Supplementing Your Income: Ebay Part 2

I am a little, ok ALOT embarrassed that I have taken so long to post Part 2 to selling on Ebay.

If you missed Part 1 you can read it here.

Today is about shipping your item once it has sold and completing the transaction.

Before you even list you will need to know how much to charge for shipping.
Since I sell mostly clothes I am able to ship using the Post Office's flat rate shipping envelope. My cost is $4.95 no matter what and that is typically what I will charge the buyer. Occasionally I will add $1.00 or so more if I am fearful that the item will not fit into the flat rate envelope. I (nor do you) want to lose money on shipping.

So your item is listed, it sold and now you need to ship.

Here are a few tips to help you out when shipping.

1. This probably goes without saying, BUT DO NOT ship your sold item until you have received payment for it.

2. If at all possible ship through PayPal. It is easy to do so and will save you time from having to write out addresses and risk writing them down wrong plus delivery confirmation is FREE. However, even more importantly you can print your mailing label and mail your package all from the comfort of your home!

3. Always add delivery confirmation. This will save you should someone try to say that they never received the item. If you ship from the Post Office there will be a charge, it is a small charge, but at this time I cannot for the life of me remember how much. However, if you ship through Paypal then the delivery confirmation is FREE, did I say that already?

4. Pack your items as nice as possible and if it is fragile be sure to pack it securely. Sometimes I will include a note with my item thanking the buyer for their purchase.

5. Ship in a timely manner. I state on all of my auctions that I ship within 3 business days of receipt of payment and I do everything possible to adhere to that.

6. After shipping your item, the last step in completing the Ebay transaction is feedback. As a seller I typically wait until the buyer has left feedback before I leave mine. I do this because sellers can no longer leave negatives for buyers (even though there are some that really deserve it) so I like to wait and see if my customer was satisfied or not.

I hope these tips have helped you in one way or another and would love to hear of your successes selling on Ebay.



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Supplementing Your Income - Selling on Ebay Part 1

It was not long after I left my job to become a stay at home mom that it was realized our "on paper budget" was not exactly reality. There were things that we just did not budget or plan for.

Our bad for sure.

However we still knew that we had made the right decision for our family and we were just going to have become creative, not just in how we saved money, but also in how we could earn money.