there is a slight shipping fee regardless because Etsy is just a pain that way 😫 haha hope that helps!
Such a helpful video! I have a couple questions, i'm planning to start an etsy shop for my stickers and was thinking of sending them in envelopes that are 7.25in x 5.25in. From what I've found online, etsy apparently does letter labels that include tracking? though my concerns with that is the size of them(i dont know what they look like/if it'll look good on a small envelope) and my main concern with shipping as a letter is that buyers wont be able to track their order, have you had any problems with that? Lastly, would you recommend taking them to the post office to be stamped or buying my own stamps? (i live in the US, but don't know much about how the postage service works...)
Hmm I've never heard of Etsy doing letter labels before. From my experience in the past on printing shipping labels, you can print a smaller size and a bigger size. The smaller size is around 1/3 of a sheet of standard printer paper. Larger size could be scaled up to the entire paper. Etsy should ask you what size you want to print after you buy the labels.
I haven't had any issues with mail getting lost. Out of roughly 100 orders it's only happened once (during COVID). International orders have all arrived safely too. I think it's just important to let your buyers know a rough estimate on how long it takes to arrive (keep in mind for international orders it could be held in custom. One of mine got held up for almost 2 months...)
Personally for me, I just buy the stamps at the post office because I have to go there anyways to mail them out haha I've only recently started buying stamps at home because I now know how many stamps I'd need for how many sticker sheets people buy on average. I'm not sure about USA though, but here in Canada, I do know buying stamps beforehand in booklets is cheaper than buying them at the post office when you mail them.
Hope this answers your questions :)
@@DoodlesnTea Thanks so much! :)
Please, Please help. I want to use postage stamps. But like you said, there is no tracking number. Part 1: How would I know if the person got the package?
Part 2: will the sale on etsy say shipped or made it when they do?
Part 3: what happens to my estimated delivery date if there is no tracking number saying they got it?
Great questions!
1) Usually I write a note in the order for the buyer to tag us on socials when they get it. That way I know they got it. Usually I just assume if no one has complained about not getting it that it arrived safely haha
2) I'm guessing you mean getting a notification from Etsy that they got their order? If that's the case, Etsy won't do that for you unfortunately.
3) The estimated delivery date just gives the buyer an idea of when they can expect their order to arrive (especially good since you have no tracking).
Hope that kind of helps :)
@@DoodlesnTea Thank you so much.💙💙💙 Keep the good content coming.
Based ON, not "off"!
Hello, are you located in US? Do you have any issues with international shipping or items getting lost? Another question...do you use Epson WF 7710? Could you take a look in your local area (or anywhere really) to help me find an Epson 7710? There are two or three on Ebay/Amazon but they would cost about a thousand dollars. I just can't find any retailer that has them. Thank you! New subscriber!!!!! Please reply about the Epson printer...I would greatly appreciate your help.
Hello! Thanks for subbing 😊 I'm based in Canada actually. I've never had any orders lost internationally. I've had one or two orders held up at customs for like 2 months though 😅 but it always ended up getting to the customer eventually.
As for printer, I use the epson xp-960. I got mine refurbished off epson's official website! Maybe try looking there. I find a lot of printers that are being discontinued were refurbished (if you don't mind it not being new). If I ever run into one online I'll comment here for you! Hope you find one 😊
@@DoodlesnTea Ah, thank you for replying to me. I will check out that printer for sure. I am in PEI.
@@sodak6397 No problem ^^ I hope you find a printer that matches your needs soon~
Thank you so much but when I do this for shipping internationally it’s super expensive I also sell stickers and international shipping were like 43$ I’m not sure why
Are you mailing them in a box? I mail all of mine using envelopes and it's MUCH cheaper. I go more into detail about how I calculate my shipping rates for much cheaper in this video: th-cam.com/video/UHeFPt-JOwk/w-d-xo.html
Hope it helps 😁😁
@@DoodlesnTea ahh thank you it does help thank you!
@@withlove.lia_ no problem ^^
Thanks so much it’s so helpful
thanks for checking my video out ^^
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Where are you based?
I am based in Canada 😊🇨🇦
This was a little confusing :( I’m really stressed because it’s a lot more harder than I thought. I’m going to be selling cards so I have to figure out what to do. Usually when I send packages I just write the adress on the package take it to the post office and they make a label and ship it. How can I do that with Etsy ? Or what should I do for it to be the simplest.
When you say make a label do they not use stamps? If that is the case, I would start writing down how much the post office is charging you for each label. Then make a shipping profile and charge that same amount (or around the same amount) so you're not losing any money from paying the post office for the label.
Thanks for a thorough video. I've a question. What if I purchase clothing items on Etsy from Malaysia to the US will this incurred a duty fee on me? the carrier is DHL
Hmm i'm not too sure about that. I would ask the shop that you are buying the clothes from. Sorry about that >
@@DoodlesnTea Yeah, the seller is not sure. He keeps telling me it's no charge, but I just want to make sure before I hit that, "place your order button." thx anyway.
@@sbf254 Aw I wish I knew. I've ordered things from overseas and was never charged duties. I think it's mainly based off the weight of the items.
@@DoodlesnTea ahh. Ok. I think I’ll call DHL early rising. Thx. Again DT
So do I HAVE to print a shipping label even though I won't use it for the envelope? How does that really work because then how would the person know that it will be send out to them and also if we will get our money if we don't print a shipping label?
you don't have to buy a shipping label. when you get an order, you get the option of whether or not you want to purchase one.
when you send out your order, you will have to click a "mark as complete" button. that will send a notification to your buyer that it has been sent.
you still get all the money you set as your shipping price regardless of whether or not you buy a shipping label.
hope that helps!
@@DoodlesnTea Thanks this helped a lot! I did a practice run making a fake account and purchasing something from my own shop lol. Now I am ready to go for when I get orders!
@@VanessaMarie15 haha that's always the safe way! When I started out I always got my friends to check for me XD
About to open my Etsy store soon and I’m lost on how I could make a tracked and untracked option. I think I figured it out for domestic orders by adding a shipping profile, adding an extra few dollars, (US based) but don’t know how I can do that for intl orders. Any help is appreciated! Thank you so much 😊
I'll answer your question on Discord 😊
Hi, I was just wondering what your experience with getting paid on Etsy is like. Because I know it’s American based and I was wondering how long it took for you to get paid for your first two orders. (I live in Australia for context). I changed to get paid on the 11th of August two days after I got my first two sales and I still haven’t received payment. Considering this, I don’t want to ship my products to America before getting paid otherwise I’ll be -$ so I was wondering if you’ve experienced anything like this?
Hey! So I'm assuming you mean getting paid as in the money reaches your bank account (or whatever method you have set). In that case, usually it takes a couple days after the day you set your payment date for it to show up in your bank account. You can check how much you will receive in the finance --> payment tab.
If you're talking about getting paid from the order itself (like it's still processing), I heard from a friend that Etsy had some issues a while back about it taking a looong time to process payments. For that, I'm not sure how to work around it besides just waiting..
Thanks for sharing your shipping experience and knowledge! Very helpful and easy to understand! You covered all the information I was hoping to learn! Great video!
I'm so glad it helped you ^^ Thanks for the sweet comment~
Does the Etsy recommended price account for packaging materials tho?
nope that's something you'll have to calculate on your own
I’m selling bracelets and the packaging would be polymailer envelopes. Should I use the recommended way or take it to the post office?
I am not TOO sure regarding polymailer envelopes since I have no used them myself. From other shops that i've seen that use them, they print shipping labels for their orders! Doesn't hurt to ask the people working at the post office though!
I'm sorry! I wish I had a better answer :(
I sell stickers and I want to keep the cost and shipping low, but the etsy labels are around 2.79. How do I keep the shipping label cost low if my stickers are $5 each?
I would personally raise the price of your stickers. Maybe make it $6.79 and say shipping is $1. In a way, they're paying the exact same amount but from a buyer's point of view, it looks more appealing.
Honestly though, $2.79 is not bad for a shipping price. I've seen shipping prices be $10+ for a $5 sticker sheet so you're already at a good start!
DoodlesnTea how about from philipines how many pesos you will pay Etsy to ship you’re packages international
@@jerriecoline7571 do you mean what my shipping price is for my own shop for international orders? I'm not sure about the conversion but it's around $3.00CAD.
DoodlesnTea oh ok so I can sell my lipgloss for $5-$6.
And it’s the costumer who will pay Etsy for you’re shipping cost
@@jerriecoline7571 yes it's the buyer that pays the shipping cost that you set up!
You said you hand wrote your shipping labels? How do you do that? You just write it down on a piece of paper and stick it to the package?? Love you’re video btw really insightful
Aw thank you 😊 basically I just write their shipping address on the envelope directly. You could also write it on a piece of paper and stick it on the package too if you have bigger packages!
DoodlesnTea thank you so much I just opened my Etsy shop and I’m a bit confused. What about the barcodes and all that
@@nicole1198 I believe the barcodes are used by the post office for tracking. Unfortunately if you had write shipping addresses, you won't get tracking (although for larger packages you can buy tracking add on)
Hello! thank you for the super detailed video! I was wondering about international shipping. So I would personally go to the post office to send those, but where does the tracking number go? does it go to me or to the customer? Or can i set it up there at the post office? I would love to hear your thoughts! thank you so much
No worries I'm glad it helped ^^ So the tracking number goes to the customer. When you click "Mark as Complete" on Etsy, it will show a pop up for you to input your carrier and tracking number. This will send all that info to the customer automatically. If you buy shipping labels on Etsy, everything will be set up automatically already too. If you're mailing it out at the post office, they will provide you the tracking number if you choose to add it. Hope that makes sense :)
Such a helpful video! Thank you so much!! I wanted to ask... if you hand write the addresses, does that mean there is no tracking when mailing?
I'm not sure about your package size or post office offers but I believe if you pay more you can get tracking! Best to ask the workers :)
I use Stamps.com for all of my companies shipping services (except for freight), and I have found that Stamps.com is much, much more affordable than shipping through Etsy. So, is there a away that I can provide my own shipping labels, and then attach the tracking number to the Etsy order that I am shipping? I would like to attach the tracking # to each specific order, that way it is easier to track, and so that Etsy can see that I indeed shipped the item in question. But from what I can tell, Etsy seems to literally FORCE sellers to utilize their shipping.... which tells me that they are likely getting kick-backs. ~ Anyway, can I do this, and if so, then what are the steps to make this happen?
When you mark an order as complete, there should be a pop up that asks you to input the carrier and a tracking number if you have one!
@@DoodlesnTea
Thank you
So we basically make the item package it print out the label then we go to the postal office and ship it to them
yup that's it!
@@DoodlesnTea thank u very much
Thank you for making this video! It was very helpful and informative!
Thank youuu ^^
I needed this tysm your a life saver
thank youuu :)
This is sooo helpful Thankyou so much
i'm glad you found it helpful :)
Thank you, these videos are so great! Question for you - how do you set shipping prices using your local post office without knowing the destination of the product? Do you set it as an average cost? Is the shipping price something you add in after a sale? For example, if I wanted to use my postal rate and set my own rates instead of the recommended profile, but I don't know if a buyer would be from CA, FL, how do I set a shipping cost? Is there anyway around the multiple shipping profile issue? Ideally, customers would buy multiple items from a shop at a time, so why wouldn't the shipping compound in an organic way? I wouldnt want customers to be overcharged. Honestly this process is so frustrating I already want to close down, I've spent way too much time trying to figure this out.
For me in Canada, our post office's site breaks it down to domestic, USA, and international rates. That's where I can gauge how much each will be because the flat rate is constant.
Because of this on my shipping profiles, I have it set to the same three locations: within Canada, USA, and international. Through that I just input the same number as what the post office rate charges. (under your shipping profile, you can put how much to charge depending on location the buyer is in)
Based off where the person lives, they will already be able to see their designated shipping cost for their location. Hope this clarifies it a bit 😊
also do you know how to get the money that you earn?
In your etsy shop manager, go to finances --> payment setting. You'll get to set up where Etsy deposits your earnings/how often you want Etsy to pay you!
DoodlesnTea okay. since the deposit schedule says i get paid once per week, does that mean i already got paid?
@@aryananii3230 If there was any money to deposit yes! however do keep it mind it does take a few days for it to actually get to your bank account/whatever payment method because of processing time.
DoodlesnTea okay thanks!
wait can you send products with small envelopes or does it have to be in bigger packaging?
my envelopes are 6"x9" so they're not too big. It really depends on the products you're selling. HOWEVER, I believe if you want to purchase Etsy shipping labels, I think there is a minimum size that your box/envelope has to be. I'd suggest playing around with those dimensions to see what the smallest size you can go is!
Hope this kind of helps ^^
How do you still offer tracking when shipping with lettermail or is that even possible? Also do you usually have any problems with customs or shipping to Europe?
You can purchase tracking as an add on for lettermail! Although it will still cost around $10 extra and at that point, might as well just buy a shipping label off Etsy 😂
And I've only had one order that got held up in customs in Europe although I think that was more because of post office delays and not in regards to the items inside though.
I talked more about both of these in my other Etsy Shipping video on my channel too 😊
@@DoodlesnTea Ah okay thank you! I also watched your most recent shipping video so that cleared it up!
thank you so much
I'm glad I could help :)
tsym for this super informative video! i'm just starting an art/stickers shop myself and I wasn't sure if I should use the etsy shipping feature or just do it myself. this video was super helpful!!!
thank you for your kind comment ^^ I'm glad it helped!!!
@@DoodlesnTea Definitely! I had a quick question if you don't mind :) I wanted to mail out my stickers in rigid mailers but I'm not sur if they're classified as packages or flats/large envelopes. Would you happen to know which option I should choose? Thank you again!
Very helpful video! Thank you. In the shipping section when I'm making a listing, it asks for the "mail class" There doesn't seem to be a letter option, all of them say "parcel". What do you recommend putting in there? Thanks!
I believe I put "parcel" but the dimensions I input was based off my letter size 😅 If I had to get shipping labels, they were for my stay flat mailers so they were a TAD thicker
Thank you!!
Since you work with such flat & light items, do you just use an ordinary letter envelope and a standard stamp to ship your stickers, writing out the address every time? Or do you use special larger, more sturdy envelopes?
yup! I use regular 6"x9" envelopes to mail my orders. I write out the address for each order and then bring them to my post office to be stamped. For the most part, standard stamps are enough but when I get a bigger order, they have to weigh it and add a few more stamps to cover the costs.
I used to make larger art prints to which I had flat mailers for those because I was afraid of it folding.
@@DoodlesnTea Thank you so much!
Love this video! I followed your advice on calculating my own shipping using my local post office’s website. I live in Vancouver and shipping a package from here to Toronto (for example) costs something like $16! How do I incorporate/accommodate that price into my listing? How do we lower that cost to something reasonable like $4? I understand you sell stickers so you may not know 😅 but any answer will be helpful! (I’ll be selling bracelets and necklaces btw)
Canada post really isn't in our favour for shipping things within Canada 🙄 haha
Let's say for example the item you're shipping is $20 and shipping is $16. The total would be $36 right? I would probs shift maybe $10-15 to your item price so your shipping cost is lower. In the end you could price your item at $30 with a shipping price of $6. In the end, they're still paying $36 to cover everything but someone is more likely to buy something with a shipping price of $6 than $16.
As long as your total (item + shipping) is the same, it should be fine. Etsy will pay you all the money from your shipping price (minus like maybe a couple cents for their shipping fee because Etsy 🙄)
Hope this clarifies it a bit 😊
@@DoodlesnTea May I ask what shipping service you use (UPS, Canada Post etc.)?
@@aishahahmed4976 I use Canada Post!
The most helpful video I have watched about this topic! Thank you so much
I'm so glad it helped 😊 thank you for the kind words 😁
so im planning on opening an etsy store selling stickers and i have a question
so you know how there is a shipping price for the buyers that u set
so when you set the price for example we will say 20 bucks
where does the 20 bucks go do you get it or not and if you do is there any fees
also does the shipping price that you set have anything to do with the price you pay to ship your items
Yes you would get the $20 you set (minus a minor shipping fee etsy takes off. I'm not sure how much exactly but they take a bit per transaction). Basically that $20 is what Etsy is giving you to pay off your shipping costs whether that's through buying their shipping labels or your own postage.
@@DoodlesnTea so basically they take the shipping price u pay from that 20$
@@inanexistentialcrisis7378 think of it this way:
Whatever you set up for shipping price to be is what you're asking the buyer to pay YOU to mail out the order. So if you set it to $20, the buyer would think "oh it costs this shop owner $20 to mail out my order".
Of course if your shipping price is too high, some buyers might not like that. So you can say make your item more expensive to lower your shipping price but in the end, they're actually paying the same amount (I gave an example in the video!)
But long answer short, you will be getting the money you set for shipping price. Etsy might just take a couple cents because that's Etsy 🙄
great video! what is the smallest letter size to mail? i searched on google that it is 3.5x5 but my item is much lighter and smaller than that, what should i do?
Oh even smaller? May I ask what you're selling 😮 also as long as it isn't fragile, I think you'll be fine. The envelopes I use for my stickers are quite a bit bigger too 😅 they do slide around a bit which is why I got some chipboards to mount them on so prevent less "damage" when sliding around.
@@DoodlesnTea i am selling shrinky dink keychains! thank you for your advice :)
@@coolwong123 haha cuttee! I think it should be fine!
So I ordered these shoes on Etsy and they haven’t came yet and it’s been like 2 weeks, they were supposed to come earlier. Idk why they haven’t came and a lot of people are telling me that I have to leave a review but I already ordered the shoes so I can’t. I just made an account and ordered the shoes and it says on the email that it’s not shipping yet and idk what to do
You can go to the shop's page and contact the owner about that! There's a button on the listing that should say message owner.
@@DoodlesnTea I did and she said that she just shipped them, it’s been a few days now and I still don’t get anything. I think I got scammed 😬
@@alep4624 I would maybe wait another week. If you still don't get it you could ask for a refund! I'm not too sure how they would act though sorry 😞
@@DoodlesnTea oh okay thanks! Yea I’ll wait thank you !!
Is there a way to get the shipping labels without having the customers to pay a lot instead of handwriting them? also can you explain what happens after the order takes place? like when a customer orders and you package their order, do you drop it off at the post office with their shipping money or? Thank you for the video!
I'd suggest raising your item price so you can show that your shipping price is lower. Either way, someone is going to have to pay the amount for shipping but you can trick their mindset into thinking they're not paying as much (I use an example at the end of the video!)
If you're purchasing a shipping label, you buy it off Etsy and stick it on your package. At the post office, you just need to drop it off. Nothing else needs to be done (yay avoiding human interactions! Lol)
If you're writing the address, you'd need to go purchase stamps at the post office to mail it off! Of course this depends on if you can mail it as lettermail (I talk about that in my calculating shipping price video!)
Essentially the money a buyer pays for shipping (in the order) is giving to YOU to pay for shipping out their order. Hope this helps 😊
@@DoodlesnTea okay thank you! Honestly was worried about human interactions too. okay so one last question just to make sure I’m on top of things. If I do choose to use a flat rate of shipping for the item (where I put in my own fixed prices as a shipping profiler) by calculating with my post office, do you know if that rate stays the same no matter where they live? if not that’s okay just wanted to know!
@@shayebinnstudios7582 I can only speak for being in Canada but our prices are split based off domestic (within canada), USA, and International! :)
@@DoodlesnTea ahhh I figure it out! thank you so much, your video and help cleared up so much for me. I was stuck for a while 😭💕
@@shayebinnstudios7582 aww i'm glad it helped ^^
How do u get your stamps and what type of stamps do
U have to use
I get my stamps from my local post office! Every time I mail out orders, I tell them how many stamps I need EACH time. I don't buy the stamps prior in bulk because I'm not at a place where I have THAT many orders.
I believe post offices should sell postage stamps in 50 or 100 stamps bundles. This is just from my experience in Canada though. It doesn't hurt to ask them!
Can u ship with a normal white envelope and if u do, do u have to put a stamp on it or can I just write the address?
A normal white envelope should be fine. And yes you need both the address and stamp. The stamp is basically proof you paid for shipping! If you're not sure what stamp you need, I'd suggest bringing it to your post office to have them check for you because it also depends on the weight of your envelope.
DoodlesnTea TYSM!!
Can you ship a keychain in a letter envelope?
Yes you can! Just depends how protected you want it 😅 I ship my washi tapes in regular envelopes too
Do you get tracking when writing out the addresses?
unfortunately not :(
Hi! This was a super helpful video, i haven't found anything so far that talks about shipping lighter weight items. The other annoying thing is that Etsy doesn't support flat letter mail, so the automated shipping options make a single greeting card hella expensive! Do you have any video that focusses on how you tackle manually setting up shipping costs for international shipping? Thank you so much!! :)
Hello Shruti 😊 yeah it's definitely annoying. I've had some people ask me to make a video showing how I set up shipping profiles from start to finish so I have that scheduled for the future!
To give a short quick answer though, I just set my shipping prices based off how much Canada post charges for lettermail. I mail out 90% of my orders with stamps now (this vid is kind of old for my workflow too 😅). If you don't live in Canada, I'd suggest looking up the lettermail rates on your postal office and seeing what they charge 👍
@@DoodlesnTea hello! Thank-you for taking the time to reply to my query! Actually, I do live in Canada which is why I appreciated this post so much. Not many talk about Canadian shipping, and that can get frustrating. If you don't mind a follow up question, for letter mail, I notice that Etsy doesn't offer that. So do you manually enter the cost to ship by letter? And do you also include the price to track it? Sorry I could also email you if you prefer! Thanks again, I really appreciate it 😊
@@shruti0488 no worries! I manually input the shipping price on the shipping profiles in Etsy. When I mail out an order, i write the address on the envelope. By doing this, unfortunately you don't get tracking but I've only have maybe 1 or 2 orders that were actually lost (out of maybe 300 orders). You can always buy tracking to add on but that's at least $10 extra. At that rate, might as well just buy a shipping label off Etsy 😂
If you're afraid of it being lost but also want to keep shipping low, you could set up two options of shipping for people: tracking and no tracking. That way if they really wanted tracking, they can pay extra for it. If not, then they accept the risk of it being lost and you won't send a replacement (for example). With the extra money people pay for tracked shipping, you can directly buy a shipping label off Etsy and input your envelope dimensions there. I've been doing that for my washi tape orders to the states and international because it's a bit too thick to be considered lettermail anymore 🙃
@@DoodlesnTea Hello again! The week got the better of me and i couldn't write back. Again, thank you for the best and most detailed answers. I'm going to use your suggestion and create two shipping profiles, one with tracking and one without. I think you make a good point that by giving them options for tracking and not tracked, i save myself the stress of things getting lost . Thanks ill be sure to check out your other videos, keep doing what you're doing! and good luck with your Washi tape business too! :D
@@shruti0488 No problem! I'm glad to help! I've heard from bigger shops who have to deal with more lost orders that it's just a hassle to keep up with them so they offer both tracking and not tracking options. You can't complain when tracking was offered and you just didn't pick it haha
Best of luck on your shop :)
Hey! Thank you for this resource! I have a quick question: i’m trying to purchase a shipping label off of etsy and the buyer paid for shipping. it says that $__ is going to be charged to my account. but i thought the buyer paid for shipping?
You get the money that the buyer paid for shipping! When you look at the transaction, you'll see it includes the shipping price (which is what the buyer paid). All of the money is given to you to fund for the shipping label. Hope that makes sense!
@@DoodlesnTea this helped me so much! thank you!!
If you write it out yourself does it cost less?
@@amo_bella if you write it out, you can use stamps to mail it out (which is much cheaper than shipping labels). however this only works if you're mailing it in an envelope.
i have a video coming out next week that will talk about this :)
@@DoodlesnTea Do bubble mailers work? I ordered from an etsy shop who wrote out the addresses on a bubble mailer and it came to my house fine?
Do you use the rigid stay flat mailers to mail out stickers? I’m scared that if I use normal letter envelopes it might bend. What dimension mailers do you use? And do you use stamps?
I use regular 6"x9" kraft envelopes. I used to be worried about that but from the feedback i'd gotten, no one ever complained about the sides of the stickers/art prints being bent. I know some people like to add a piece of thin cardboard to take their art prints down against for extra protection so that could be an option!
And yes I use stamps! I get them weighed and stamped at my post office. Haven't invested in my own scale yet but definitely will in the future! Hope this helps :)
DoodlesnTea ah thank you sm! helped a lot:) just another question, how do you price your products with shipping? Ive been trying to price my stickers but I figured i should incorporate some of the shipping price into the sticker itself, and also set a fixed price for shipping for the rest of the cost.
that's a good idea! I would suggest maybe adding a half of your shipping price into the sticker. For me, my shipping price is based off my local post office's price for lettermail (ranges from $2-$3ish depending on where it's going) so I find people don't mind paying that. I'd try to keep the shipping price lower than your item itself. Even when I go online shopping, I always end up not buying things because shipping price is like double the cost of the item I'm paying.
It's a lot of trial and error to see how people would react but I'd suggest adding some of the shipping price into your stickers to start out and see how that goes first!
DoodlesnTea thank you so so much!! and i totally agree with the shipping cost, i see myself not minding the cost of a product more so the cost of shipping too :) also just one more question if thats fine with you!! ive seen that the amount of stamps on the package depends on the weight of the package so of one postage stamp is $1 and the weight of the mail requires me to pay $2 of shipping, I would put two stamps?
@@flowerrose3356 tbh this is the part i'm not so sure of which is why i let the people at the post office take care of haha but i would assume you'd put two xD
Great work !! Thanks !
thank you! ^^