Ship Items Sold on eBay

Congratulations, you just sold your first item on eBay! Now what? You ship it.

Steps

  1. Pack your item so that it won't rattle or break, depending on what you are shipping, for example if you sold a fragile piece of china you would need bubble wrap and Styrofoam.
  2. If you have PayPal, after you make the sale log in to your PayPal account and go to account history you will see the payment you received from the buyer a few columns to the right it will say "Print Shipping Label" - when you click that, it will bring you to a screen where you confirm the address, the weight dimensions and the service you would like to ship with and then they prompt you to print the label.
  3. Tape the shipping label to the box covering the whole label with tape.
  4. Take it to a trading post or a post office.
  5. Send the tracking label to your customer.
  6. TIP: You may want to use old newspaper for the packing. Close it and see if anything rattles when shaken. Very nicely use clear packing tape, found everywhere basically, and seal all open ends. Good luck!



Tips

  • Printing your shipping labels from home is much easier and faster than just going to the post office.
  • If in the US, try to use USPS Priority mail for things under about 6 lbs.
  • Pack with care.
  • Use UPS for heavy things.
  • Save boxes, bubble wrap, and other packing supplies from when you receive packages to ship your eBay sales in.
  • You can schedule UPS or USPS to come pick the packages up from your home.

Warnings

  • If you pack your items insecurely they may break.
  • In your auctions state that once you ship it the delivery time is out of your hands. If you don't annoying people might give you a negative point.
  • Be on the watch for fraud.

Things You'll Need

  • Computer
  • Printer
  • Boxes
  • Shipping labels (optional)
  • Packing peanuts
  • Bubble wrap

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