Making A Big Change To My Ebay Business

[@Thetimecapsuletx]

I love giving my customers the cheapest shipping rate I can. I found that sending things parcel is the best. As a seller, you make no extra money doing this, but I think the buyers appreciate this. The flat rate legal sized envelopes are nice too. You can fit a lot in those.

[@FPSmoto]

I personally like calculated shipping because it separates the item price from the shipping price when the buyer is looking at an item in my store, and it gives them a more up-front and realistic idea why the shipping cost may be a bit higher the further it has to be shipped. It is also a bit better for dealing with returns, and for tax purposes I think.

[@dino00555]

I have just under 500 listings and I use flat rate shipping on about 90% of them and free shipping on the rest. I try and keep shipping cost to a minimum, I have come up short a few times, but overall it works out just fine. I have never used calculates shipping for the reasons you mentioned in your video (The cranberry Pyrex to CA for $79).

[@sandrawv1]

Hey Kevin! I am not too far from you - about an hour and 1/2. I am also an educator, going on 22 years. I’ve been reselling part time for 9 years and would love to grow and maybe retire early and focus on reselling. Always love your content! ❤️

[@malthesportsgal869]

I use flat rate shipping on EVERYTHING and have for 2 years. I have set it up where the customer saves about a Buck or 2 and sometimes it swings back in my favor. I love it. Each amount I set is based on projected weight. (4.40,4.95,5.50,5.95 etc)

[@gemflipper]

I've got best offer on about 90% of my items and I only recently did that now that I've got more time to handle orders. I've always done calculated shipping and I offer different shipping options. I have done that for years

[@mr-vet]

My sales on eBay have been 💩for the last the last 4 months….in Jan I had a lot,of great sales, in Feb some decent ones, but since then just a trickle. I even revamped all my listings, re-comp’d everything; adjusted prices, as needed, updated shipping options (with about half a flat shipping rate, depending on weigh/class; and some free shipping-mostly media), made sure everything was listed with “Best Offer”. Fortunately, I resell for fun, not to make a living (retired military).

[@amysepicstuff4sale]

Ty for your service

[@LynzieLou2]

When I use best offer, I always set the parameters, so I don’t have to deal with messages back-and-forth. Thanks Kevin for all of your thoughts and experiences on reselling! 💕 This gramma loves Turners jokes! 💕

[@onemanstrash8233]

I used to set the parameters.. but then it seems like I will get a low ball offer and the system feels sorry for me and throws it up in search and it sells within a few days for full price! 😂 But really… it happens!

[@hillariboches]

Kevin you’re adorable with and without the hat! 😊 I was gonna say as soon as I saw the beginning of the video that your hair looks pretty awesome with the “wet punk” look! 😂I had a double dose of your picker and flipper videos this morning! That last picker with all of your buddies was just awesome- great score on the Cabbage Patch dolls! Happy you have Sarah to back you up! Awesome profits!💰💵 Great shipping explanation! I learned everything from you awhile back! I do flat shipping a lot! I do always put or “best offer” …I do counteroffer a lot with a nice note and usually that’ll work! Love your A&W Root Beer shirt!! Keep selling those Family Guy stuff! Thanks 🙏 for always posting videos - helps me get through the morning!!❤ from your Baltimore girl!

[@PassionatelyCollected]

I could be wrong, but think you have to set up policies in order to set up the "standard shipping" mentioned at approx 7:40. This is likely the reason you can't select it from the app. I do calculated shipping and my shipping preferences are set to pass along eBay's negotiated discounted rates to the customer. Flat rate scares me and I dropped free shipping after getting burned. Good video. Thanks for what you do!

[@FarmGurlScavengerNoel]

💯 you have to have policies to do this. Never free shipping here 👩‍🌾

[@randydetty3909]

I do best offer on every item I list. Do calculated shipping on every listing. Don' t do free shipping because of the huge difference between areas near me as opposed to the west coast etc.

[@profithunter777]

Best offer is turned on for all my items. I do not do free shipping at all. People say offer free shipping and just build the cost of shipping into your price. Yeah there's one major issue with that. So lets say you sell an item, the person opens a return because they just didn't like it. Well now when they ship it back to you, you have to refund them 100% of the purchase price including that free shipping cost you built into that price. Had you charged shipping you would only have to refund the actual cost of the item and not the shipping cost.

[@profithunter777]

Also to combat those outrageous shipping prices to half the country using calculated shipping, make sure you put 12x12x12 as your package size and then update it to the actual size when your item sells. Doing this will give your customers fair shipping prices regardless of where they are in the country when using USPS.

[@pattih6688]

I do calculated shipping. The discount I receive usually covers my costs. I also do everything Best offer.

[@flower2289]

I use Best Offer on a high percentage of my listings. I do receive some laughably low offers but overall I think it helps my business. I think psychologically buyers like to believe they are receiving a great deal even though the offer price they send may not be much lower than the listed price. Also if I have a quantity listing with 5, or 10, or 20 items, etc. I am usually willing to accept a much lower per item price if they want to buy a number of the same item.

[@jamie4697]

Love that your whole family is involved ❤

[@kelleyschrumpf2661]

I have been selling for 26 years now and also have List Perfectly. For a long time I would start my listing on eBay and then cross list because it's what I was most familiar with. After hearing the Pro's of starting my listing directly on LP I begrudgingly made the change. It was the best thing I have done. In the notes section I always put the weight and dimensions. If you do calculated and your reducing the weight/dimensions to save buyers on shipping, then put that in your notes section. When your wife cross lists she would have that information. I just recently went from calculated to flat rate for the reasons you stated. Not everything but 98% of my listings. I wasn't being competitive with calculated and my sales on heavier items have increased.

[@toots428]

When you do flat rate shipping, do you still buy the shipping label from eBay?

[@ShenandoahValleyTreasures]

I always charge shipping since i do free returns. That's an interesting idea to change the package dimensions on calculated shipping; i never thought of that! Love Reagan's Def Leppard tshirt, I've been to several concerts

[@brianhenry2385]

Twisted Metal Game: I was surprised to see the $30 game in a cracked case. It’s pretty easy to swap them or just keep a stash of empties around that were found missing the discs. You can always “harvest” a few good cases from the next low value lot you sell, swapping the $2 games into the cracked cases to keep better ones.

[@claire2d268]

I couldn’t understand that either. The cases could have been changed with another case easily. Or isn’t that the case?

[@brianhenry2385]

@@claire2d268 It has been awhile since I had any around, but as I recall the old Playstation cases work the same way as the old CD cases, as far as taking the label and disc holder portion out, to swap the label and any inserts into an undamaged case from another old playstation game. When its the front portion of the case that has the crack, I seem to recall those come off the hinge pins and can be swapped over too, like a CD case.

[@jpagan7448]

Kevin I ship calculated with the buyer paying ship on 99% of my items. As for best offer, I currently have one item with a best offer and have the settings set up so I don’t get lowball offers. The item is listed at $725. Thanks for sharing Kevin.

[@catwhisperer968]

Exactly what I do.

[@ARuralSquirrel]

I'm off the camp that everybody can do whatever works best for their business and that's not my business!! However, if you're asking me....I do calculated buyer pays. I'm in the middle of the country and it's pretty reasonable for me to ship wherever. Super easy to do.

[@sallyolson9305]

I use Best Offer on all listings except auctions--yes, I use auctions. When I sell rare vintage fly rods, I use auctions. 😊 I am a small size seller, so answering the offers is not a hassle. Love your channel!

[@adamb1687]

Love your videos. I have been reselling little things here and there on ebay since the 1990s. My wife and I retired last year and I have started selling steadily for the past few months and have now opened an ebay store. You and Harry Tornado are my favorite channels.

[@retiredrob24]

Huge!!!! Fan Kevin..you saved my business.. i never won some free Bubbleboy Bubble wrap.. so i bought some and im definitely a satisfied customer..

[@adamb1687]

I usually use calculated shipping but will provide free and flat rate shipping when the item comps dictate the necessity to use those. I agree it is hard to explain your reasoning why you do what you do with shipping to others. Once you do it for awhile it just makes sense.

[@mariap2226]

I buy most of my items for a buck at yard sales so I do put best offer on all my listings but I also do flat rate shipping on everything for over 5 years now. We've been top rated and 100% so no problems here. Another thing I do is list everything (except media mail) as economy shipping even though alot of my items go priority, but I figured a nice surprise for the customer. Anyway 6 years and no complaints yet 🤞🙏. Thanks for another great video 😁

[@mookstreasuretrove]

All items promoted, all items have best offer and all items are calculated shipping.

[@michianapicker]

I'm always amazed at how resistant people are of using the Ebay Business/Shipping Policies. Makes things so much easier.

[@thewayidoit8895]

Some people have so many policies and no description I just move on. Ebay has plenty of policies. I'm not even sure they honor policies you add to your description as who will enforce them and do they conflict with the platform user agreement?

[@michianapicker]

@@thewayidoit8895 I'm talking about Ebay Business Policies as in "Shipping Policies" that Kevin was referring to in the video. Has nothing to do with what is shown in the listing. 😊

[@brianhenry2385]

Flat Rate Shipping and Family is another good point. My wife takes pics and drafts listings, but rarely does the shipping so lacks real time knowledge of shipping costs and how each sold item is likely to ship: USPS First Class, Priority, Ground or FedEx. So each time there is a big rate change I give her a cheat sheet with weights vs the Flat Rate cost to insert. It’s as much as she wants to know and she has me check her choice as I make the listing go live in my laptop. Like you, I’ve been doing it so long I make the choice and price without much thought and when there is a big change like Ground Advantage, do some comparison research between rates until it once again becomes routine, until the next change. It’s easier to tell someone something like: if it can fit in a Priority Padded Bubble Mailer and my label cost is $8.30. Then insert a Flat Rate of $9.79 and do that for each type of package, then have each person make different choices. Simplicity is good and the more staff, simple is even better.

[@dacollectibulls]

I use Best Offer for about 95% of sales. Shipping depends but I'm doing more and more flat rate shipping fees. I think it's easier to the buyer to help them calculate their final price paid. The only time I do free shipping is if I have a ton of room between what I paid and my selling price

[@5797029]

I have never used calculated shipping. Flat on 99%. I do 100% of my listing on my phone. Few specifics and no rules set up. No best offers. Buying now or say goodbye. Keeping it simple works for me. Most days I am overwhelmed with sales. Really looking forward to a couple of slower weeks in July.

[@capfantasy]

I want to do flat rate shipping on almost everything but somehow have to pick the right medium price for different weights. Maybe after the July shipping changes. I wish there was are chart of everybody's ideas. I thinks it would make this easier and just a little more fair for long distance shipping frtom Ohio.

[@FlipForAdventure]

I list almost everything over 1lb as Parcel Select which we all know is changing. I will upgrade to Priority in a majority of cases that costs me less than $1 or 2 if there’s slack in my sales price. I don’t know if the slower shipping hinders more than the lower price helps. ..

[@letsdolunchpodcast]

We agree with Heather! She's a smart lady! 🚫🧢

[@aaronwilliams9685]

I use calculated shipping for everything. Combine shipping is for discounts.😊

[@recycledgamer654]

My 24 years reselling on eBay I have always done calculated shipping free shipping on higher end items that I don't have much money invested into and I do give customers a shipping discount if they live in California Washington State etc you mentioned reducing weights and measurements to reduce costs I also have been doing this in the past year doing this has helped my sales in this tough economy we are in now thanks for posting useful info hope to see out there neighbor

[@boneyardbee1425]

Definitely no-hat Kevin! I do a combo for shipping and those dang shipping policies. Hoping that’ll get easier with the usps change. You kinda answered a question I have. Putting standard shipping, you can choose how to send at the time of shipment?

[@amysepicstuff4sale]

Hello Reselling Family and Friends ! I do flat rate. I have buyers that are within my state and or a few states. I also have buyers across the US and I have always gotten positive feedback on my items. I also get feedback on just about all my sales. I take time to write a note for every sale. Happy 4th!

[@corpsefenn]

I have 4500 listing and everything over $5 has best offer on. All my motu items I parted out and made so much more money

[@BigMcFlips]

Final Fantasy 7 comes in a double disc case and contains 3 discs. The one you showed was in a standard single disc case. It may not be complete, but it certainly isn't in the original case. Just pointing it out. Still a good deal.

[@bradbrinkley4760]

We have 'best offer' on everything. I set the floor on offers on some items just to deter the extremely lowball offers, but for the most part the offers we get are reasonable. We added it to every listing in our store because we saw that our son was getting a lot of sales from offers - our sales went up pretty much immediately. Not a rocket ride in sales, but noticeably more.

[@melodyandjosephwagner4929]

Most of my items have flat rate shipping, and I do very well with my sales because of it. I do not normally do free shipping because I lose money when I do.

[@yaakovbenz]

No cap, all best offer no limits. Most my sales come either offers I sent offers I get and promoted listing.

[@rosiegames5861]

Kevin, keep up the great work. I've been watching you for a while now and we all appreciate your hard work and effort- daily! All the best to you and the family

[@charlottemccaig578]

I offer free shipping on everything except auctions and I seldom do auctions. Heavy items I mark Parcel Select but that can change. I've used FedEx and UPS for some heavy items this week and today sold a 6# box to a buyer in California (my own state) that was listed as Parcel Select at my cost of $7.70. I decided to see what Priority was and yep, $7.40! So don't always assume that is the cheaper weight, be sure to check, especially on items going within your postal zone.

[@debbiekelly-snow3868]

Thanks for the info! Turner and Reagan are both getting so big! Happy 4th!

[@DollarStoreDetective]

I used to do free shipping on everything below a pound but I have switched over to calculated because I sell weird random stuff which means sometimes it sits for a long time. So I've had items sit for a while and then shipping prices go up and then I put a sale on old items and end up losing money. Charging calculated shipping let's me know I'm at least not going to lose money on anything.

[@ilj1259]

But it does result in less sales.

[@bennystratton7734]

Aamen this is how I have done shipping and I have been a multichannel seller full time since 98' I only do flat rate shipping on items that ship first class and free shipping on expensive items $50 or more that ship first class or media mail. With calculated shipping you will never be on the hook for paying buyers shipping buyers shouid always be responsible for paying shipping no matter if the shipping cost $8 or $200 buyers are to coddled these days when it comes to shipping this really needs to stop if sellers want to be in the hole on shipping more power to then but when buyers complain about shipping there a headache waiting to happen they are uneducated when it comes to shipping and handling and for sure I educate then on how exactly shipping works

[@bennystratton7734]

​@@ilj1259nope not in 25 years!

[@nicpicker158]

I think I have a better option for you. I used to do shipping the same way as you with manipulating the weight/size to help shipping cost, but a while back I changed it up and had to tweak it for a bit but I think I have found the best way. Set up your shipping to pass on the eBay discount. Then I was rounding up a pound or whatever to help cover some of the fees on that shipping charge but recently USPS has changed it to charge less for shipping close zones so this wasn't working so well anymore. So now I am adding a small handling charge instead. I dont like flat rate for heavier items because you either "rip off" ppl close to you or "rip yourself" off when selling further away depending on how you do it.

[@annebeck2208]

I love the best offer thing as a way to connect with buyers and get an idea of when I need to go to the post office, but as I get more things in my store, I am taking the best offer OFF anything below $15-20. While I personally look at shipping prices, I don't think that many people look at shipping prices or people who are charging $25 for shipping shoes would never sell them. I also noticed the people selling antiques and jewelry flat rate $10 even if the item is only $20 and small enough to ship first class. I asked one particular seller and was told that they don't have a scale, so ship flat rate whatever it fits in easily.

[@montegoselections]

I have had best offer on for 99% of our listings for years. I want the churn and activity. We also are 99% calculated because I don’t want to mess with the constant shipper cost increases. Nor do I want to have to consider shipping cost with offers. I have also used business policies for over five years. Makes life so much easier when you need to make mass changes. When you list on the phone app, those policies are available to you. 😉. If I were in the middle of the country I might consider free or fixed. But I just love not having to think about it.

[@montegoselections]

Plus I’m right next to one of biggest markets in the US… California.

[@Allium_369]

I do flat rate shipping. It’s working great for me!

[@tiwanawhitten9443]

I always have the best offer on. I set my parameters at an amount I am happy with and will still come out way ahead. This works extremely well for me and I feel like it gives buyers the sense they have some control over their purchase.

[@lucasoliver1907]

I do best offer on everything. I would recommend setting offer limits. I tried for the past few weeks doing no limits and have gotten several ridiculous offers.

[@SteveAthearn-qh2jx]

Most of my listings have best offer. My wife does not have many best offers. Our store has about 3500 listing and over 3000 have best offer. My auctions do not have best offer. Thank you Kevin for all you do, you are a blessing to my wife and I. Steve

[@markvasquez9879]

We have offered make an offer since we have started and we typically only offer it on items over $10. I would say 80% of our sales come from offers but I get what you mean about not wanting to deal with all the extra emails!! It’s time consuming but when I shop I look for sellers who have the make an offer instead of just buy it now.

[@loricarrizales4335]

I do flat rate on under 1 lb split into 8 oz or less and 8 oz and above flat rate for what goes into padded flat rate envelope then calculated on the rest large items that may go ups is added to give customer a choice of ups or usps I use business policies to accomplish this

[@embarkmountain7178]

We do flat rate because we are pretty central here in CO and because we tend to just sell small items. It helps us decide how much we are willing to do on Best Offer and allows us to maximize our sales without losing money on the shipping side.

[@peddlinpatricks]

I do allow offers. I set a range. I don't get all kinds of messages or low ball offers. I do get sales at a number I am comfortable with. Cause I do auto accept on a certain amount. I do it on all listings. I also do all calculated shipping. Sometimes I can upgrade to priority because its actually less and they like that and the feedback is good. I worry about free shipping because of international sales. Im fairly new and I am not sure how that would affect a sale that goes through EIS. Im open to learning though and thats why I watch and read comments. I am east coast.

[@junebrezgis1652]

You could put a note in the listing in the description part with the weight . That saves me time when cross posting.

[@juliaslaughter4448]

I do only flat rate shipping and no best offers. I do send offers to watchers. My big stuff goes UPS to the lower 48 only.

[@GrimMetropolis]

I do best offer on everything. I have a small/medium sized store, so accepting or denying offers doesn’t take up too much of my time. I set a minimum price. Depends on how comfortable I’m selling it for.

[@zzlepug3861]

Remember with best offer it does open the four day window to pay. I dont stress about when they pay or non payers just relist. But might bother some people if they want to be paid right away.

[@willowsk1]

I get tons of sales with Best Offer. The percentage of non payers is very small. I quit stressing about it, too

[@flipping_for_funds]

Out of over 2500 items listed I have zero that use “best offer”. I had been using calculated shipping on pretty much anything over first class. I was using “free shipping” on all of our first class items but I am changing that with all new listings and most of my older active listings. They will become calculated for 2 reasons: 1. Being a top ranked seller, I get a discount on the shipping labels (if a buyer pays $5.65 I might pay $4.42) 2. When I send a 5% offer, the percentage is on the list price not the shipping. If an item is $20 shipped and I send a 5% offer the offer is $19. But if it’s $14.50 plus $5.50 shipping, the 5% offer is $.73 off instead of $1 off. Not only will I make money on the shipping but the discount is $.27 less. That may not seem like much but added up over time it makes sense.

[@bennystratton7734]

Yep most don't like to use there heads mathematically that way as many have said they like it the simplest way but simplest doest mean the best and if your losing money by being on the hook for the buyers shipping if using the simplest way then it's definitely not the best way to do it

[@zzlepug3861]

shipping - I always put parcel select so they get discount but them upgrade them to either priority on my dime or cubic priority. win win - they get cheap shipping and I get more sales.

[@nancyathearn8298]

Concerning free shipping ... if we are selling an item that is possibly breakable and might need to file for the Priority insurance if it were to get damaged in shipping, we will raise the buy-it-now price (to include shipping cost) and offer free shipping. That way, if we have to file for insurance we will be reimbursed the entire cost. Insurance won't pay the shipping cost if you charge for it. That way, neither we nor the buyer are out money.

[@aprilclay1989]

Love watching you! So informative and fun! Love seeing your family! Love, Love , Love the Def Leppard shirt. I was watching when you found that one I think❤️

[@Joe_Pace]

My only issue with calculated shipping is that dimensions don’t change on multi-quantity purchases. Let’s say that I have a multi-quantity listing where one item weighs two pounds and measures 8”x10”x12”. If I sell five to one buyer, eBay will charge them shipping based on ten pounds but with the same dimensions as one item. Because the package would be oversized, I then either have to pay the surcharge or split the shipment into multiple boxes. Either way I usually end up paying more in shipping than I collect from the buyer, but eBay for Business has always reimbursed the difference when asked.

[@dbuzz83]

We started out doing Best Offers on items, but we stopped after having non payments on quite a few items over a period of time. If eBay fixes the issue, I'll start doing Best Offers again.

[@jeffnorbert1871]

Months ago ebay stated they were going to make payments automatic with accepted offers. Still hasn't happened. I don't allow offers on anything I sell. Buy it now only with immediate payment required only. In spite of that I do occasionally get messages offering to buy something I have listed at a reduced price. My response to that is "not accepting offers". Usually I also block the originator of the message making the offer. If I were to get that kind of message from a returning customer I might consider it but that has never happened.

[@adamb1687]

My non payers on best offer sales is less than 1 percent. I can understand the frustration with non paying customers.

[@nu2ucollections]

Love the no hat Kevin videos. I charge calculated on everything. Over a pound I use parcel select but then ship Priority with the Ebay discount. Makes for great reviews when they get the item so fast. of course, this all changes on the 9th so I'll have to reevaluate.

[@jasondavison722]

I live in Texas which definitely helps with shipping. I can do flat rate more often since I know what it'll cost essentially anywhere. If I wasn't centralized it would be much harder to do flat rate.

[@Martyecho]

Been Watching For 2.5 Years And This Is the first Comment. You Have a Great Attitude and are Very professional. It's not every day that I see a family man who cares so much for his kids and wife. You are a True American Man And Family. I've Been selling for 2 plus years and it's fun and supportive but not like mortgages well not in my day I was caught up in the 2008 bank crash and in one night I lost everything I owned, Including my wife kids and cars homes and then I found my self (a college-educated guy) living on the Streest For 6 years and if it was not for eBay I wouldn't be writing this to you and the public. I never allow anyone my secrets but I can't only hold back for so long. so I have decided to write my life history and I am starting a KZbin channel in August sometime. fishing and ancient ruins and all sorts of adventures like I used to do. I have a crew of 5 now to film and an editor who is doing a Netflix documentary currently and Apple engineer. They have donated their time and efforts to get me started ( God Bless) So Im stronger now than ever. ebay is my life 14-17 hours a day is what I do and I don't mind at all I have created a business that I enjoy with a 100% 12 month feedback. I guess I am doing something right >-LOL so I will leave this and get back to my listings . Be good, as you always are and I will keep watching and give likes every time. So long.

[@dmcentYT]

Best offer on 95% of items and nearly always flat rate standard shipping. That allows a lot more freedom in picking the most efficient shipping. I’m pretty good at estimating what it will cost and no I don’t offer refunds on shipping unless it’s ridiculously over estimated

[@italiamn36]

I always do Calculated shipping I don't want to be stuck paying

[@greatlakesmerchant5115]

I put Best Offer on 98% of my listings. I put them a little above going rate and then they get a deal and I'm also happy. It also helps me when things have been listed for a long time, I can take a lower offer to get rid of it.

[@bamadad9927]

I charge a flat rate shipping, with economy shipping, which gives me the option to ship with the carrier of my choice. occasionally, I'll have an item that I lose on, but for the most part it equals out in the end. On bigger items, I will go in and exclude Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. box, and APO/FPO, to prevent me from really eating a lot of the shipping cost.

[@danrasich1570]

Love watching all you guys probably saw you on tic tac first. Good job dude love your style and your wife is right about the hat but be you brother whatever makes you comfortable!

[@OriginalNethead]

I always sold small and lightweight items, mostly due to physical disabilities. Always used calculated shipping with standard weights for the smaller stuff, because the USPS charged the same anyway. Combined shipping often meant the second item shipped free. When I set a Best Offer, I always included a minumum - kept the low-ballers out of my hair. All of my stuff was rock bottom to start with and the listed price was already my best offer.

[@Erik0207]

I’ve been doing a ton of parcel select lately. I usually do calculated shipping because I’m in NY and anytime I do free shipping, it’s a buyer on the west coast buying the item. (Because it’s the cheapest item for them)

[@gailmcclendon7480]

No Hat Kevin when you are inside at least. It's a nice change for you. Looks good!

[@onemanstrash8233]

Good one Turner!! Love ya Buddy!!

[@JRod7245]

i do free ship under a pound. above that i do calculated shipping. If it sits for a while i will do a flat rate with the slowest shipping.

[@ABCMatt123]

I do the best offer but for the highly demand items I price it a little higher expecting an offer and then try to settle on a mid price

[@dorisshanks7295]

I started by using best offer on all items over $10. Then I read that some resellers feel that not many bother to offer. They just pay the price. I decided to go with no offers except on high priced items or no offers but using free first class shipping. Most of my stuff is jewelry.

[@daviddarnall2367]

I enjoy your videos so much. You have a great family. How do you keep your shed so neat and tidy?

[@genncurry9872]

Set up business policies. Then your customers can pick between UPS, FEDEX or USPS prices.

[@casualfanatictn]

I use flat rate for virtually every listing because it makes it faster for me as I list. Also our Best Offer on every listing, but I only have around 450 listings so my store isn’t as big as yours.

[@DavidRoberts-xz8qs]

When I started, I did not do free shipping. Now, anything new will get free shipping. People love free shipping due to Amazon. A few friends even told me, they don't buy unless it is free shipping. I also use best offer on anything above 10 dollars. I like giving 10-15 percent off and set limits so I don't get the low ball offers. People have to do what the feel comfortable with. I have thought about a flat rate on certain items that are very heavy but have not implemented that yet. I will just keep adding the price of the shipping into the total cost when I list it.

[@gramajulietreasureadventur1104]

I sell so many things to PA, NY, FL NC all the way from Northern Nevada where I live...I use Best Offer and enjoy communicating with my buyers...Extremely Low offers are declined, usually...But when I counter-giving buyers a deal...they are happy buyers. As far as Shipping- I always use Calculated. I am very pleased with eBay & like I've said so many times: (Feedback Makes my Day, "I live for the Feedback", the extra $$$ supplements my Minimal Retirement Funds and that is also awesome). Thanks to you and other Resellers who have made my Store a success. Everyone, have a Very Happy 4th of July & God Bless America!

[@darlenemyles1155]

🎉you are very kind 🎉

[@SusanKing-vn9yb]

I use flat rate shipping on everything. Makes listing so easy and with 25 years reselling I am spot on 99% of the time. I may loose a dollar or gain a dollar depending on location, but it all evens out.

[@dalenickey4717]

Beat offer and free shipping are supposed to boost your algorithms. I charge shipping I vintage vinyl records. Media mail rate is not a deal killer for vinyl collectors who want a specific record.

[@pinggee6518]

I use calculated shipping on all items since I am shipping from California. Only about 25% of my listings, which are all fixed price, include Best Offer.

[@Mittenflipper]

I use best offer in almost all listings. I also usually set a limit around 50% of asking price.

[@richardflorey9956]

Best offer on most some type items I do not due to ridiculously low offers like gold jewelry. Always plus shipping- calculated, shipping cost changes and may very for certain areas.

[@Aligray98]

I use best offer but set limits. I just cant deal with the low low ball offers 😂 I switched to flat rate shipping in January and I believe it has made the biggest difference in my shop. It is a learning curve though because I have messed up a few times. But now I think I got it and have not lost any money in the last few months. I highly recommend it. I made this change after getting multiple complaints about shipping. I was doing calculated. I really believe it makes a difference.

[@ilj1259]

I used to do free shipping for everything... I did sell a lot more by doing this .

[@Rileesresale34]

I have always done best offer, I don't mind the low balls. I just counter or decline. The only time I don't do Best offer is when I am listing something under $20. Thanks for all the knowledge!

[@OdinMason]

If you want a good source for brand new CD/DVD/Video Game cases I can tell you who I get mine through. Last time I bought 1000's of replacement jewel cases I could get them with a new case and a new tray (either black or clear) for 15 cents a piece including shipping. I strongly recommend you find a wholesale vendor for replacement jewel cases. I don't replace all cases but if it is a rare or out of print or BOLO item I will change the case......For 15 cents you can easily demand a premium price.....And for me that is really true because I own an Azuradisc disc resurfacing machine. I also replace jewel cases for cheaper stuff because it makes it sell so much faster, they look so new.

[@nickgenna8357]

That Death Star mug is awesome!

[@brianhenry2385]

Almost all of my Shipping is Flat Rate shipping, but yes, there are positive and negatives to each shipping model. For instance, when the carriers raise rates, my shipping price can lag, but I see that as another form of running a sale as listings age. Since I do my listing on a laptop and check the listings my wife does on her phone (on my laptop) I often use the Standard Shipping selection for items larger then a Medium Flat Rate box. Be careful with bigger items that might go to Alaska,, Hawaii, PR or a PO Box. You may need to block such destinations or add a listing note.

[@brianhenry2385]

I like Flat Rate because it is simple and am hoping Ground Advantage will help too.

[@twoglassysisters3787]

We do calculated shipping with two different options of services. We also have best offer on every item.

[@PittsburghPicker]

If your going to consider the business policies make sure you have a few hours before you start down that road. The moment we clicked the link eBay automatically transferred all of our stuff to policies and it took hours for us to clean it up. Just fyi. We are like you and do a mix.