How to Set Up Flat Rate Shipping on eBay Etsy and save you time and money from 2DogsDigs

[@rebeccawatt8233]

Thanks for this Info!! Exactly what I needed!

[@expressionsinvintage]

How are you "setting up" the flat rates on that ChitChats page that include USPS and UPS? I see how you figure out flat rates, but don't see how you get it "set up" on that page so you can view ALL the options. It looks like you are inside your ChitChats site there. I am in Canada and am trying to figure out how to flat rate ship through my ETSY store to the USA and I know there are "shipping policies" but not sure how that would actually work. I have set up my eBay store with many "shipping policies" to different sizes/weights of packages I send, but Etsy seems different in that regard. Thanks!

[@2DogsDigs]

We don't set up flat rates on the chit chats page. We set flat rates up by figuring them out on either Pirateship, ChitChats or Canada Post and then use that when we set up rates on ebay or Etsy. On Etsy, just set up different rates depending on item size and weight. you Cannot set different regions in etsy though.

[@johndavis48076]

Why in the world did I think that I am the only person who uses 90210 to estimate west coast shipping.? Everyone probably does!

[@CamilleGG451]

That's hilarious 😆. I'm in Nor CA and I use 10025 for e. Coast and then wanted to just get an idea of how that compares to sending it to So Cal and I couldn't remember the name of the damn show. I was like wait, 901? 921? 🤔😁

[@lostjujubes]

Thank you!!!

[@judywapner]

This is eye-opening! Thanks! Do you tend to buy bunches of boxes that are certain sizes and stick to those? I scrounge for boxes atm so it would be a bit wonky to use this method?

[@2DogsDigs]

We buy standard sizes of boxes from a company called ULine and try to factor the cost into shipping and listing prices.

[@ganggreen1983]

Someone needs to develop and app for this.

[@fracritel]

helpful

[@Clintscollectiblez]

The seller doesn't get the money for flat rate shipping so where does it even go..??????

[@2DogsDigs]

That is not correct. The buyer pays the flat rate shipping indicated in the listing to the seller. The seller pays the actual shipping cost to send the item to the buyer's address. In our experience, there may be a dollar or two difference between the flat rate charged and actual shipping, however, at the end of the year, it pretty much evens out. Many sellers subsidize shipping already by increasing the listing price of the item, or by offering free shipping.

[@Clintscollectiblez]

@@2DogsDigs ya I found out that ebays fees are so high it just seemed like I wasn't paid for the shipping, I'm a noob still so I'm learning.. thanks for feedback too.

[@prit402]

Thank you so much for sharing! I sell on Etsy and sell items that are pretty flat can you explain how I could ship stuff from Canada to the United States through the letter mail system. I'm so confused because I have read that you have to have a customs form on the envelope if it contains even something like a vinyl decal or a paper cake topper that's flat. Thank you!

[@cyrusredblock2244]

Thumbs up.

[@scottne]

I'm sorry but this doesn't tell you "how to set up flat rate shipping on Etsy...". This just tells you how to figure out the pricing!?!?

[@2DogsDigs]

Its about setting up flat rate shipping in general. Use this info to get rates and then you can easily set all your shipping on Etsy (its how weve done it).