| As you become a regular and successful eBay seller, | | | | instead of boxes, whenever you can. These |
| unless you are simply drop shipping, you will soon find | | | | envelopes are easier to handle, usually cheaper to |
| that you spend a great deal of time and money | | | | purchase, and also tend to weigh just a little less than |
| shipping items to your customers. In fact, the more | | | | cardboard boxes do, which will save money on money |
| successful that you are on eBay, the bigger hassle | | | | on the postage. |
| shipping can become - hence it's essential that you | | | | Once you get to the stage of regularly shipping |
| organize your shipping practices and don't allow them | | | | packages, you should consider investing in a set of |
| to become a limit on the growth of your business. | | | | postage scales. These will greatly increase your |
| The first thing that you should so, is make sure that | | | | efficiency. And that's they key: always be on the look |
| you can all the essential shipping materials on hand. | | | | out for improvements in efficiency that can be |
| This includes stamps, packing materials, and boxes. | | | | achieved by better organization. |
| You can have these items delivered to you, but it's a | | | | But what about when you're starting out? When you |
| good idea to keep a reasonable (not too many, not | | | | first start selling on eBay , there's probably good |
| too few!) quantity of these items close by, so you | | | | chance that you don't know much about shipping. |
| always have enough when you need them. | | | | Fortunately eBay provides help: The eBay Shipping |
| Additionally, you should eventually aim to have all the | | | | Center. |
| other items that you regularly will need to have when | | | | The eBay Shipping Center offers a range of features |
| shipping: rubber stamp, label printing software, a good | | | | designed to help you solve your shipping problem. |
| printer, and labels. As far as the return labels are | | | | These include help with printing labels, help in figuring |
| concerned - you can either use the rubber stamp for | | | | out shipping costs (even international shipping), as well |
| that - or keep a stock of pre-printed return labels. | | | | as providing information for all of the major shipping |
| When choosing packing materials, one thing that you | | | | companies, including the USPS. |
| may wish to consider is using large padded envelopes | | | | |