Thanks for all the comments and feedback! I hope that the people who need it find the information that you've provided. I do want to address a couple of things. First, if you do things a different way, feel free to include that in the comments. As I said in the video, my way isn't the only way. And it may not be the best way for everybody. In fact, I appreciate those of you who disagree and offer other solutions. Because, if someone is needing help and they don't find it they way I present it, they might find it in yours. So, why do I recommend rounding up when measuring? The most obvious answer is that it drastically reduces the chances that some postal employee along your package's journey will measure differently and create an issue for you or your customer. The less obvious answer is that most of the issues people have with shipping have nothing to do with math or measurements. The biggest issue new eBay resellers face is the overwhelming number of options and requirements when it comes to shipping. That's why so many of them choose Poshmark... it's easy... even if it isn't the cheapest. By having one simple rule that you follow all the time, "round up," it's one less thing for someone trying to find their way to have to navigate. For a lot of my viewers, easier is better. My goal for these tutorials is to remove the roadblocks that make doing this job an option for people. In my opinion, we build most of those roadblocks ourselves. I know that I did...and often do. I want my videos to simplify the process as much as possible. To build confidence and offer encouragement to those that need help and hope. So, I recommend rounding up with all of your weights and measurements.
When I started in mid 2023, shipping on Ebay gave me anxiety but I learned from your how to ship video and quickly learned that there is nothing to be anxious about. Thank you! And whenever reselling gave me anxiety, i ran to you tube and watch your videos, rewatch, learn again and then Im good! Happy New Year to you and Melody, many thanks
Scot, thanks for putting out all this great content. I had a question about your new channel. I remember you saying on the Tuesday night podcast a couple of weeks ago that you didn't have many subscribers. I don't know if TH-cam has an issue but no matter how I typed the channel name or your name, I couldn't find it. All I found was this channel. Maybe put links in your info section with the new channel name. Thanks!
www.youtube.com/@ChaChingKingPicking It just takes a while for the search engine to find new channels. No worries, though. If I make decent content, the rest will follow. Obviously, it's a different style of recording and editing. I'm still learning. :-)
Well...I'm gonna claim this video since I know it was info I really needed to hear!! Thank you so much!! I was sitting here wondering and worrying over the handling of items and if they had to be put into storage ready to ship... now I get it.... finally... I'm about to dive into eBay.
I want to thank you for making these videos. They are extremely helpful. I joined a group last year and began asking questions about shipping on occasion and some people were just really snarky about it and basically making fun of me for asking. I do get it. I sometimes tend to overthink things. And my questions are probably weird to them. I can see for the most part they throw the item raw in poly, guess the weight, and moved on.
I have no room to make fun of anyone. I am imperfect and make mistakes. Besides, my goal is to help people succeed if I can. I can't do that if I don't listen when there are questions.
The King is always so kind ! I have asked him what I believe are some pretty foolish questions and he is always so helpful and NEVER makes me feel dumb !
I have been buying on eBay for over 20 years. A few weeks ago, I finally found the courage to start selling on eBay. I watched tons of TH-cam videos and yours were definitely the most helpful, at least to me. Five days ago, after having a couple of listings in draft for over a week, I closed my eyes and hit the list button. 4 days later (yesterday), I made my first sale! I did round up the weight and size, like you suggested in all your videos, but I'm pretty sure I went overboard in trying to protect my item. The package came out to be way heavier and bigger than my initial estimate. I wanted to adjust the weight and dimensions on the eBay site, but for the life of me, I couldn't find where to the adjustment page was. I clicked on the purchase label link on the order page and the only button I saw after that was the print label button or something like that. I must have clicked on a wrong button somewhere along the line. So, I just printed the label with the wrong weight and dimensions and sent the package as it was. It's definitely a learning process. I'll have to wait until the next sale to figure out what I did wrong. I've been checking my selling page every hour or so ... that might be an understatement. People are watching, but not another bite yet! Boo. Anyway, I really don't think I would have even started selling without your encouragement and guidance, so thank you! On a side note, if I had a teacher like you when I was in school. I might have had better grades. Well, maybe. Heh!
Great stuff !! If i ever have any questions (I’ve only been doing this for 2 weeks) I automatically search your videos. Thank you for taking the time to explain basically everything we need to know !!
Thank you and thank you so much for this video. I plan on crosslist on eBay this year. I have watched a lot of your videos and was still scared. This explains it very well.
Hi ChaChingKing. I love your videos and have learned a lot...but I still have a question and I can't find a good answer. I'm selling Kodak Slide Trays...They measure 10x10x3 and weigh 2lbs. I have many of them. If someone orders 3 of them...that will change the calculated shipping...both the size and weight. How do I enable this function in eBay shipping?
Great question. It should automatically adjust for the additional size and weight if they buy multiples. Make sure that if you are using a shipping policy that you state how much each additional one will cost. One other thing you could do it adjust your actual price and offer a flat shipping price. that way, there's enough wiggle room in the price to cover all (or most) of the shipping charges if someone far off buys more than one.
Also, you can play with the numbers on the shipping label tab of your order and see what the cost is. 8.1 and 8.2 are the same, where as 8.0 to 8.1 is not the same
Wow, great stuff. Super helpful. I would like to add that the shipping label will add a little weight to the parcel as well so do add a little more for that too. After photo taking I also weigh the item/s. You can also play around with some standard sized boxes just to see what their weights are. Different packing materials have different weights too so you could stuff some in the boxes to see what it all adds up to on the scale. This helps you get comfortable with it all before you dive in. Honestly, I started out with all my listings set to a 12x12x12 box and about 4.5 lbs(up here in Canada is would be 30x30x30 cm and a 2 kg weight). It was just a buffer until I got use to everything. Most items fall within range. Now I also have to say that shipping is different up here in Canada so your weight tiers are most likely different. I think you also have shipping zones which is not a thing up here, that I know of anyways. ☺
We don't sell of ship a lot of heavy things, but will try to capture it when I do. ie...I literally just gave away 5 cast iron pans because I don't want to ship them. LOL
The interior volume of a padded envelope or poly mailer is finite. This means only two dimensions -Length and Width - are needed to calculate postage. I only enter the length and width with poly mailers and flat padded envelopes. On Ebay that looks like 9x6x0 and Pirate Ship lets you select poly mailer / padded envelope or box - choose the flat one; you are given just the two dimension fields Length and Width to enter.
I completely understand. That's not the way I've ever done it based on what I was originally told by my post office. Changing the 3rd dimension doesn't add to the cost 99% of the time. So, I put it in there.
Thank you for the video. As others have noted, you do not round up for USPS and instead to the nearest inch. Also, your dimensons are almost always irrelevant for packages that weigh 12 ounces or less. Unless you are placing a 4 ouce in packaging that would produce a dimensional weight surcharge, your dimensions do not matter. Even if you did do that, the weight of the packaging would likely cause the item to weigh more than 12 ounces. I went to a flat rate model a yeat ago, so I don't enter any of this information when I list. If I were still using calculated shipping, i would enter 1x1x1 for any package under 12 oz. Also, in your example, that 8.3 ounce package will go at the 12 ounce rate. There is no difference in the price when using GA. If the package was 4.3 ounces, it would go at the 8 ounce rate. Likewise, a 2-ounce package would go at the 4 ounce rate. Once you ship a couple hundred packsges, you get a feel for things. Many things i know by feeling and looking at the size. If i have a doubt, i toss it on the scale. For larger items, i may need to measure, then add a couple of inches on each side to cover the size of the box. Maybe one in 100 packages I am off an amount that results in me paying a couple extra dollars. No biggie. 99% of the the time I am on the money or a little in my favor. Good blessings to everybody. Adjust as needed, but do not give up! Thank you.
One thing I did wrong was using the free usps priority boxes for my eBay purchase using ground advantage…expensive lesson. Now I started keeping boxes for eBay. Ps best place to buy boxes?
Thank you so much for all of this help!! I still need to know when you are entering your item into EBay how do you figure out what to put in the shipping information area? I mean, how do you know how much bubble wrap or tissue paper, etc. you're going to use for that item? When you actually pack it up to ship out, you may end up using more packaging, which will affect your shipping weight. I am sorry to go on and on, but THAT is the one thing that is holding me back from starting to resell on Ebay.
Practice it. Pack up one and then round up. If it comes to 1 pounds 5 ounces, round up to 2 pounds. Leave yourself some wiggle room, and you'll be fine. Anxiety often causes us to overanalyze things... to the point we don't get things done. You can do this.
I've taking photos and putting them in plastic bags so they'll be ready for the poly mailers. But you said something that will save me headaches and bad feedback you said you only put things in poly mailers if they don't have things that are breakable like the buttons. I would never have thought about it if I wrap them differently and put the buttons on the inside they wouldn't get broken. I may have to rewrap a few of my shirts but thank you for your video period much appreciated. Also, thank you for the confirmation on bubble mailers, they are new to me.
Those envelopes can only be used if you are shipping via Priority mail. That's often much more expensive than Ground Advantage. It's often the better choice financially to buy your own shipping materials and ship via Ground Advantage.
Hello Cha Ching King Happy NY! Do you think ebay sellers who sell their own art like prints or paintinhs can find a successful business and earning on ebay for artists and do you recommend following your shipping guide here for artists too? Thanks again for the valuable content.
Art is truly a tough market. You have to sell yourself as much as you do the artwork. You need people to invest in YOU. So, while eBay is absolutely a viable platform to sell on, you will probably need to send traffic to your listings. As far as shipping, you will need to properly package your art. Given that, the basics can still get you started in the right direction.
So this answered alot of questions that have made me want to keep researching more before i start however i do have questions do need to make sure i have boxes and other shipping supplies before i list items??
I would have a few supplies. Unless you're listing incredibly demanded products, you're not likely to sell everything immediately. So, a few supplies should get you through a few sales while you accumulate everything you'll need.
@TheChaChingKing ok thank you makes sense also I guess I should have been more specific on my question because I was more wondering if I needed boxes and bubble mailers depending on what I'm listing before I list cause I'd have to know shipping weights ahead of time to put in listing or if it doesn't ask until after item sells
@@TheChaChingKing I recently bought an odd shaped, light weight, MCM item ( globe cover thingy) that will require special packaging.. I know now to go ahead and get my packing stuff prior to listing.. thanks !!
Been on eBay a long time, I dont typically round up if its only .1 or .2 oz over. I've learned they dont always do an adjustment, either, seems to be their discretion
Hi Scott, I watched a different vid on yt about sending offers to 'watchers' so I followed the directions and sent a 15% off offer to 36 'watchers'. it actually did generate some sales, now I'm wondering if there is a time limit on the offers? the youtuber didn't mention anything about setting a time limit. I wanted to go in a make a small revision on one of the listings but I couldn't do that, guessing it's because there are offers out. Can I go into some of these and remove the offer, or let the 'watchers' know it will expire? thanks for your help with this
If you have a clothing item and it's bulky so you put it in a bigger poly mailer, but when you go to close it the flap goes farther so the poly mailer is "smaller" than the dimensions of the poly mailer, do you still need to put the dimensions of the poly mailer itself or the dimensions after it's closed and is now "smaller"? Thanks!
Hey there! What if when you put a clothing item in a poly mailer and it slides around a little to where it kind if scrunches or bunches up when you lift it to measure the thickness? I hope that makes sense. That is something making me a bit nervous. I have also heard that with up to 18" for poly mailers you can just do 1" for the thickness... is that true? Have you heard that? I sell on poshmark mostly because the shipping is way less stressful for me but I have decided to crosslist so I can reach more audience. The shipping is definitely the scariest part and I feel so lost and in the dark with shipping. So scary!!! Thank you!
I don't worry about it shifting around. It's never mattered during the process for me. What I'd recommend, instead of putting one inch is to put the approximate thickness. Then, while you're shipping, play around and add even more inches to the dimensions. See if it changes the price. If not, put the larger dimensions.
Very helpful! How confusing is it to actually pay for the shipping label? I haven't sold on ebay in 6yrs & read labels are no longer printed through ebay/ PayPal. I'm confused 🤔
Never underestimate postage assuming that you'll just get charged afterwards. At the discretion of the delivering post office, your package may very will be delivered with postage due FROM YOUR BUYER. That is a nightmare and red donut magnet. Also, measurements aren't only important for oversized items, but in calculation for all cubic rates.
Yes, and that's the reason I recommend rounding up. You'll avoid a lot of potential issues. I would never recommend just depending on the post office charging you and not being careful.
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I've been an eBay seller for only a few months, so I've been watching lots of TH-cam tutorials. You are a very nice presenter, but I have to filter much of your advice because it assumes I am selling on a large scale and managing a huge inventory. That is, your tutorials are ostensibly for beginners, but your advice assumes the seller is already a large volume seller. This is a disconnect. Best practices can sometimes vary a great deal for small, beginning sellers, than for mega sellers like yourself. It would be helpful if your "beginner" content was from the perspective of a small seller. Mega sellers probably don't need your advice.
That's an interesting take. But, I'm not a mega seller. We currently have less than 400 items listed. It may seem like more because we used to be much bigger (before I started TH-cam). But we don't manage a huge inventory... unless 300-500 listings is a "huge" inventory. And perhaps it is for some. We certainly don't consider ourselves mega-sellers. Small inventory. No warehouse. No regular employees. Still, your point stands. You should absolutely filter everything you see and hear to make sure it fits what you're trying to do. If there's a disconnect between where we are and where you are, things may not fit... and that's OK.
You DO NOT ROUND UP MEASUREMENTS FOR USPS! Not what USPS guidelines state. Not how PirateShip computes rates. USPS determines if boxes are eligible for dimensional rates by round to the NEAREST inch. That means 12.4" will be considered 12" by USPS while 12.5" is rounded up to 13". A 12.4" x 12.4" x 12.4" is larger than a cubic foot but it is NOT subject to dimensional rates as USPS rounds the dimensional down to 12" x 12" x 12". A package of this site sent to zone 7 would incur the rates below depending on your eBay discount settings. Ground Advantage Retail $19.60 Priority Mail Retail $29.20 Ground Advantage Commercial $12.73 Priority Mail Commercial $22.37 In you follow your COMPLETELY WRONG advice and round it up to 13" x 13" x 13" it will now be subject the following higher rates under a dimensional weight of 14 pounds. Ground Advantage Retail $39.80 Priority Mail Retail $64.55 Ground Advantage Commercial $21.11 Priority Mail Commercial $43.22 eBay's own shipping calculator tool will calculate the correct rates above by rounding to the nearest inch. eBay; however, doe snot let you enter decimal values for package dimensions and instead tells you to round up dimensions in violation of postal regulations. This is so eBay can rip its users off with inflated shipping rates. In the other hand Priority Mail Cubic rates dimensions are ROUNDED DOWN to the nearest quarter inch to see if the package qualifies for a pricing tier. eBay's shipping calculator tool does not round these values down as it prices the package for the next highest tier or disqualifies the package from Cubic rates. Once again eBay does not decimal values for package dimensions, which are needed to follow USPS regulations.
Interesting and informative reply. Thank you. While I disagree with why you've said that eBay pushes rounding up, I don't disagree that they do. If you don't mind, I'll pin this reply for everyone to see.
Thanks for all the comments and feedback! I hope that the people who need it find the information that you've provided. I do want to address a couple of things.
First, if you do things a different way, feel free to include that in the comments. As I said in the video, my way isn't the only way. And it may not be the best way for everybody. In fact, I appreciate those of you who disagree and offer other solutions. Because, if someone is needing help and they don't find it they way I present it, they might find it in yours.
So, why do I recommend rounding up when measuring? The most obvious answer is that it drastically reduces the chances that some postal employee along your package's journey will measure differently and create an issue for you or your customer. The less obvious answer is that most of the issues people have with shipping have nothing to do with math or measurements. The biggest issue new eBay resellers face is the overwhelming number of options and requirements when it comes to shipping. That's why so many of them choose Poshmark... it's easy... even if it isn't the cheapest. By having one simple rule that you follow all the time, "round up," it's one less thing for someone trying to find their way to have to navigate. For a lot of my viewers, easier is better.
My goal for these tutorials is to remove the roadblocks that make doing this job an option for people. In my opinion, we build most of those roadblocks ourselves. I know that I did...and often do. I want my videos to simplify the process as much as possible. To build confidence and offer encouragement to those that need help and hope. So, I recommend rounding up with all of your weights and measurements.
Shipping is easily the most intimidating part of reselling. You're a true king for this video!
Well, I didn't play soccer with the packages. So, you still win.
Your words of encouragement for people to do things in their lives that they feel anxiety about is very helpful as well.
I genuinely want to remove these obstacles if it will help people accomplish what they want to accomplish.
When I started in mid 2023, shipping on Ebay gave me anxiety but I learned from your how to ship video and quickly learned that there is nothing to be anxious about. Thank you! And whenever reselling gave me anxiety, i ran to you tube and watch your videos, rewatch, learn again and then Im good! Happy New Year to you and Melody, many thanks
This is probably the best note I've read in a long, long time.
Thanks for making shipping less intimidating and thanks for giving us all these details.
Thank you for this video. I was wondering about measuring the poly mailers.
Scot, thanks for putting out all this great content. I had a question about your new channel. I remember you saying on the Tuesday night podcast a couple of weeks ago that you didn't have many subscribers. I don't know if TH-cam has an issue but no matter how I typed the channel name or your name, I couldn't find it. All I found was this channel. Maybe put links in your info section with the new channel name. Thanks!
www.youtube.com/@ChaChingKingPicking
It just takes a while for the search engine to find new channels. No worries, though. If I make decent content, the rest will follow. Obviously, it's a different style of recording and editing. I'm still learning. :-)
Well...I'm gonna claim this video since I know it was info I really needed to hear!! Thank you so much!! I was sitting here wondering and worrying over the handling of items and if they had to be put into storage ready to ship... now I get it.... finally... I'm about to dive into eBay.
You've got this!
I want to thank you for making these videos. They are extremely helpful.
I joined a group last year and began asking questions about shipping on occasion and some people were just really snarky about it and basically making fun of me for asking.
I do get it. I sometimes tend to overthink things. And my questions are probably weird to them. I can see for the most part they throw the item raw in poly, guess the weight, and moved on.
I have no room to make fun of anyone. I am imperfect and make mistakes. Besides, my goal is to help people succeed if I can. I can't do that if I don't listen when there are questions.
The King is always so kind ! I have asked him what I believe are some pretty foolish questions and he is always so helpful and NEVER makes me feel dumb !
Thank you! I've been concerned about shipping and you have cleared things up!!!
Love your poly-mailers, they're cute 🥰
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I have been buying on eBay for over 20 years. A few weeks ago, I finally found the courage to start selling on eBay. I watched tons of TH-cam videos and yours were definitely the most helpful, at least to me. Five days ago, after having a couple of listings in draft for over a week, I closed my eyes and hit the list button. 4 days later (yesterday), I made my first sale!
I did round up the weight and size, like you suggested in all your videos, but I'm pretty sure I went overboard in trying to protect my item. The package came out to be way heavier and bigger than my initial estimate. I wanted to adjust the weight and dimensions on the eBay site, but for the life of me, I couldn't find where to the adjustment page was. I clicked on the purchase label link on the order page and the only button I saw after that was the print label button or something like that. I must have clicked on a wrong button somewhere along the line. So, I just printed the label with the wrong weight and dimensions and sent the package as it was. It's definitely a learning process. I'll have to wait until the next sale to figure out what I did wrong. I've been checking my selling page every hour or so ... that might be an understatement. People are watching, but not another bite yet! Boo.
Anyway, I really don't think I would have even started selling without your encouragement and guidance, so thank you!
On a side note, if I had a teacher like you when I was in school. I might have had better grades. Well, maybe. Heh!
Congrats on your first sale of many!!!
Great tips always learning reselling since 2013 thanks!!
2013! You're ready to teach the class. :-)
@TheChaChingKing ohhh no your awesome at that!! I watch and learn and tweak my mini business, lol
Dude low-key has his own channel! I just subscribed. :-)
@TheChaChingKing Thanks 😊
Thanks, informative and easy to understand,
Thank You!
Thanks!
Oh my goodness! So unexpected and appreciated! Thank you so much.
Thanks Scot!
Great follow up! Love your videos.
Great stuff !!
If i ever have any questions (I’ve only been doing this for 2 weeks) I automatically search your videos.
Thank you for taking the time to explain basically everything we need to know !!
I truly hope you find these videos helpful. I really do.
Thank you and thank you so much for this video. I plan on crosslist on eBay this year. I have watched a lot of your videos and was still scared. This explains it very well.
I hope it's helpful!
Thank you for your excellent channel. I’ve been watching it recently. I started and I find it extremely helpful. Thank you so much.
Hi ChaChingKing. I love your videos and have learned a lot...but I still have a question and I can't find a good answer. I'm selling Kodak Slide Trays...They measure 10x10x3 and weigh 2lbs. I have many of them. If someone orders 3 of them...that will change the calculated shipping...both the size and weight. How do I enable this function in eBay shipping?
Great question. It should automatically adjust for the additional size and weight if they buy multiples. Make sure that if you are using a shipping policy that you state how much each additional one will cost. One other thing you could do it adjust your actual price and offer a flat shipping price. that way, there's enough wiggle room in the price to cover all (or most) of the shipping charges if someone far off buys more than one.
I have bought several different box sizes that were bigger than the size stated on the box.
Thats a fact
Thanks, your Highness, for all the great info!
😆 You may not believe this, but Melody doesn't address me this way.
Thank you for such good information! Love watching you and Melody!
Thanks so much!
Also, you can play with the numbers on the shipping label tab of your order and see what the cost is. 8.1 and 8.2 are the same, where as 8.0 to 8.1 is not the same
My daughter has started helping us with shipping. I will share this with her.
Thank you Scot!
Happy New Year to you and Melanie!
K.T.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wow, great stuff. Super helpful. I would like to add that the shipping label will add a little weight to the parcel as well so do add a little more for that too.
After photo taking I also weigh the item/s. You can also play around with some standard sized boxes just to see what their weights are. Different packing materials have different weights too so you could stuff some in the boxes to see what it all adds up to on the scale. This helps you get comfortable with it all before you dive in. Honestly, I started out with all my listings set to a 12x12x12 box and about 4.5 lbs(up here in Canada is would be 30x30x30 cm and a 2 kg weight). It was just a buffer until I got use to everything. Most items fall within range. Now I also have to say that shipping is different up here in Canada so your weight tiers are most likely different. I think you also have shipping zones which is not a thing up here, that I know of anyways. ☺
Oh wow! Thank you for the Amazon input!
@@TheChaChingKing oh, haha, that is actually on eBay Canada that I do that. I find Amazon quite intimidating. 😁
Can you show us how to send something heavy, such as like cast iron skillets.
We don't sell of ship a lot of heavy things, but will try to capture it when I do. ie...I literally just gave away 5 cast iron pans because I don't want to ship them. LOL
The interior volume of a padded envelope or poly mailer is finite. This means only two dimensions -Length and Width - are needed to calculate postage. I only enter the length and width with poly mailers and flat padded envelopes. On Ebay that looks like 9x6x0 and Pirate Ship lets you select poly mailer / padded envelope or box - choose the flat one; you are given just the two dimension fields Length and Width to enter.
I completely understand. That's not the way I've ever done it based on what I was originally told by my post office. Changing the 3rd dimension doesn't add to the cost 99% of the time. So, I put it in there.
Love the t-shirt 😊
😀
I'm getting ready to measure a round mailing tube and compare the rate to the USPS triangle tube.
I'd be curious how you do that. I've always put a 3" mailing tube as 3x3. But there may be a more accurate and acceptable way to do it.
@@TheChaChingKing That's what I'm going to do.
Thank you for the video. As others have noted, you do not round up for USPS and instead to the nearest inch. Also, your dimensons are almost always irrelevant for packages that weigh 12 ounces or less. Unless you are placing a 4 ouce in packaging that would produce a dimensional weight surcharge, your dimensions do not matter. Even if you did do that, the weight of the packaging would likely cause the item to weigh more than 12 ounces. I went to a flat rate model a yeat ago, so I don't enter any of this information when I list. If I were still using calculated shipping, i would enter 1x1x1 for any package under 12 oz. Also, in your example, that 8.3 ounce package will go at the 12 ounce rate. There is no difference in the price when using GA. If the package was 4.3 ounces, it would go at the 8 ounce rate. Likewise, a 2-ounce package would go at the 4 ounce rate.
Once you ship a couple hundred packsges, you get a feel for things. Many things i know by feeling and looking at the size. If i have a doubt, i toss it on the scale. For larger items, i may need to measure, then add a couple of inches on each side to cover the size of the box. Maybe one in 100 packages I am off an amount that results in me paying a couple extra dollars. No biggie. 99% of the the time I am on the money or a little in my favor. Good blessings to everybody. Adjust as needed, but do not give up! Thank you.
I do round up. I pinned part of the reason why at the top. But, your point still stands. "Adjust as needed, but do not give up!" Excellent advice.
One thing I did wrong was using the free usps priority boxes for my eBay purchase using ground advantage…expensive lesson. Now I started keeping boxes for eBay. Ps best place to buy boxes?
I get my boxes on eBay and Amazon. For me, space is a big issue. So, saving boxes doesn't work well. I get new ones that stack efficiently.
Great information! Is it necessary to input both weight and dimensions? I only input the weight.
It certainly could be if the item exceeds a cubic foot or is a longer length.
Thank you so much for all of this help!! I still need to know when you are entering your item into EBay how do you figure out what to put in the shipping information area? I mean, how do you know how much bubble wrap or tissue paper, etc. you're going to use for that item? When you actually pack it up to ship out, you may end up using more packaging, which will affect your shipping weight. I am sorry to go on and on, but THAT is the one thing that is holding me back from starting to resell on Ebay.
Practice it. Pack up one and then round up. If it comes to 1 pounds 5 ounces, round up to 2 pounds. Leave yourself some wiggle room, and you'll be fine. Anxiety often causes us to overanalyze things... to the point we don't get things done. You can do this.
I've taking photos and putting them in plastic bags so they'll be ready for the poly mailers. But you said something that will save me headaches and bad feedback you said you only put things in poly mailers if they don't have things that are breakable like the buttons. I would never have thought about it if I wrap them differently and put the buttons on the inside they wouldn't get broken. I may have to rewrap a few of my shirts but thank you for your video period much appreciated. Also, thank you for the confirmation on bubble mailers, they are new to me.
That's a great tip that I do as well. Folding the buttons to the inside really helps protect them.
Why not use the free usps envelopes?
Those envelopes can only be used if you are shipping via Priority mail. That's often much more expensive than Ground Advantage. It's often the better choice financially to buy your own shipping materials and ship via Ground Advantage.
Scot, when you ship a jacket in a poly mailer, and it’s thick, what’s the best way to measure the thickness? Thank you for your helpful videos!🎉
Honestly, I keep it simple. I hold a ruler up to it and eyeball the thickness. Then, I round up to the nearest inch.
Oh wow! Thank you 😂
🤔I asked you about this- and you heard.
Blessing
😀 It was a very good idea with several people who asked for similar help.
Thank you both for sharing. Prayers you have a blessed day in the name of Jesus Christ.
Hello Cha Ching King Happy NY! Do you think ebay sellers who sell their own art like prints or paintinhs can find a successful business and earning on ebay for artists and do you recommend following your shipping guide here for artists too? Thanks again for the valuable content.
Art is truly a tough market. You have to sell yourself as much as you do the artwork. You need people to invest in YOU. So, while eBay is absolutely a viable platform to sell on, you will probably need to send traffic to your listings.
As far as shipping, you will need to properly package your art. Given that, the basics can still get you started in the right direction.
@TheChaChingKing Amazing, that makes sense. Places like Instagram etc will help bring traffic. Thanks much! Have a great 2025 kick start n
You are so helpful. I am nervous. I’m getting ready to do taxes. How do you figure what you score?
I always recommend people check out @notyourdadscpa for tax information. He's actually qualified to give real advice.
Do you suggest sellers to pay for shipping on returns? I am new to EBay and trying to sell stuff from my own closet. Thanks
I don't offer free returns. BUT, I almost always return their original shipping.
Thank you!
So this answered alot of questions that have made me want to keep researching more before i start however i do have questions do need to make sure i have boxes and other shipping supplies before i list items??
I would have a few supplies. Unless you're listing incredibly demanded products, you're not likely to sell everything immediately. So, a few supplies should get you through a few sales while you accumulate everything you'll need.
@TheChaChingKing ok thank you makes sense also I guess I should have been more specific on my question because I was more wondering if I needed boxes and bubble mailers depending on what I'm listing before I list cause I'd have to know shipping weights ahead of time to put in listing or if it doesn't ask until after item sells
Sorry, but I must disagree.. your way IS the best way, hands down !! you are THE KING for sure ** 👑
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So for uniquely shaped items or an item that has a size you don’t normally deal with. Are you waiting to go get the box for shipping before listing?
If I have something that would be a nightmare to ship without the right materials/box, I'd wait to list it until I had them.
@@TheChaChingKing I recently bought an odd shaped, light weight, MCM item ( globe cover thingy) that will require special packaging.. I know now to go ahead and get my packing stuff prior to listing.. thanks !!
Been on eBay a long time, I dont typically round up if its only .1 or .2 oz over. I've learned they dont always do an adjustment, either, seems to be their discretion
They definitely don't catch them all...either way.
Hi Scott, I watched a different vid on yt about sending offers to 'watchers' so I followed the directions and sent a 15% off offer to 36 'watchers'. it actually did generate some sales, now I'm wondering if there is a time limit on the offers? the youtuber didn't mention anything about setting a time limit. I wanted to go in a make a small revision on one of the listings but I couldn't do that, guessing it's because there are offers out. Can I go into some of these and remove the offer, or let the 'watchers' know it will expire? thanks for your help with this
It will expire on its own. It's usually 48 hours. So, I'd just wait it out.
What kind of scale to use
You can't go wing with the 50 pound Accuteck on Amazon.
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who do you use for buying your boxes ?
I get a lot of them on eBay. I also get them on Amazon... I think I have a link in my description for the Amazon boxes.
@@TheChaChingKing I will look again, I must have skimmed over it !
If you have a clothing item and it's bulky so you put it in a bigger poly mailer, but when you go to close it the flap goes farther so the poly mailer is "smaller" than the dimensions of the poly mailer, do you still need to put the dimensions of the poly mailer itself or the dimensions after it's closed and is now "smaller"? Thanks!
You can absolutely use the smaller dimensions.
Hey there! What if when you put a clothing item in a poly mailer and it slides around a little to where it kind if scrunches or bunches up when you lift it to measure the thickness? I hope that makes sense. That is something making me a bit nervous. I have also heard that with up to 18" for poly mailers you can just do 1" for the thickness... is that true? Have you heard that? I sell on poshmark mostly because the shipping is way less stressful for me but I have decided to crosslist so I can reach more audience. The shipping is definitely the scariest part and I feel so lost and in the dark with shipping. So scary!!! Thank you!
I don't worry about it shifting around. It's never mattered during the process for me. What I'd recommend, instead of putting one inch is to put the approximate thickness. Then, while you're shipping, play around and add even more inches to the dimensions. See if it changes the price. If not, put the larger dimensions.
@TheChaChingKing thank you!
Very helpful! How confusing is it to actually pay for the shipping label? I haven't sold on ebay in 6yrs & read labels are no longer printed through ebay/ PayPal. I'm confused 🤔
They are still printed right there on eBay. Ebay and PayPal have parted ways, but buying labels is essentially the same.
@TheChaChingKing thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. I always enjoy & learn from your videos. 🙏
I’m still confused on when we can use priority mail packaging. 😵💫
You can use Priority Mail supplies for shipping Priority Mail. You can't use them for Ground Advantage or anything other than shipping Priority Mail.
Never underestimate postage assuming that you'll just get charged afterwards. At the discretion of the delivering post office, your package may very will be delivered with postage due FROM YOUR BUYER. That is a nightmare and red donut magnet. Also, measurements aren't only important for oversized items, but in calculation for all cubic rates.
Yes, and that's the reason I recommend rounding up. You'll avoid a lot of potential issues. I would never recommend just depending on the post office charging you and not being careful.
We are having some issues with our account. We can’t find the correct number to call eBay. We would appreciate it if you know and could share eBay’s customer number.
I don't even try to call anymore. I've had far better luck messaging eBay on Facebook. I've found them to be MUCH more helpful.
I've been an eBay seller for only a few months, so I've been watching lots of TH-cam tutorials. You are a very nice presenter, but I have to filter much of your advice because it assumes I am selling on a large scale and managing a huge inventory. That is, your tutorials are ostensibly for beginners, but your advice assumes the seller is already a large volume seller. This is a disconnect. Best practices can sometimes vary a great deal for small, beginning sellers, than for mega sellers like yourself. It would be helpful if your "beginner" content was from the perspective of a small seller. Mega sellers probably don't need your advice.
That's an interesting take. But, I'm not a mega seller. We currently have less than 400 items listed. It may seem like more because we used to be much bigger (before I started TH-cam). But we don't manage a huge inventory... unless 300-500 listings is a "huge" inventory. And perhaps it is for some. We certainly don't consider ourselves mega-sellers. Small inventory. No warehouse. No regular employees.
Still, your point stands. You should absolutely filter everything you see and hear to make sure it fits what you're trying to do. If there's a disconnect between where we are and where you are, things may not fit... and that's OK.
You DO NOT ROUND UP MEASUREMENTS FOR USPS!
Not what USPS guidelines state.
Not how PirateShip computes rates.
USPS determines if boxes are eligible for dimensional rates by round to the NEAREST inch. That means 12.4" will be considered 12" by USPS while 12.5" is rounded up to 13".
A 12.4" x 12.4" x 12.4" is larger than a cubic foot but it is NOT subject to dimensional rates as USPS rounds the dimensional down to 12" x 12" x 12". A package of this site sent to zone 7 would incur the rates below depending on your eBay discount settings.
Ground Advantage Retail $19.60
Priority Mail Retail $29.20
Ground Advantage Commercial $12.73
Priority Mail Commercial $22.37
In you follow your COMPLETELY WRONG advice and round it up to 13" x 13" x 13" it will now be subject the following higher rates under a dimensional weight of 14 pounds.
Ground Advantage Retail $39.80
Priority Mail Retail $64.55
Ground Advantage Commercial $21.11
Priority Mail Commercial $43.22
eBay's own shipping calculator tool will calculate the correct rates above by rounding to the nearest inch. eBay; however, doe snot let you enter decimal values for package dimensions and instead tells you to round up dimensions in violation of postal regulations. This is so eBay can rip its users off with inflated shipping rates.
In the other hand Priority Mail Cubic rates dimensions are ROUNDED DOWN to the nearest quarter inch to see if the package qualifies for a pricing tier. eBay's shipping calculator tool does not round these values down as it prices the package for the next highest tier or disqualifies the package from Cubic rates. Once again eBay does not decimal values for package dimensions, which are needed to follow USPS regulations.
Interesting and informative reply. Thank you. While I disagree with why you've said that eBay pushes rounding up, I don't disagree that they do.
If you don't mind, I'll pin this reply for everyone to see.
Wrong...hope you get alot of 40.00 fines from ebay and pirate ship...you are dead wrong mack
Thanks Scot!
Thank you!
Thank you!