topic Re: I want to use Australia Post in Selling

I want to use Australia Post

silent_whispers — Sat, 21 May 2022 06:07:53 GMT

Hi and thanks for any assistance you may offer. Firstly there were no keyboards when I went to school, so you can guess my age. I regularly buy items on eBay but I'm new to selling on eBay. Ok, my items are small, not expensive, and qualify for Australia Post regular letter which it $2.20. There's no dropdown menu postage for regular domestic postage, so I'm guessing there isn't one. .Also, I have a pile of Australia Post postage stamps that I need and plan to use. Where and how do I tick the item as being sent without having used a printed postage label? It seems like you have to print a postage label to activate the "sent" box. Is this the case?? Help

Re: I want to use Australia Post

domino-710 — Sat, 21 May 2022 06:14:56 GMT

Firstly make sure you have signed up for managed payments.

There is no reason you can't send by large letter - think there is same - untracked letter on the dropdown - just scroll through it's there.

Also there is an option to simply mark ' sent ' - using your own addressed letters & stamps.

I hope you do well.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

jellybirddesigns — Sat, 21 May 2022 06:44:52 GMT

You need to be fully signed up and ID verified for the new Managed Payments system. There is no more Paypal for sellers. You'll need either a current passport or drivers licence as well as a bank account in the same name as the documents.

Are you fully signed up and have you read the sellers guide?

Once you are verified, then start listing, but one of the requirements for new/infrequent sellers is that your funds will be on hold between 21-30 days, or until you can show tracked delivery. If you're using stamps, your money will probably stay pending for the max amount of holding days. This is to ensure that you are a low risk, reliable seller and can prove yourself. Bear in mind that if you're only sending with stamp and someone opens a dispute/case, you will lose every time as you cannot prove that you sent it.

You don't need postage labels to mark as sent - just take to the counter and lodge and then there is an option to "mark as sent" in the transaction drop down

Is there a reason you can't send the items tracked and charge the buyer accordingly? Why do you want to send untracked? If you're just selling that necklace, you could put it in a small domestic tracked letter, which I think are around $3.00?

Re: I want to use Australia Post

silent_whispers — Sat, 21 May 2022 06:44:53 GMT

Thanks for your reply..I found the dropdown mark as "sent" option. Cheers

Re: I want to use Australia Post

gutterpunkz05 — Sat, 21 May 2022 07:47:41 GMT

No keyboards?,(we had a piano in the corner) but do you remember mixing your ink for the ink well and the good old nib on a stick.

Anyway re your postage, AP has had a major crackdown on invalid items being sent as letters, as such there is every possibility that the item will be detected and either returned to sender or only delivered to the buyer upon receipt of correct postage and penalty fees. There is also the possibility that that particular item may be damaged or damage/jam sorting machines.

AP's Crackdown also extends to parcel post and they now have machines that auto detect the exact size and weight of parcels and remove the item from shipping if there is any discrepancy with details logged to the barcode. I got pinged a couple of weeks back because one measurement was apparently 5mm short, which apparently by cubic weight meant the item was underpaid by $3.80, so I was billed the extra by mypost business, but at least they did not apply any penalty fees, just a friendly warning to be more careful when declaring weights and measurments.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

domino-710 — Sat, 21 May 2022 08:15:51 GMT

Before giving this advice - please check - domestic tracked letter - can it contain other than documents.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

domino-710 — Sat, 21 May 2022 08:22:39 GMT

Sorry GP - I've only just read your reply - exactly.

The only way I've found has been large letter - in a padded envelope - $2.20 with Registered Post - around another $4.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

silent_whispers — Sat, 21 May 2022 08:30:21 GMT

Hi again..I took my package to an Australia Post Post office, and they checked out the size, etc..and told me it was suitable for the Domestic Regular Letter rate ($2.20). I've bought quite a lot on eBay but not in selling. Its a learning curve.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

domino-710 — Sat, 21 May 2022 08:33:43 GMT

Good - but think the only way to get around - no tracking - is Registered.

Perhaps you will just have to rely on the - most buyers are honest - will leave feedback - or not open any case - and you will do OK.

No cases means - payment.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

silent_whispers — Sat, 21 May 2022 08:49:33 GMT

Cheers Jellybird, I am still waiting for the micro-deposit for banking verification. I've purchased lots on eBay since 2008, but not much selling at all. My ID verification is done and approved.. I spoke in chat to eBay customer service last Thursday (19th) and was told the micro amounts should show up in my nominated account yesterday (Friday 19th). It's now Saturday the 20th evening and still no` deposits. I only use that account for online shopping..Very frustrating as I want to list more items.. Once it's all verified I'll look into that letter tracking..Thanks

Re: I want to use Australia Post

jellybirddesigns — Sat, 21 May 2022 09:12:03 GMT

@domino-710 wrote:
Before giving this advice - please check - domestic tracked letter - can it contain other than documents.

@domino - I've been sending tracked letters with everything except documents for the last few years. Never had an issue. I've even shown the PO agents my items beforehand when looking to see what size I need and they've just handed over the envelope. Even the AP website recommends this as a way to send "items".

Re: I want to use Australia Post

domino-710 — Sat, 21 May 2022 09:41:01 GMT

Just took a peek - most are ' untracked letters '.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

gutterpunkz05 — Sat, 21 May 2022 11:28:20 GMT

Here are the prices for the prepaid tracked envelopes, I do use these for certain items but only medium and large, as I dont think I would have anything that would comply with 5mm thickness (including packaging) that is allowed for the small envelopes, From memory the items are meant to be flat and flexible.

Item Max. weight Dimensions Charge per item Charge per 10-pack Charge per 10-pack (for 5+ packs)Small envelopeBuy nowMedium envelopeBuy nowLarge envelopeBuy now

Up to 125g

130mm x 240mm

Up to 5mm thickness

$3.05

$30.00

$29.50 per pack

(minimum cost $147.50)

Up to 500g

240mm x 162mm

Up to 20mm thickness

$5.10

$48.50

$45.90 per pack

(minimum cost $229.50)

Up to 500g

229mm x 324mm

Up to 20mm thickness

$6.15

$58.40

$55.40 per pack

(minimum cost $277)

Re: I want to use Australia Post

gutterpunkz05 — Sat, 21 May 2022 11:34:11 GMT

Hi Dom, I use the tracked envelopes for some items, whereas Registered items are still supposed to be signed for, these envelopes only need to be scanned on delivery

Re: I want to use Australia Post

jellybirddesigns — Sat, 21 May 2022 11:43:20 GMT

@domino -

Of my 400 or so listings, only approx 150 are untracked, so the majority of items are definitely tracked. On top of which, when people buy multiples of an "untracked" low postage cost item, the combined postage actually levels up to tracked.

I've been doing this for many years - I know my numbers and I know what people buy and how to price my postage. I've sold over 12,000 items across several platforms in the last few years alone and I can say that it is only the minority of items that end up being sent untracked, regardless of what their postage cost says on the listing. Besides parcel post, I use the large domestic A4 green envelopes to send some of my cushion covers, fabrics and stencils. I use the smaller ones to send things like fabric tape, ribbon etc.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

davewil1964 — Sat, 21 May 2022 13:04:04 GMT

Those are tracked prices.

Untracked are significantly less and more appropriate for low value items.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

sofie_cat — Sun, 22 May 2022 00:02:18 GMT

I"d love to know just where to enter the micro amounts on eBay. Mine are there in my bank account but I don't know where to insert them so as to be verified. The ebay message I got about them has a "Verify" clickable link... but it simply takes me to a general ebay page, and when I try to click from there to any likely areas it keeps asking me to sign in, and do the Captcha tedious routine. I do that but I'm caught in a loop of trying to click to another area, and then having to login and do Captcha, over and over.
At the moment I'm trying to simply edit one of my active listings and I can't, because I have to keep signing in and doing the security check, repeat repeat, and can't access anything.
Are you having any of those issues?

Re: I want to use Australia Post

sofie_cat — Sun, 22 May 2022 00:14:46 GMT

Yes I've used those sometimes when I sell on Etsy. They're the green tracked post envelopes. It actually says on the envelope itself that they're not suitable for inflexible sharp items. That to me means it's fine for flexible non-sharp items that won't measure over 2cm thick. It doesn't say to send ONLY letters in them, yet the one grumpy woman in my PO sold me one recently and glared and said they're only for letters (I didn't even have my item there with me). I said okay and went home and popped the soft flat little knitted hat in it, with a stiff cardboard piece to fortify it, and posted it.
The fact too that you get $100 coverage for it is interesting... it would have to be a VERY valuable letter if only letters were allowed in those envelopes.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

sofie_cat — Sun, 22 May 2022 00:16:05 GMT

Green tracked post envelopes, in 3 different sizes. Max. thickness for the small one is, I think, 5mm, but the other two sizes are up to 2cm thickness.

Re: I want to use Australia Post

domino-710 — Sun, 22 May 2022 01:08:39 GMT

They are great - but it depends on the item being sent.