Tracked Postage on Low Value Items - Experiment

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 Smiley LOL ).

 

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. Smiley Very Happy

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Tracked Postage on Low Value Items - Experiment

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.

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