Selling on eBay

[TheDesignn]

Hello, I am looking to start selling all kinds of items on eBay, some would be made by me (metal items like book selfs, boxes, etc...) and some bought from elsewhere. Now I am located in Slovenia and shipping adds up quite a lot to send to UK.

Now my question would be are people still ready to pay up to 10 pounds for shipping? The cheapest option here is post office, there are no other cheap services, so any suggestions?

 

[chelmerprint.co.uk]

I would say it depends on the value of the items you are selling. People have got very used to getting free postage / shipping on items they buy.

However, for more valuable items I don't think people would object to paying £10, especially if it was for something unique and hand crafted. Also if they know if it coming from Slovenia they would expect the shipping cost to be more than normal.

Or you could build the shipping cost into the sale price, and just say that delivery is free. All our customers now expect free delivery because that is what all our competitors offer. Of course, it is never really free and we have to factor the cost into the sale price.

Either way my advice would be to keep the shipping cost you charge to the customer as close to the actual shipping cost as possible. One thing that I believe people get annoyed with is where companies try to make extra profit on the shipping.

Good luck with the venture.

 

[Ally Maxwell]

Yup, these packages just pack and send themselves with zero man hours used up in the process.

 

[IanG]

My advice would be to say its free and deal with the price yourself. Also we don't know whether £10 is 90% of the price or 1% from your post. It would certainly be less likely that someone will pay £10 postage on a £1 item.

You will competing with UK sellers who can post more cheaply and more quickly. So you are at a disadvantage, but the customer won't care.

The other option if you want to sell the UK audience is to wholesale to the UK and I'm quite sure if you have a good product at the right price and postage is your only problem then you may find UK distributors willing to take it up. I'm more interested in the things are you making yourself as you're at an advantage there in terms of availability to the market.

Things you can buy in - so can everyone else. Less attractive.

 

[Peter Durrant]

Depends on the value of the item - if possible, I'd try and absorb the postage into the whole cost, that seems more attractive to the buyer who is thinking 'Oh great, no postage, well then I'm happy to pay a few extra pounds'

 

[xnstandy]

10 pounds for shipping depends on the value of your products. If the products' value is 100 pounds, of course 10 pounds shipping fee can be acceptable. iF your products' value is 10000 pounds, of course 10 pounds is only a few. That is my opinion.

 

[hongfunclothing]

usually the Shipping cost mainly depends on the weight and the volume of the item , you need to choose which item is suitable sell on ebay . the value of the item , and the weight , and volume , and your profit .

 

[xnstandy]

shipping cost is different from company to company, even though they are using the same shipping method, Such as DHL. You can get 50% off from some shipping/order fulfillment company. So shipping cost is much related to your profit.