When the shipping cost is the price of a postage stamp

[naeem]

We ship some items for the cost of a postage stamp. There was a thread on that topic in recent weeks but I can not find it. How does it work and why or why not use it? Thanks.

[rock.star]

You can use it just stick a stamp on it and mail.

But you lose your seller protection, if a buyer says they didn't receive the item ,without tracking you cannot prove it.

[naeem]

On another thread from maybe a couple weeks I thought it was said that your selling privileges (or ?) would be affected in some way if you don't use Ebay for single stamp labels. Not true? Thanks.

[rock.star]

Yes ,it's true to some degree I'm not sure how much effect it has.

EBay likes to see that item are being shipped and arriving, but I don't think a few items being with a stamp will be a problem. 

[wooden_flower · Accepted solution]

@naeem 

Lack of tracking will not cause you to go below standard. It will stop you from reaching top rated if more than 5% of your items sold do not have tracking.

[naeem]

I am over the 5%. There is no way to cancel those completed sales if is is affecting how bidders find our items.

[wooden_flower]

@naeem 

The 5% is only in relation to becoming top rated. You might check your late shipment rate - I think late shipments can impact your search placement, but I've never read of a low tracking rate having any effect. But, eBay doesn't tell us the secrets of search placement.

https://sellerstandards.ebay.com/dashboard?region=US

when there is no tracking, eBay asks the buyers if the item was on time when they leave feedback. Your coupon buyers seems happy, so I would not expect to see a problem.

If you want to become top rated on this ID, consider opening a second ID to sell the coupons. Also, watch the seller updates - they added more categories to the standard envelope usage in Nov, but not coupons. I would think coupons would be an easy add for them in the future.

[wooden_flower]

@naeem 

You should see if you can create a variations listing in the coupon category. It really isn't allowed to ask buyers to make a choice without having the pull down menu for selection.

Here's a guide written by one of our mentors -

https://shipscript.com/ebayhelp/lister_hub/creating_ebay_variations.htm