Australia: Offering Untracked Envelope, Tracked AND Express Parcel on the same item

[beager10]

Hey eBay'ers,

I have an Australian-specific postage question:

I'm selling some very small, flat items, and I am able to post them in envelopes. For the majority of my cheaper items I select 'Australia Post Domestic Regular Letter Untracked', I then offer 'Australia Post Domestic Regular Letter With Tracking' for an additional fee.

However, I want to be able to add a third option of 'Australia Post Express Parcel', for an even higher fee. I can't however seem to add this option because of the fact that I've selected 'Letter'. If I select 'parcel' as the base option however, then I can't offer untracked.

How can I add this third option? As a seller I want to be able to offer this express option firstly because they could get it quicker and secondly because it could be an option that not all other similar sellers offer.

[twyngwyn]

You can put it in your blurb, and ask buyer to message you with preferred postage, if needed....however, you cannot do this if you have 'immediate payment required' in your settings

[jellybirddesigns]

Your postage costs seem off. You're offering tracked letter at $2.90? If you're talking about the green domestic tracked letters, that doesn't even cover the smaller DL size ($3.05), which is useless for your items.

You need the medium size which are about $4.85 each if you buy a pack of 10.

Express tracking is far more than the $4.95 you're charging, so I can only assume you are subsidising these prices out of your own pocket?

I wouldn't give buyers the choice because anyone intent on scamming you will pick the lowest "free" postage option and then open a case which you will 100% lose.

For example, that signed Delta Goodrem CD for $100 will become a very expensive lesson if a scammer buyer is given the option of "free" postage.

Why not just set one tracked shipping method and finished? 

[curraone]

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@jellybirddesigns wrote:

Your postage costs seem off. You're offering tracked letter at $2.90?

No this is not what the OP has:  he is offering free postage for untracked - and covering the postage cost himself  in his buy it now price

And is also offering tracking for an extra $2.90 - which is his inbuilt postage plus $2.90

[beager10]

Hi Jellybirddesigns,

Thanks for your concern, but not sure which items you've gone through, but I'm only talking about items sold for less than $15 in my case. Any item over $15 is tracked postage only; I know that. 🙂

I can also confirm I know my postage prices are correct since I've set myself.

So, do you know if is it possible to have three options per my original question?

[curraone]

I have no trouble adding a third option:

[lornamayhandpainting]

What you might consider, for those cheaper items that you are not concerned about having tracking for, is to offer free postage, work the fee into your pricing, then have the two other options if the buyer wants extra speed or security.

[sandypebbles]

The person asked the question 3 years ago, so a little late I think