08-20-2017 09:48 AM
I am trying to set up my listing to ship a 12 oz game First class flat rate. It won't let me select first class unless I do calculated. If I select calculated it wants to charge my buyer 40 cents more than I am trying to charge. It works in my hub. When I try to preview listing it changes. Any thoughts?
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08-20-2017 10:03 AM
There is no flat rate first class..do you mean the flat rate priority box?
08-20-2017 10:03 AM
There is no flat rate first class..do you mean the flat rate priority box?
08-20-2017 10:16 AM
Sorry, I mean I want to ship first class. I want the rate to be flat to all customers, not calculated based on location.
08-20-2017 10:17 AM
First Class is the same price to all locations anyway.
08-20-2017 10:20 AM
Exactly. My problem is that ebay won't let me select First class unless I choose the calculated option. When I attempted this the price was .40 higher for buyer. I have verified that I entered weight correctly. I know I am missing something. I just can't figure out what.
08-20-2017 10:21 AM
@wynmill3 wrote:Sorry, I mean I want to ship first class. I want the rate to be flat to all customers, not calculated based on location.
Choose Flat Rate instead of Calculated, just enter what you want to charge. But know it does NOT effect what YOU will pay, so if it's 40 cents more, its 40 cents more.
08-20-2017 10:24 AM
Sounds like you are using the counter rates shipping tab you need to use the ebay discount rate tab
08-20-2017 10:49 AM
@wynmill3 wrote:Exactly. My problem is that ebay won't let me select First class unless I choose the calculated option. When I attempted this the price was .40 higher for buyer. I have verified that I entered weight correctly. I know I am missing something. I just can't figure out what.
If it's charging the buyer $4.11 and you want to charge $3.74, that's because your calculator is still set to the default, which is to show the retail price. Most sellers leave it that way so the difference becomes an automatic handling fee which can be applied towards the final value fee on shipping costs.
But that still doesn't explain why it won't let you enter a flat price.
08-20-2017 11:03 AM - edited 08-20-2017 11:06 AM
I don't understand what you mean by "it doesn't let you". Do you mean it's somehow not in the dropdown menu? You sort of indicate later that it lets you choose it, but for some reason it doesn't show up like that when the listing goes live. If so, what does it show after the listing goes live? What platform are you using to create the listing? Either we are missing some info or it is yet another weird glitch.
08-20-2017 11:07 AM
Thank you everyone! I kept trying to do it. Didn't really change anything and suddenly it went through the way I wanted. Not sure what I was doing wrong or what I changed to fix it.
08-20-2017 11:09 AM
@partial*eclipse wrote:
@wynmill3 wrote:Exactly. My problem is that ebay won't let me select First class unless I choose the calculated option. When I attempted this the price was .40 higher for buyer. I have verified that I entered weight correctly. I know I am missing something. I just can't figure out what.
If it's charging the buyer $4.11 and you want to charge $3.74, that's because your calculator is still set to the default, which is to show the retail price. Most sellers leave it that way so the difference becomes an automatic handling fee which can be applied towards the final value fee on shipping costs.
But that still doesn't explain why it won't let you enter a flat price.
Thank you everyone! I kept trying to do it. Didn't really change anything and suddenly it went through the way I wanted. Not sure what I was doing wrong or what I changed to fix it.