Send Big & Heavy Parcels Worldwide CHEAP Using Royal Mail, Parcel2Go & UPS-Today

[@adamatraore9583]

I found Packlink to be the same price and you can do bulk orders, much simpler and quicker! Always pay for UPS next day on Packlink for £7.20 up to 12kg and £60 protection. Also added an extra £90p the other day for a £90 sale (That is the remaining £30 of cover).

[@joandrews357]

Hi how do you do the bulk orders on packlink? I know how to do Royal Mail bulk orders but not packlink ones?

[@newsjunkie9163]

@@joandrews357 I think, top right hand corner it says buy in bulk link.

[@markgowans1825]

Few thoughts - 1) For large/Bulky items (>5Kg) and expensive items - eBay packlink sometimes beats P2G considerably if you're insuring the parcel for it's full value. 2) For Parcel2Go - if you have an inPost locker nearby, you can save around £1/parcel if you can get the box dimensions to 64x38x38 or less. 3) If you have a lot to transport, eBay/Packlink are currently offering free collection - saves a trip! 4) Finally, if you're using P2G a lot, you can get 1% cashback through TopCashback. Bit of a pain for 1%, but is adding up for me!

[@pureretro5979]

The best thing I did when starting eBay selling was to get a pack of 6x4" labels on A4 sheets. I didn't have the cash for a thermal printer so I used these in a standard laser printer. I saves so much time being able to print directly.

[@kayali2646]

3:32 although this goes through, do you not have to worry about the full dimensions of the large letter? E.g this one at 3:32 looks a little too long for a large letter. Someone explain please. Would help me. Thanks.

[@nathanjpower]

Great video George! 👍🏻 Lately I’ve found Packlink has been cheaper then P2G so it’s worth checking, I’ve used them for UPS and DPD this week! UPS Today have recently hiked their prices from £6 to £7.20 inc VAT so I don’t use them or P2G as much these days. For Hermes I go direct on their website with 20% codes which brings 1kg parcels down to £2.32, 2-5kg £4.79 and 5-10kg £5.59. I still use Royal Mail Click & Drop for large letters and 1-2kg parcels for £2.95 2nd Class. I avoid Parcel Force now due to issues, they once dumped one of my high value parcels in a bush away from my buyers address! Never used InPost lockers lol

[@thecolonial1]

Hi you have maybe covered it before but what brand scales are those and where did you purchase them, thanks

[@snagger2810]

Good info again George. Must admit though I use packlink quite regularly as the prices are literally pence more than going through a comparison site like parcel to go or ups today. The other upside is usually you can buy protection for the full amount of the sale for a couple of quid which is a lot cheaper than direct with ups for the more expensive items. I sold a sony amp for £180. The postage was £7.39 including £20 compensation but with the insurance it was an extra £2.50 including a signature. The comparison sites wanted nearly £15 including insurance.

[@johnwalsh5409]

George, don't forget to log in to Parcel2Go using TOPCASHBACK, currently 1% cashback for existing customer, but If you log into Parcel Force separately via TC then its 7.6% cashback, Hermes is 3.39% cashback. It all adds up. I recommend TOPCASHBACK for every online purchase, saved a fortune over the years on holidays, insurance, you can even go to the major comparison sites via TC and get even more savings.

[@alexmackenzie6519]

Had a £670 item go missing with UPS this week. Only insured up to £60...

[@TatPeddler]

I dont even shred my label-backing paper now, i just screw it up for small parcel boxes. i shred paper though, like junk mail etc for void fill in the shredder

[@laundonsloft4629]

Flippin’ ‘eck, I’ve been chucking mine out. Thanks for the tip 😃

[@fongy200]

I use P2G and although they are good value they have cocked a couple of deliveries and pick ups right up. To their credit they ran round like headless chickens to sort it on each occasion. I deal in Guitars so it's more who takes the best care of your items. P2G are worth it no doubt but they are not infallible mistakes will happen. You can give your customers the P2G ref number and they can track it through p2g's site.

[@fongy200]

I like your scales, I use a digital luggage scale, they work great for my needs but I might invest in a set similar to yours. Thanks man good information.

[@Albert12893]

Thank you George for taking the time to explain the process . excellent

[@retrotech11]

ebay packlink provide a bulk purchasing tool which goes to their site where you can quickly edit and purchase more than 1 order quickly, I have also found their prices cheaper than parcel2go on most occasions. Parcel2go is also an excellent service and they offer £5 for every £100 uploaded to their account, this offsets the price increase of some of their services, compared with packlink at this time.

[@ErictheRedCantona]

Really useful George. I had UPS lose a MacBook, luckily I paid for the extra insurance, definitely makes me pick other couriers if there are options.

[@diydetail8916]

EXCELLENT VIDEO no one has done a video like this well done!!

[@victorgoncalves2442]

Definitely a massive help , thanks George .

[@lindanoble6147]

Another brilliant vlog, thanks George. I was watching part time thrifter and he was showing how UPS gives you free packaging boxes which he uses all the time. You probably already know that though. Keep up with the info. Take care

[@crimsontheotter]

Here are some companies I dont trust. 1. DHL - because they always ask for three barcodes when it only comes up with one when printing 2. UPS - they lost an expensive item and I had to get refunded from the buyer

[@heba3753]

Thank you very much 😊, it is very important video to see,because someone on Facebook was selling disney princess tv for £30 i decided not to buy it to resell because I don't know where to post it

[@MartinRosemdrtech]

Ups today site you used is that a thing or has it just been moved into parcel2go know? I can't seem to get it up

[@AbdulKalam-qh8ue]

I want to send a marketing letter and a key ring measure tape weighing 33grams and is 18mm thick by 40 mm. I have a franking machine do you think I'll get it away by sending it as a normal letter? I'm trying to avoid large letter.

[@e4caspnet]

always interesting to see other sellers processing. I use Hermes because I am VAT registered and after I have claimed back the VAT they are siginficantly cheaper than RM/PF on items over 2KG/small parcel and only a little bit more expensive on letter sizes. I create an invoice and a file to upload to Hermes before I pick, then pick from the invoices and put the invoice and label together in a Docs Enclosed envelope: the risk of putting the wrong label on a parcel is too great with lots of sales pre-packed before labels go on. I have some decent software development skills so I have a spreadsheet file that takes the paid orders CSV file from Ebay and generates the Hermes upload CSV file and the and legal VAT invoices.

[@SusanAmberBruce]

Thanks, you're the man!

[@simoncampbell1559]

Hi George, the 5.5kg parcel you sent through UPS for £7.20 with only £20 protection. You could have done it through packlink with UPS for £7.39 with automatic £60 protection. I know it’s 19p more but significantly more protection. Just something to think about. UPS and DPD always offer £60 compensation as standard.

[@ambtax1]

Very informative thanks for this

[@adamdavid358]

UPS lost my 100-pound item. I always buy insurance in a high ticket item. :D

[@crimsontheotter]

I cant trust UPS they lost an item and the buyer had to get refunded

[@XxnemmaxX]

When sending royal mail, is it marked as delivered when just doing 2nd class postage

[@bobbysworld2014]

Watched the whole video waiting for the hack on shipping cheap international from the UK only to find it's all UK internal shipping , thanks for that lol

[@RetroReselling]

I use eBays global shipping program so I only have to ship it to their UK warehouse 👍

[@bobbysworld2014]

@@RetroReselling I will look in to that thanks pal, enjoy the vids so keep up the good work George.

[@johnonebigscribble]

Great video George, just what I needed to help me with postage. 👍

[@tommo5348]

thanks for the info i didn't even no about the UPS shrinkwrap rule

[@macchiatogurl91]

Hi..is there postal service where they could take a very heavy item for free or price is very close to almost cheap but disadvantave is long wait..is there something like that..here in uk..

[@nicholasmassey6941]

be careful with parcel 2 go they don't protect a lot of things. Even if you pay it wont be covered. I don't insure anything.

[@TheRedDwarfPosse]

Royal Mail click and drop is more complicated and fussy than eBay's postage portal. I have just tried it, and it did not update the eBay page as sent, and I did not get a tracking number. So I am going to save time and stick with the eBay postage portal. Regarding the RM Parcel Postboxes, has anyone else got parcels stuck, especially when they are too small or light?

[@oldhamdude7353]

Awesome video..Personally I refuse to ship anything abroad, except a baseball hat or t-shirt. I don't have to take that risk.

[@randomrob3715]

Use GSp and you take no risk. You’re missing out on sales

[@wheeljack0]

I stopped using Royal Mail as they lost to many items & you only get back what you paid for it...IF you have a receipt.

[@Phillis22]

One of my item got lost I got the full refund from Royal mail. Postage and item cost was included.

[@wheeljack0]

@@Phillis22 Oh, thats good to hear

[@Martin-dx1pg]

If you are a business all couriers only pay out the cost price. The reasoning is if you buy an item for £10 and sell it for £1000 and it goes missing (companies with replenishable stock) can ship a replacement. The company has only lost the £10 cost price. If the courier paid out £1000 then the company would make £990 profit from the customer and £990 from the courier. Of course in this game you usually only have the one item so can't replace it but the courier rightly so shouldn't compensate for your profit only your actual loss.

[@anitainsussex]

All of my parcels over 2kg I ship direct with UPS. I have to enter the address myself, but it's only £5.39 Inc VAT.

[@dannydoo123]

great video George . Bit of an eye opener on prices and firms . been using Hermes exclusively but will now be shopping around . Thanks

[@chrisarkell4274]

Packlink collection UK delivery up-to 1KG £2.89 until end December

[@jasonedwin239]

I'm loving these uploads

[@Rjsworlduk]

when sending to Northern ireland P2go price are so high use my hermes direct or packlink and its only £2.89 or £2.90 if under 1 kg ,also if height is above 16cms p2go prices go up again so will use packlink and Myhermes direct / just set up account on Ups thx for that bud

[@basingstokedave4292]

nice to know what you do but as a part timer . if i list an item its asks for postage before i sell it . before packing e.c.t but your weighing just as you send?

[@dean8311]

weigh and work out your postage cost before listing (don't forget ebay will take 10% of your p&p charge)

[@dongardner9189]

you're lucky, our local post offices won't accept the new Royal Mail doorstep parcel collections as they don't get paid for taking it in and lose money on the sale itself

[@raylanplays9143]

Probably because you've paid for doorstep collection by Royal Mail. Post Office is not Royal Mail, they just work together.

[@e4caspnet]

@17:25 The problem with the pallet wrap is that parcels can stick together.

[@acmramon]

What site do you recommend for heavy international parcels? I looked on these sites and prices are £20-£50.

[@powerrocker1]

try TNT

[@JustinCardiff]

Do you list everything as “other courier” and just shop around for the courier after the sale?

[@ksizzle6674]

Love the video...... I’m looking for a decent label printer. Can I get your honest thoughts on the one you use? Also did you buy it brand new or refurbished? Any help will be greatly received

[@newsjunkie9163]

Zebra is the best.

[@memsuniverse]

thank you for sharing

[@thedave7029]

Yessssss... Wednesday night is sorted 😀 thanks mate

[@Steamytrainlee]

Hi George really interesting. Do you know if all of the courier websites will print onto A4 paper when printing a label? I use my mobile phone for my e bays says and have no 6 X 4 printer so only used hermes "print label in shop" so my courier options are limited without the 6x4 printer (unless I can just use my paper printer).

[@ld0121]

You shouldnt have a problem printing the labels on to an A4 sheet, Ive done that in the past. Just fold it up then stick it to the parcel, just dont put tape over the info.

[@Steamytrainlee]

@@ld0121 thank you. Not sure I can invest the amount of money needed on a blue tooth thermal. I will give the paper version a try (assuming my phone and printer will commit).

[@dean8311]

P2G offer label in A4 or 6" x 4" format, if you're using an inkjet printer be aware the ink may run if rain gets on it.

[@SuperJollychef]

I BET YOU ARE GOOD AT WRAPPING CHRISTMAS PREENTS

[@resellerdaz8853]

Great video. Do you not worry about royal mail claims for lost or damaged items if you dont have proof of postage receipts?

[@mrfoameruk]

The problem even with a receipt is RM refunds are impossible to meet or not worth it. ie when a item goes missing you dont get the ebay sold price ie £50 but what you paid for it. So if you bought a bundle deal of items for a tenner you then have to show the receipt (good luck if you bought it at a boot sale and if you can find it six months later) and then have to figure out how much that item was in the bundle (which you cant really). so you may get £4 from RM but is it worth your time....That postage receipt is worth next to nothing. RM like ebay will always screw you over.

[@resellerdaz8853]

@@mrfoameruk i have to disagree. I find rm the best for refund claims. The 4 this year for lost or damaged then they have paid out the ebay sold price and the postage i paid on top. They even refunded fully on a 50% partial refund i did.

[@mrfoameruk]

@@resellerdaz8853 I remember they di on an order at least 10 years ago but to my knowledge from ebay forums this had changed ie community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Archive-Postage-Topics/Royal-Mail-Compensation-Rules-For-Lost-Items/td-p/217951 and community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Archive-Business-Seller-Board/Royal-Mail-compensation/td-p/6048685 seems information is conflicting.

[@powerrocker1]

Hey George, try looking at TNT for some of the bigger stuff there good priced usually around £8.40 up to like 8kg

[@2760db]

Brilliant help as always, George! I actually purchased my first label printer recently. It's the same Zebra printer as yours. I gotta say I had alot of problems at first and there isn't much help for it online tbh. My labels keep printing un-centred and I've messed around with settings but cant seem to get it 😔 Think I need to keep tryin

[@barrywood2730]

I had two issues with Hermes. I sold a caravan awning and sent with Hermes and then they lost it and I sent an item just over the size limit (my fault), but they fined me around £8 on top of the £7 delivery. Not too impressed so far, but they are the cheapest service I found.

[@seanscaddan8608]

Have you got any new balance size 10 left

[@forestfire2605]

Hey can you send me a link to the scale you use please

[@joandrews357]

Great content George

[@lxC4RMIN3lx]

Thanks for the video, your channel has definitely helped me out. You mentioned tracking with royal mail second class on the large letter I think. Is this because of the QR code. If this is true, how can I track these? Thanks :)

[@thevinylinch]

DHL for me, £1 comes with every order added.

[@seana2646]

Really useful vid. Thanks

[@Gaz2023]

George you may be getting over charged if putting in 2kg as I am sure as soon as you put 2kg it jumps to the 2-3kg. Hope that helps mate.

[@Gaz2023]

just had a look back at this mate and can see you have been charged the correct amount. It looks like the public click and drop charge OK when putting in 2kg but when you have a business account I have had it before where they charged me 2-3kg prices and I had to get it rectified. Congrats on the 10k plus subs btw mate only just see you passed this

[@filipspavliks7248]

RM 2nd class small parcel, is not tracked isn’t? It’s only shows confirmation of the delivery

[@dean8311]

1st and 2nd class small parcels are not fully tracked but do provide confirmation of delivery

[@dean8311]

I stopped using the parcel mailbox when I had to claim with Royal Mail for a lost item, even though postage is bought on-line they still insist on a proof of posting.

[@Martin-dx1pg]

To be fair to them they need proof it was actually shipped otherwise they would get scammed so easily.

[@dean8311]

@@Martin-dx1pg Absolutely, my point was that if you use the parcel postbox you wont get a proof of posting

[@mrfoameruk]

At 7.30 is that tracked / delivery confirmed as i see a barcode...good for 88p if it is.

[@dean8311]

large letters not tracked, small parcels are,

[@MrMush78]

George im thinking of starting off on ebay but im wondering how you get paid for the items you sell ?? Could you do a video on that process ie paypal etc ??

[@itsalwaysfunnyinphiladelph8885]

Money goes right to your PayPal once a buyer pays (PayPal fees are automatically deducted). Then you pay your seller fees to eBay monthly via an automated invoice.

[@mrwood4557]

If your a new seller on eBay/PayPal your money will be placed on hold, so have money for postage etc. It’s a hassle at the start, but once you become trusted. And open up Global shipping program your rolling in the money.

[@itsalwaysfunnyinphiladelph8885]

@@mrwood4557 that's something I had no idea about and very good advice for new ebayers. I've had my account for so long I don't think that was in place then.

[@alotovpeopleaskme6653]

Hello George I’m a new reseller sent 2 Bose sound docks and vintage sound bar via Hermes 3 months ago parcel got lost had to refund the customer yet Hermes did not refund me the refund process is so complicated yet the next 50 items got there are they thief’s as they ask what’s in the parcel is it pay you could explain the refund procedure on a video when you get time for a video I’ve written it of now thanks the London picker Melvin

[@trike8504]

nice one mr ross i wish i'd known about hermes two weeks ago hermes lost one of mine worth over £100 B~~~~~ds

[@Yawnymcsnore]

I found parcel2go to be expensive

[@Rjsworlduk]

they can be

[@johnbrennan7175]

Don't waste your time. Parcel2go and Hermes are a total nightmare if anything goes wrong. Lost money because of them

[@WWEAlanardo]

My post offices over charge for parcels