topic Postage price increases in Selling

Postage price increases

davewil1964 — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:35:09 GMT

Just in from eBay =

PRODUCTS AND PRICES

Product Name weight packaging Prices (As of 1 October 2018)

eBay Australia Post Flat Rate 500g Satchel eBay Satchel $7.55

eBay Australia Post Flat Rate 3kg Satchel eBay Satchel $12.85

Australia Post Flat Rate BX1 Small Box Max 1kg Australia Post Box $10.25

Australia Post Flat Rate BX2 Small Box Max 3kg Australia Post Box $12.85

Australia Post Flat Rate BX4 Small Box Max 5kg Australia Post Box $15.9

Australia Post Parcel Post Parcel (Nationwide) <500g Own packaging $8.3

Australia Post Parcel Post Parcel (Same state) >500g Own packaging $9.85

Australia Post Parcel Post Parcel (Other state) >500g Own packaging $12.6

Australia Post Express Post Parcel (Nationwide) <500g Own packaging $11.3

Australia Post Express Post Parcel (Same state) >500g Own packaging $13.85

Australia Post Express Post Parcel (Other state) >500g Own packaging $15

500g eBay satchels stay the same, Bx1 boxes are significantly more expensive.

https://sellercentre.ebay.com.au/ebay-for-business/ebay-postage-labels

Re: Postage price increases

sugar249 — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:43:39 GMT

wow, how do they justify the BX1 increase. Thats a rip off, oh thats right it's Ebay, they don't care about the people who make them their money

Re: Postage price increases

porcelain_dolls_by_me — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:49:15 GMT

They are the increases imposed by AustPost, not eBay, so complain to your local MP (and good luck!)

Re: Postage price increases

everard6920 — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:52:42 GMT

@sugar249 wrote:
wow, how do they justify the BX1 increase. Thats a rip off, oh thats right it's Ebay, they don't care about the people who make them their money

Agreed; the Bx1 increase is going to hurt.

I do $5 postage on some items (with the remainder in the item price) and send them in Bx1, but that's going to have to change.

Re: Postage price increases

davewil1964 — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:54:51 GMT

Postage for B1 boxes through AP went up a couple of years ago, so we have actually been insulated for a while.

They are now no cheaper (slightly more unless you buy hundreds) than 1kg satchels, so that's what I'll be using.

Re: Postage price increases

digital*ghost — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:05:18 GMT

The BX1 price is disappointing, and will require some re-pricing for some of my heavier items. For me personally, it was the only eBay postage service worth buying - full price for one via My Post Business is currently $13.45 (exactly the same price as a 3kg satchel), with the lowest price at $11.43 if you qualify for the max. discount of 15%. That also means that even after the 35% increase, eBay's regular price will be at least 10% or so cheaper than the best discounted price buying directly from AP, I have no idea what MPB prices will be on Monday, though.

Re: Postage price increases

go-tazz — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:18:38 GMT

I was planning to send some stuff via the B1 boxes but that's just being knocked on the head as those items

will go via FB and other avenues instead,(a $2.70 increase makes it unviable to use that method).

Maybe time to bulk clear most of that stuff,

Unfortunately I still have one box B1 box here,

Re: Postage price increases

purplemon18 — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:18:16 GMT

Honestly, what annoys me is that they haven't given us any notice. We've known AP prices were going up for a month, ebay gave us 4 days.

Re: Postage price increases

love_of_cars — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 06:08:23 GMT

It did seem rather short notice!

At least eBay is always open unlike the post office which was closed today on Sat, just like yesterday on Fri (public holiday). Very annoying.

Re: Postage price increases

chameleon54 — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 09:33:47 GMT

WOW - Just checked out the new AP prices. Was that $12 I saw for an international large letter up to 250g ? Another 30% price increase. I send quite a few 250g letters OS so this is going to hurt. Some of AP,s new satchel prices are also getting too expensive to be viable for a lot of items. Just another reason to find something else other than internet selling to do with my time.

You have to wonder how much further AP can push up its prices before it kills the goose that lays the golden eggs. It also leaves the door wide open to allow a decent competitor to come in and cut its parcel lunch on all of the highly profitable city deliveries, leaving AP with the more remote postal runs that no-one else wants.

AP state in their release that " the price increases will allow it to continue providing its services into the future". Not really much point if they send all of the Australian internet sellers out of business in the process, leaving AP to deliver Chinese parcels for next to nothing. Seems pretty dumb to me..

Re: Postage price increases

eol-products — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 10:48:06 GMT

I purchased a few 10 packs of pre paid envelopes to help delay the price increase as $12 is a huge increase. I also found it strange the 500gram stayed the same price at $18.

Re: Postage price increases

jfmgray — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 11:58:31 GMT

So if I print out B1 box labels tomorrow before eBay increases the price on Monday, will Australia Post still accept the price as I can not lodge until Monday?? I have a couple of orders that today B1 ebay label is the cheapest option but on Monday the B1 box will not be the cheapest option.

Re: Postage price increases

purplemon18 — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 11:59:06 GMT

In the end we just increased the price of items that go in BX1 boxes by $3 to cover the difference.

Re: Postage price increases

davewil1964 — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 12:06:16 GMT

You should be right. The price at time of generation is the price. eBay won't wear it, although if there are repercussions they should, because the applicable postage is the one that is extant at the time of label generation. ie What is quoted by eBay when you click on 'Create Label'.

I won't be posting anything until Tuesday as I'm in the majority of the country where Post Offices aren't open on Monday, but if I have any B1 sales tomorrow I will be generating the labels before midnight.

Re: Postage price increases

davewil1964 — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 12:09:08 GMT

@purplemon18 wrote:
In the end we just increased the price of items that go in BX1 boxes by $3 to cover the difference.

As B1 boxes in singles are $1.75, with postage that's $12. I can buy 10 packs of 1kg satchels for $11 per. Guess which way I'm leaning?

Re: Postage price increases

jfmgray — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 12:19:33 GMT

Yep me also

Re: Postage price increases

digital*ghost — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 12:44:04 GMT

@chameleon54 wrote:
WOW - Just checked out the new AP prices. Was that $12 I saw for an international large letter up to 250g ? Another 30% price increase. I send quite a few 250g letters OS so this is going to hurt.

Yep, that one's pretty harsh, too. At least they've introduced a 51-125g bracket at $7.50, which will be good for a lot of sellers, but it wasn't that long ago the 51-250g bracket was $6-something.

Over 250g is much more than an untracked 500g air mail parcel, aso I don't know how they figured those prices out.

Re: Postage price increases

*tippy*toes* — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 13:01:42 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
You should be right. The price at time of generation is the price. eBay won't wear it, although if there are repercussions they should, because the applicable postage is the one that is extant at the time of label generation. ie What is quoted by eBay when you click on 'Create Label'.

I won't be posting anything until Tuesday as I'm in the majority of the country where Post Offices aren't open on Monday, but if I have any B1 sales tomorrow I will be generating the labels before midnight.

Ahhh, good point. I had 2 sales today, I can't post until Tuesday. I'd best print the labels tomorrow. Didn't give that a thought until you mentioned it.

Re: Postage price increases

dazzledayz — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:03:25 GMT

This is one of the best reasons not to offer "Free" postage.

These AP price rises are becoming just a little too frequent, too hard to absorb and the workload too great sorting through listings to find and reprice the items affected.

eBay, in their wisdom, have not extended their active listing external editing function to price, only SKU.

Postage policies on the other hand offer an easy, one stop solution.

Re: Postage price increases

eol-products — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 20:32:59 GMT

Mypost prices are still the same this morning.