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Shipping Supplies For Your eBay Auction Business
Auction supplies are clearly an expense and major
consideration for an eBay auction business. Of course, the most
critical supply is the item you are selling, but mailing supplies
are necessary for every auction and their cost and supply must be
figured into your overhead. If they are not, you might get a
nasty surprise when you sit down to figure out your eBay profits
at the end of the week.
The most basic supply is, of course, a box. Obviously packing
begins with a box - but not just any old box. A shipping-type box
is necessary because if you use a shoe box or some other flimsy
box, you can be certain your package will be a disaster! Your
customer will be quite peeved when her item arrives in
pieces!
You will become a box-fanatic, like the rest of us. When you
swoop into a store or home, with joy in your voice, the
proprietor will foolishly assume that it is the merchandise you
are exclaiming over! We're just like the kids on Christmas day -
dump the toy on the floor and play with the box! In other words,
drooling over boxes is an occupational hazard.
Be aware that lots of merchants have boxes that you can have
for free. You might become a scavenger at stores like WalMart,
Linens & Things or Bed, Bath and Beyond. They have hundreds
of boxes every week, and will often give them away to anyone who
wants them.
If you are shipping really fragile items, two boxes are
safest. The outer box should be a couple of inches larger than
the inner one, to allow extra padding.
Padding for your packages: do you always need padding? Well
... yes and no. I have sent a few tough books without padding.
But sending grandma's dishes unprotected is a recipe for
disaster!
What kind of padding do you use?
* Newspaper is my padding of choice, because it is cheap and
readily available. However, be careful because the ink can rub
off on some objects and detract from their beauty. Wrap these
kinds of items in plastic. Some auction users buy shredders and
use the strips of paper as packaging.
* I hate those plastic peanuts, personally, but lots of people
swear by them. They are an environmental disaster and the static
electricity is terrible. Electronics manufacturers say to never
pack computer and other kinds of equipment with peanuts, just
because of the electric problem. Electrocuting your customers
isn't good business :-)
* The post office recommends popcorn (without butter and salt,
of course - is that to keep us from eating it?) I like popcorn
for packing, but you might not want to use it to go on safari
because little critters might like it, too.
* Cut up cardboard can be very effective as packing material,
but it is mighty tough to chop up.
* Padded envelopes are a popular choice, because they are so
simple - just insert the whatever and mail. But, of course, they
aren't cheap. Whenever you receive anything in one of these
envelopes, save them! (Are you thinking about all the envelopes
you've thrown away?)
* Bubble wrap is the preferred favorite. It cushions objects
so well (and it's such fun to pop the bubbles!) Of course, it
costs more than the the other materials, so always look for
bargains on this valuable product and save every scrap you
get.
And (big surprise) the best place to get bubble wrap, as well
as other supplies, is on eBay. Today, for instance, I find 700
feet of 12" wrap for $34.50.
By contrast, only 25 feet of 12 bubble wrap at Staples is
$4.98 That means that 700 feet at Staples would cost $139.44.
Whew ... quite a saving.
Other necessary auction supplies include mailing tape, regular
tape, scissors, labels and an easily legible marker.
I wrap everything in plastic bags, just for safety's sake, so
you might want some of those handy, too. One of my packages
arrived damp and with the corner shredded (wonder where that box
had been?) But, since I had wrapped the books and tapes in
plastic, they were unharmed and the buyer was so
appreciative.
Another precaution you might consider is to include an extra
label inside the package, just in case. You don't want your
inventory sitting around one of those dead mail offices.
Auction supplies are like everything else in our eBay business
that raises overhead: we must use wisdom and judgment so we can
keep those expenses at bare minimum.
Sydney Johnston, the AUCTION QUEEN, was one of the original
sellers on eBay and has been selling on eBay since the winter of
1996. She is the originator and teacher of the famous Auction
Genius Course, a powerful 16 hour multi media seminar on the
Internet that teaches her students how to sell on
eBay.
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