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Shipping items in letter envelopes?
 

Do you guys happen to know if this is possible?
I want to ship out usb cables for iphone to really build up feedback, but I would like to know if anyone has experience shipping this way?
I am losing too much money with a padded envelope, at least with letter envelopes I would only be losing 50 cents/envelope.
Thanks

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50 cents for an envelope is highway robbery. i get bubble mailers for roughly 10 cents each and thats kinda high.

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You won't be able to, I've tried this before. The post office sees it as a thick envelope and will charge u the padded rate, not like a flat letter envelope.

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I get the poly 4x6 or 4x8 #000 bubble mailers on Amz, I get 1000 at a time for around $60. They would work perfectly for cables.

Regular envelopes won't work, they'll be too fat, and the cables will burst out of them, most of the post offices have a little board with a slot in it, if it won't go through they'll require an upgrade.

So at 3 ounces it'll cost you $2.54, and 4-8 ounces, $2.60.

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Not to mention the fact that the items will get damaged, and customers will leave negative feedback because of how cheap and unprofessional it looks.

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You beat me to it, if I received my cables in a letter envelop.....and they were broken.....instant neg! It shows the seller is unprofessional and inconsiderate.

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Even if they weren't broken....it's so sloppy...padded envelopes can be purchased for under 10 cents each. If you can't profit with a 10 cent envelope, you need to look for a different product.

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USB cable market is too saturated

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and a cheapskate....

:rolleyes:


Something for the OP to consider....

Why are you sweating on feedback?

Do a search of feedback....

Many interesting posts about the topic...

:brushteeth:

Re: Shipping items in letter envelopes?
 

I spend about 1 euro to get 1 feedback when i start selling - I send everything in well packed envelopes with lots of bubbles, and send tracked. No cheap ways to build a solid account...

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I dont understand how these sellers from china are selling them for 0.75/unit WITH free shipping?
The cost of shipping alone is higher than 0.75 for these?
i am assuming they use their own private courier?

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As I have said before, The Chinese Sellers can get them far cheaper than you can....their in China. Also, a lot of these Chinese Sellers are willing to lose $$ just so they can get feedback.

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1. There is a difference in economies. You have to earn five times as much here to get by financially.

2. The Chinese government subsidizes shipping.

3. eBay and USPS brokered a trilateral ePacket agreement with China Post that gives China bulk shipping rates (which apply to individual packages as well) at a rate far below what we have to pay and which INCLUDES tracking to the U.S. destination and which does NOT require China to offer reciprocal tracking

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thats the answer i was looking for. thank you

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Look into DIGITAL goods for feedback....and no, not "photos" or "ebooks".

I'm not going to say anymore.

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Wish I knew what your were talking about :rant:

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He means, sell pictures of your pets.

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lol clearly I said no photos.

I'll give one more clue. The stuff you sell needs to have an actual function, something a buyer would want. Perhaps you could send them a hard copy, but you could also send it digitally.

Nothing obvious like eBooks though....

That's all I'll say. I'm not giving away all my secrets.

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Sarcasm bro....sarcasm.....but I agree, no photos and junk.

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Wake up and read between the lines.

To do stealth, you have to open your eyes wide.


You are swearing on feedback & its costs.

Have you yet looked at maybe not going for feedback?

Read posts by MM78 & yankee.

They offer other options.

Look for a path where you can smooth nurture new stealth accounts.

Always look for viable options.



:bounce:

Re: Shipping items in letter envelopes?
 

Oh I KNOW you were being sarcastic.

My clarification was for some of the less gifted members....(you won't believe the PM's I get asking for details on somethings I was explicit about in a post) :noidea:

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He's talking about white mouse pads.