Where do I get the half-page shipping labels that Arley passed out? Are they free, or do I pay for them?
We bought ours on eBay from another seller on eBay. If you are interested do a search on eBay for Paypal shipping labels.
How should I print the shipping labels, PayPal or USPS or some other? I recommend through eBay which will automatically charge Paypal for the postage—it’s very easy and will link shipping info to item and will email buyer
Does USPS discount the postage if you print on their site? Discounted from in person but same price as eBay/Paypal
Do I have to pay the postage online when I print the shipping label, or do I pay at the post office? online
I am getting some things together that should be easy to sell and get experience. I have some questions:
1. I sent for the free USPS/eBay boxes and received six different sizes. Two of them say “Flat Rate Box”, the rest just say “Priority Mail”. Do I have a choice of how to ship with any of the boxes, or are Flat Rate boxes always fixed price Yes, and the other sizes always priced by weight and zip code? Yes Also, can I get free Flat Rate envelopes? Yes
2. I upgraded my PayPal account to Premium. I checked my status (?) on PayPal and it said that I was “Verified” by my credit card address I think. Is this the only verification that I need, or is there something else? I think I saw something on the eBay site that I could get “verified” if I open up an eBay or PayPal credit card. Is this the same “Verified”, or do I need something different? Two different VERIFIED but can use the same credit card with eBay as with Paypal I would rather not open another credit card account right now. But you should also go to Paypal and make sure you do not have a withdrawl limit. Go to Paypal and see right on the front where it says “view limits” or “ lift Limits” follow instructions on how to do that (if you haven’t already)
3. I have been looking at other sellers’ payment, shipping and return policies. I have created some boilerplate in a Word doc that I could just paste into the auction form. Also, I was planning on creating the titles and descriptions offline, so that I could just drop them and the pictures into the form also. Any suggestions? The most effective way to do this is to use a database (like the one I have online). If you are interested, it is $10 per month, but our program hosts your pictures for free. With eBay you will be charged 15c for every picture after your first picture (unless you open an eBay Store in which case you get up to 12 free pictures per listing). With our program you can include as many pictures as you like in each listing for free. Otherwise, yes you can copy and paste from word documents. I have attached a file which shows you some screenshots of my program.
4. I was planning to create the auctions Sunday night, figuring that they would end on Sunday night, when there is the most traffic. I believe that you said Sunday night and Thursday night were heavy nights. Is this a good strategy? Yes it is. If you use my program you can create your listings any time or day and schedule them to upload Sunday evening. You can also schedule your listings with eBay, but eBay charges 10c per item to schedule them.
After I sell some things, I’m sure I’ll have more questions, but this will get me started.
Let me know if you have any questions!
