Nice! I've received some variations of this as well in orders that i've placed. Thanks for sharing!

Nice. I’ve received a few shipments using the security envelope method. I’ve heard of a few folks using extra cards as well for protection. Thanks for sharing your method.

Thanks!

Nice!

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching!

Haha seriously. Maybe I should do 1!

Nice. I usually use cardboard in my bubble mailer but still almost always use the sleeve, toploader, and team bad so that they are still well protected.

Hi there. You can list cards with whatever shipping option you want (i.e., ground advantage, ebay standard envelope) and also charge whatever price you want. The "requirements" and "costs" elements come into play when you go to actually print the label. So, if you've listed an item to be sold with a bubble mailer, and that's what you're going to ship with when someone buys the item, then you'll have to pay the USPS Ground Advantage rate when buying the shipping label in ebay, which is around $4-$5 or so depending on where it's being sent....so if you're going to use a bubble mailer to ship the item to someone, you may want to charge a shipping price so that you don't have to eat the entire shipping cost when someone buys the card. Good luck!

That's the grey area and I'm still refining my shipping practices for these situations myself. For international shipments, I started putting a note in my description like "International shipments of 3 or more may be split into multiple orders" because otherwise the package is too big and doesn't qualify as letter mail anymore. But for domestic, if the overall order is enough where I can still make profit, a lot of times I send it USPS ground advantage. Like if it's a dozen cards and the order total is $25, I'd prob send as ground advantage. It's 4.99, but with that much cards/cushion, I usually can still make profit. I've heard other cases where people send in a bigger flat envelope like flat cardboard one or flat manila and tape the toploaders together side by side and up and down to keep it "flat" enough. I haven't done that (don't necesarily mind it as a buyer), but a little to "bootstrapped" for me as a seller. Hope this helps! Eventually, I'm working to clearly define in my store, (if the order is above $XX number of dollars, it will be shipped this way, but if not will be shipped this way). Just need to do more research on my end to ensure I'm still making a profit and protecting the cards in the process. Thanks again for the question and please report back and let me know how your journey goes!

@@CardZooSportsCards Thanks for your thoughts on this. So the key is to just charge enough to cover USPS ground advantage.

The key is the charge enough so that the cost doesn’t get too high for the buyer, but high enough that you still make profit. That’s where knowing what you are or aren’t making on card sales comes into play like I’ve mentioned in other videos. It’s a delicate dance and you really have to know your numbers or you can end up losing money on an order of multiple cards where you would have made money if you just sold the single card. I’ve done it:). Good luck!

Thanks for the questions! I might do a video soon about my entire listing process from start to finish..maybe this will be my next video:). I used to print labels and tape them on the envelope, but now i print directly on the envelope with a Canon printer. I'll tag you back here when I upload the video! Maybe I should do this for this Friday's video..

@@CardZooSportsCards Appreciate it!!!

Hey there. Covered most of this in the latest vid. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ptN_fsp23NjOZIE.html Good luck and keep me posted on your progress!

Hi there. Thanks so much for watching and for the support. The most I usually do in a Plain white envelope under the eBay standard envelope (under $20) is usually 4 cards, but others have sent more in various ways..for example in a longer envelope with two piles of cards side by side and taped to the envelope. I don’t do this because it feels a little too bootstrapped for me. Another option is to split the order into two smaller envelopes. You can print a new label on eBay for any order and then send 3 cards in 1 envelope, 3 in another, and upload the second tracking number to the appropriate cards. I personally don’t do padded (bubble) mailers through eBay standard envelope. Per USPS you aren’t supposed to, and even though some sneak by depending on the post office, I don’t want to risk being inconsistent. What I do is either split the cards in multiple plain white envelope’s as I mentioned, or use a bubble mailer and send ground advantage. I don’t have much under 1.99..so for 6 cards at 1.99 I usually have enough of a margin to use a small bubble mailer and send ground advantage. Hope this helps!

Hey thanks for asking. I’ve been thinking about this. Will try to do one in the next few weeks and tag you here with the link! Thanks for watching.

Did you use too much maybe? For singles in a PWE, one little piece on the top of the top loader is all you need. For cards in a bubble mailer or even larger orders, I’ve had sellers use a lot of it..like multiple layers wrapped around the cards or cardboard. You still don’t need much even for large orders..maybe one layer both ways vertical and horizontal and not too tight. This is the standard tape that almost everyone uses unless you have your own custom sticky labels like upper deck. People will complain to complain.

@@CardZooSportsCards just a inch of tape

@@hundleyshobbies that's crazy. I use it on every order and have never had a complaint on over 1200 cards sold.

Yeah unfortunately it’s just not that reliable. I believe that barcode looking thing on the front is what tracks it and i think it might not always scan correctly at the post office if at all. Most buyers and sellers on eBay know that it’s unreliable, and tolerate it in a sense. In other words, I wouldn’t let it deter you from using the eBay standard envelope option. Just know that tracking issues may come up, and that’s where good communication with the buyer helps clear things up like when an item says arrived but hasn’t or hasn’t arrived but says it did. Sometimes it will say delivered a day or two before it is, so you don’t have to be too quick to refund if the buyer is ok to wait an extra day or two. Good luck!

I am a new subscriber but I am enjoying your videos! :) I have been selling cards (mostly football, basketball and baseball) on eBay for almost 7 years. I have been selling more in the past 2 years but there is always something new to learn or something to enhance and apply to each seller's needs or goals. Thank you for the awesome tips. In addition, regarding USPS scanning or uploading tracking, I was told by my previous post office that most of the time, they will toss the envelope in the bag without scanning. So now, If I drop my items off in person, I request a receipt and they usually scan these in which will put the item in transit. However, if the item is not scanned in by the destination post office, it will show in transit until it is delivered. This is more of an issue for my Mercari store than my eBay store. I usually tell me Mercari customers to allow 2-3 weeks for the item to arrive if it is PWE. I always follow up with them as well to ensure their card has arrived.@@CardZooSportsCards

@@izzybella9547 Thanks for the extra info and for watching! Glad the information was helpful to you. That makes sense that some USPS offices would do that since that seems to happen quite frequently with the tracking. Essentially, the ebay standard tracking is just very unreliable for the exact reason you mentioned being one of them. You just never know how your local post office is going to treat the letter, and everyone has a different story about their local branch. Not a reason not to use the ebay standard envelope in my eyes, but always something to be aware of and keep communication open with buyers. Thanks again and good luck!

Yes!

Thanks. They are but it’s fairly unreliable. Sometimes it says delivered before it actually is. Sometimes it’s delivered but says it isn’t. Sometimes it isn’t delivered at all. Not reasons not to use it, but something to be aware of that you’ll have these issues come up - usually out of your control.

Like 30 separate sells

If you buy your label from eBay under the eBay standard envelope program then you can print the label from eBay either using a label printer or taping it to the front of the envelope. As long as you buy the postage through eBay then you don’t have to wait in line at the USPS. You can just drop it off at any mailbox since it’s already paid postage.