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Postage Advice!

tackledfishing — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:11:04 GMT

Hi expert ebayers... Need your advice once again. So my fishing reels have finally finished in production and I have just listed a few of them on ebay which I am very excited about...however postage I am finding a little tricky... Two questions for you all: If I had my postage seperate does ebay sting you on the price of your product as well as the postage fee price?

Also am I better off just combining the postage fee onto the price of the product ?

Your advice in the past has been very helpful and valuable and I appreciate it so much as I am still going through the learning process.

Thanks heaps guys in advance!

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crichtonscraftgwen — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:23:35 GMT

Definitely list your postage separately - eBay will then only charge you FVF on the price the item sells for if you combine them you get charged the extra.

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tackledfishing — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:40:08 GMT

Top advice again Gwen! By the way how did your grandson go the other day?

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dickos-extreme — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:01:42 GMT

They look like great Reels at great prices.

Good luck.:-)

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davewil1964 — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:37:05 GMT

I see the fb is taking care of itself, tackled.

I list anything that will go as a letter as 'free' postage. Everything else has postage separate. You will still pay Paypal fees on the postage, but not eBay fees. What service/s are you using? If you're not already using it and you can utilise satchels, or if packed weight is over 500g, have a look at Click and Send. The satchels are considerably cheaper than standard Australia Post ones and the B1 box is way cheaper than a 3kg satchel. C&S also qualifies for Paypal seller protection, without any hassles or semantics.

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tackledfishing — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:23:20 GMT

Thanks alot dickos-extreme! That means a lot to me as they were in production for 4 months ! Thanks for kind wishes.

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tackledfishing — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:24:51 GMT

Thanks for your advice davewil! Will check out those B1 boxes. Thanks again!

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the_hawk* — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:47:12 GMT

As a buyer I accept items bought online have a postage charge above the item cost, provided all other things are equal it really doesn't matter as ebay gives the option to search for item with item+postage cheapest first.

Then with me comes location of the item because that tells me how long its going to take for it to arrive.

I will often pay a $ or two more to a Oz seller just for the speed of delivery.

Then comes feed back, its not such a huge factor as long as there is non saying item didn't arrive or slow postage.

Just saying here now and I know it doesn't apply to you, Sadly there has been a few HK sellers listing items as being in Oz and posting from HK, they get punished with a neg from me and 1 star, there is no excuse for misrepresenting the item location

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phorum_junkie* — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:58:24 GMT

On my BIN store items I include the cost of postage in the total price, most of my things post for $6.20 in an ebay branded satchel so I add $8 and that covers the cost + fees, of course you can't discount anything that is free postage so when buyers pay for more than one item together it more than makes up for it.

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thesoulyearns — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:55:49 GMT

If I had my postage seperate does ebay sting you on the price of your product as well as the postage fee price?

Also am I better off just combining the postage fee onto the price of the product ?

eBay just charges a fee for the item price. If you're accepting payment by PayPal, they charge the fee for postage. For casual sellers / non-store owners, the eBay fee is a standard 7.9% of the item price but for a Basic or Featured Store it's just 7%. If accepting payment by PayPal, the postage fee is a standard 2.4% + fixed fee of 30c.

It's probably cheaper for keep postage separate as the PP fee is a tad less overall. Sometimes offering free postage like digital*ghost suggested is a nice incentive for people to buy. This helps for things that can be sent as a large letter but can also work for parcel items too.

Good luck and have fun wetting a line! 🙂

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curraone — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:42:37 GMT

If they fit in the B1 boxes I would definitely use those -

Width 220mm Depth 160mm Height 77mm

and costs $8.25 postage - click and send with tracking, what's not to like 🙂

a box provides more protection I reckon.