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Change Your eBay Shipping Expenses
Into Profit
You might believe that shipping
expenses are elementary: surely
you just add together the cost of your item's postage and the
cost of shipping materials, and charge that to your buyer,
correct? Well, you are able to do that, but there are more
beneficial ways to make your shipping costs work for you.
Locate Less Expensive Materials.
The way to make some money on shipping is to use the most
inexpensive materials you are able to find for packing, without
compromising on quality. The really cool thing for you is that a
lot of eBay PowerSellers have made a business out of making
quality shipping material available to other eBayers in bulk at
deeply discounted prices.
To get a grasp of what's out there, browse this eBay category:
Business & Industrial > Office, Printing & Shipping > Shipping &
Packing Supplies. You could also try going to one of those big
office supply stores.
Purchase in Bulk.
Try to buy equally-sized packing boxes in bulk at the same time.
Because you more than likely be selling the same items time and
time again, it will necessitate the same sized boxes each time.
You'll always be able to save money from bulk buying. If the
location where you're shopping won't give you a discount then go
elsewhere.
Streamline Your Packing.
Try to pack every time using the equal measures of the equal
materials in the same way, so that you do not have to consider
it too much. Have all your labels for your packages printed up
beforehand, and pack the items in that order. The less time you
spend on packing, the more profit ends up in your pocket.
Round Up to the Next Highest Dollar.
Let's say you are purchasing items for $4 and then selling them
for $8 plus $3.50 for shipping. Changing the shipping charge to
$4 would make you an extra 50 cents on each auction. If you are
presently only making $4 in profit then this would be a 12.5%
increase in your profit. It might nit sound like much, but this
will add up.
This extra money will be far more crucial to you than it is to
the eBayer who won your auction, because it's on the margin. For
you, it's basically additional profit for nothing, and for the
buyer, the amount is too insignificant to him to bother with.
Everybody wins this way.
The Ideal Price Point.
Determine what your competitions are charging for shipping, and
attempt to charge just under what they are charging while still
making money. If you were able to get your hands on cheaper
packing materials then this should not be too difficult for you.
Most eBay sellers are buying their shipping materials in small
quantities, which quite a bit more expensive. If you work things
out right, you should be capable of offering shipping at a price
which will make your competitors look foolish and still make a
profit from it.
About the author:
Clint Herman is a successful eBay seller with over 6 years
experience selling on eBay. He also loves teaching others how to
sell on eBay. He is the author of "How to Get Started Selling on
eBay," which is a beginner's guide to selling on eBay designed
for people who are new to selling on eBay. The guide is
available at
http://www.beginnersauctionguide.com/ar.html
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