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i am new to ebay and have no idea on how to ship things. i need information on how to ship things at the postal office. also when you go to ebay and look at items you see the price of the item and the price of shipping. does the the buyer send you the shipping money and then you take it to the postal office and pay the fees for the shipping. or how does it work.

As a buyer you would pay the price of the auction and the shipping in a combined payment. The seller then makes arrangements packaging the item securely and then taking the package to a post office or arranging for a courier to deliver it.

If you are new to this, take the time to make sure your shipping price is accurate, and if you have a handling fee, make sure you advise it in your ad, don't ask for the extra payment once the auction has closed. It is important to do your homework on this. You can lose a lot of money if you don't take the time to calculate shipping costs accurately.

You need to get a shipping scale so you can weigh your package and use eBay's shipping calculator. The buyer will pay the shiping charges listed on the auction as well as any extra handling fees.

Are you only shipping small packages?

This can be a huge cost if it is not done correctly. After a while, you will get a feel for what it costs to ship things. You can charge a flat shipping fee or you could just charge the actual cost of shipping the item. That may seem like the same thing, but in reality a flat fee should be more than the actual cost because you have to get to where ever you are shipping the item and it takes time. On some items overnight shipping might be important so you might offer that at a higher costs. However, the post above is correct; You need to make sure that you disclose those costs later as people will not rate you very well if you ask for more later. This is definitely something to be proactive about.