Combined postage over multiple listings

[madau54]

i have multiple listing and am having trouble doing postage. i can combine when a buyer is purchasing more than one of same item but not across my store.

the perfect solution for postage i need is.

up to 3 items postage $1.10 anything over is 5.95 with tracking. I cant seem to work this out.

does any one have a suggestion have been trying to work it out for weeks. 

If i can do that im happy to try and work out at least combined postage across my site. 

[twyngwyn]

Do you have immediate payment set up? 

I don't offer discounted postage, just combined....have put my satchel prices under my banner in 'about us'

here's the link for discounted postage:

Postage discounts | eBay

[papermoon.lady]

I think that yes, it has to do with immediate payment. I recently had this problem with a seller who also requires immediate payment (so I could not request the total).

However, it would be nice if the postage could update automatically in the cart, even if a seller requires immediate payment, if people pay immediately when the total is updated. Requesting a total can take time, but if somebody pays immediately when the total is updated, it should be fine, but unfortunately, as the OP said, it only works if you buy 2 or more identical items.

[papermoon.lady]

The only way out of it can possibly be if a seller is willing to refund excessive postage after a buyer has paid full price. Sometimes sellers say that they will refund excessive postage in their listings, so I guess they could do the same for combined postage for items that require immediate payment?

[twyngwyn]

.....or just remove 'immediate payment required'....then buyer can request an invoice

[papermoon.lady]

Yes, a seller did that some time ago, but if they don't suggest that spontaneously I personally don't feel like asking. I did hope that seller I wanted to buy from recently suggested that, but instead he said they are investigating why the cart does not update and will keep me updated when they find an answer.

[twyngwyn]

because ebay makes more in fees....the cart has been a 'problem' for many years

[*sons_and_daughters*]

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@twyngwyn wrote:

.....or just remove 'immediate payment required'....then buyer can request an invoice

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Some sellers can't. I am one of them. I don't have immediate payment required on any of my listings, but it is still forced onto the buyer thanks to ebay. I think if they add to the cart they can request a total, but just hitting buy now, they are forced to pay immediately.

[twyngwyn]

the buyer can also change their settings

[papermoon.lady]

If you have immediate payment enabled, the buyer can't request a total if they add items to their cart... "Request total" will be greyed out and if you hover the mouse over it it will say that you can't request a total because the items require immediate payment. This is because when you request a total, you commit to buy and the items will also be in your purchase as "unpaid" until you get an invoice.

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@*sons_and_daughters* wrote:

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@twyngwyn wrote:

.....or just remove 'immediate payment required'....then buyer can request an invoice

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Some sellers can't. I am one of them. I don't have immediate payment required on any of my listings, but it is still forced onto the buyer thanks to ebay. I think if they add to the cart they can request a total, but just hitting buy now, they are forced to pay immediately.

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