on โ21-03-2021 10:19 PM
For various reasons I've decided eBay will be the guinea pig for trialling tracked postage only, starting from tomorrow (my shop has been closed over a week, so this will be interesting) - I'm posting about it here because a lot of my items are low value ($4-$7), and just thought there might be some sellers with similar business structures who could be interested in the end results (whether it be a success or failure etc), in which case I'd follow up in a few weeks, and again in a few months.
If there's any specific info or stats someone would be interested in knowing, let me know so I can keep track of it.
A couple of things to note, in case it puts any subsequent info I post in the right perspective, while I do get a lot of single-item purchases, the core of my business is multi-item purchases from repeat customers; which is something I expect would make the higher postage cost a little easier to take (postage is going from a bit over $3 flat rate to a bit over $6 flat rate).
I've also set up a discount for orders of $50+, so this may have an effect on some of the changes in buying patterns (if I still get any sales, anyway ).
Lastly, some of my buyers are quite aware of the other platforms I sell through, and I won't be making any changes on those as yet, so this may result in decreases on eBay, but increases elsewhere (if I detect a significant pattern of that, I'll note it here when I update for anyone interested in that kind of stat).
If no one is interested, all good, and we can carry on as though you din't see nuthin' here.
on โ20-08-2021 06:43 PM
Yes and no. When I scan one item, the whole sale goes away into the paid and sent section. Technically it has only been applied to the one item and if I want to add it to the others I have to view all sales. I don't normally bother though. It has been added to the transaction, so I have all the reference info I need if there is an issue later.
It does not show up in the "tracking not uploaded" monthly email, so eBay must consider the sale as a whole tracked. It has not been an issue so far, but cut and paste would be faster if there are more than 2 or 3 lines in a sale and you want to put it on each.