Question
I'm finally going to go to set shipping prices in my auction listings rather than calculating shipping on every auction after it closes. I went to this link
Postal Rate Charts
to try and figure out how much to charge. Two questions:
1. Which chart do you use?
2. Which zone do you use? I printed a zone page using my zip as the base but I know that sellers tend to pick a middle ground.
Thanks - I know this is basic stuff . . . I should have started this long ago.
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Answer
All those charts look too confusing to me. I just went to the USPS website and used their rate calculator to make my own chart figuring shipping to my sister in Maine. If the item went to Alaska or Hawaii I lost a little, but most of the time I came out ahead.
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Hi wryly,
Most of my items are less than a pound so I use the 1st class.
I have always just used a flat rate. Under a pound it does not matter where the zone is.
as for over a pound I still charge a flat rate. I live in Kansas so it works out well, sometimes I am under a bit and sometimes over. My customers do not seem to care. In over 5000 shipments I have never had one person complain on my shipping.
Anything over 2 pounds I ship UPS.
good luck!
Janet * Lanetzliving.com
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