#19771: eBay Why You Must Have A Postage Scale If You happen to be Going To Sell Anything### -------------------------------------+-------------------- Reporter: beschconliancid1972 | Owner: nobody Type: Uncategorized | Status: new Component: Uncategorized | Version: 1.4 Severity: Normal | Keywords: Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0 Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0 -------------------------------------+-------------------- No matter what you sell on eBay having a digital scale is possibly the second most essential item you will need in order to be successful (a digital camera is the 1st). If you've ever shipped a package you know that you need to have to have the appropriate weight so that you have the appropriate postage on it. If you estimate the weight you are either going to spend also a lot for postage or your package will be returned for not having adequate postage. With the cost of stamps these days you cannot afford to pay also substantially for shipping. If you happen to be an eBay seller you currently have sufficient costs to take into consideration devoid of having to be concerned about postage also. Sometimes sellers will provide a flat price shipping charge. This is okay to do after in a when depending on what you're selling, but most of the time you require to charge close to actual shipping (a tiny handling fee is okay) so that your purchasers [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjYz6gKjjwU continue reading] will want to obtain from you. Think me, they know if you're overcharging and will click away from your auction and go on to the next. Also, it is against eBays rules to charge excessive shipping, if you attempt to do so your auction will get pulled and you will threat losing your account.
So, to resolve this situation (and to make your life so a great deal less complicated) you need to have to get postage scale. There are a large number of sorts of scales offered but the top for weighing the most accurately is a digital scale. The next factor you will need to make a decision is how a great deal weight capacity you require for the digital scale you get. This will rely on what you are selling. If you are selling anything heavy then you will require a heavy duty scale, but if you are promoting mostly lighter weight products such as clothes or books then you will most likely only want up to a five lb. capacity scale. You will probably be asking, why do I want a scale when I can just take my packages to the post workplace and have them weighed for me? The situation with that is : #1 You have to have to know the weight of your package ahead of you list the item on eBay. Unless you package it up and take it to the post office prior to you list it you will not know the precise weight. And even then you do not know who's purchasing your item which implies you do not know where it's getting shipped. If your package is more than a certain weight this does matter depending on the shipping zone. You need to have to know what you happen to be going to charge for shipping just before you list the item and your bidders require to know what they will have to spend. If you do not list your shipping charges you will drop bids. #two You just made an additional trip to the post workplace. Can you consider obtaining to stand in line behind ten many people just to get the weight of your package and then right after it sells you will have to go back down there and stand in line again to spend to have it shipped? You do not have time for that. And the #3 purpose why you need to have a cale is as a result of you have no explanation not to get 1. Did you know you can get one particular for totally free shipped to you? Just think, If you have your personal scale you can start printing your own postage at residence, all you need to have is a printer & paper. You never require anything unique just a common printer that prints legibly. All you will need to do to ship your package from home and by no means have to go to the post office once again is #1 Weigh it - make positive you keep in mind to include things like the entire package which means the item you're selling, the box you're shipping it in and the packing material. #2 Print the postage proper from your pc and tape it to your package. #three Schedule a no cost choose-up from USPS straight from your doorstep. Yes, your postal carrier will pick up your package for you, all you need to have to do is go internet and schedule a choose-up at least a day in advance. Think about under no circumstances having to go to the post office again! How a great deal time & gas will you save? And don't overlook your sanity - if you have kids and you've ever had to stand in line at the post office for 20 minutes with them and a handful of packages then you know what I'm speaking about. So join thousands of other effective eBayers and get out how you too can get a absolutely free digital scale and absolutely free postage and start shipping from home. This short article can be freely published on a webpage as extended as it really is not modified in any way including the author bylines, plus the hyperlink should be made active just like beneath. Christine Mitchell is the webmaster of the eBay Blog - eBay What's Selling which features articles, strategies on what to sell and a large number of resources assisting eBayers to succeed in their eBay organizations. You can find out even more about finding a zero cost digital scale at my "eBay What's Selling" Weblog www.athomenetjobs.com/ebay -- Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/19771> Django <https://code.djangoproject.com/> The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django updates" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-updates+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-updates@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.