Handling time adjustment - any benefits?

[jellybirddesigns]

For a few years now I've kept my handling time at around 5-10 days to allow for items to get to their destinations with time to spare.

About 40% of my orders go overseas so having a bit of built-in "padding" has been helpful.

However, is there a real benefit to having handling time of say 1 day?

Will my items get more exposure in search results?

Or, does one have to have 1 day handling PLUS free postage to get the best search result?

[davewil1964]

Sorry, it was meant more for shoppingbag

[digital*ghost]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

Smartphones (which I consider a necessary backup for ANY online seller) also give you internet access. From your own home, or cafe.

I realise using a phone is painful, but it does give an option to at least see what you've sold and where to post it. All without having to try to access eBay's app or mobile site. That's why I have my email accounts accessible from my phone.

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You don't necessarily have to use the phone itself - if you have a decent data plan (i.e. one that's not gonna cost you $$$ for the usage), you can basically use it as a modem and perform all your normal functions on your computer. 

This is was really handy when the power was out at my place for 16 hours recently - no electricity, so no PC or internet, but I did have a fully charged phone and laptop. 

[wide-world-of-stamps]

We don't have a smart phone as we're not actually in an area with coverage, although we can use a mobile with an antenna plugged into the back (which only a couple of models of "dumb" phones allow without having to use a cradle and "hands free" which we find difficult to hear properly at times).

We have satellite internet and so it doesn't work when the power's out.

What we do have is a mobile data "stick" which plugs into a USB port on our laptop.

Luckily we can get reception for that if we drive 5km up the road, so we can still check our emails without actually going all the way into town if the power's out (or the satellite's not working, which happened a couple of weeks ago)..