Where can I find yearly shipping expenses FOR THE SELLER

[dsmain4u]

I see where I can make a report, and it gives me shipping info that the buyer paid, but I don't care about that. I need to get a yearly report showing what I as the seller paid for shipping.  Most of my items are free shipping, so the report I'm running just shows a bunch of 0's for the shipping paid.  I'm surprised the transaction report doesn't include a column for the shipping paid by the seller, to ship the related item. Help?

[schadbou]

But as a seller, how can I find the actual amount I paid for shipping (using ebay) for each order?  I need to see the difference between what the buyer paid and what it actually cost me to ship so I can account for it either way (whether they paid more than I did or whether I paid more than they did).

Note: I'm not an accountant.

For the record, I find the seller's info on the orders extremely compartmentalized -- I have to look in so many different places for fees, shipping, high offers (ebay only shows the starting bid amount in some places). I want to see it all in ONE place. HELP! There has to be a way for new sellers to learn how to do this.

[mam98031]

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@schadbou wrote:

But as a seller, how can I find the actual amount I paid for shipping (using ebay) for each order?  I need to see the difference between what the buyer paid and what it actually cost me to ship so I can account for it either way (whether they paid more than I did or whether I paid more than they did).

Note: I'm not an accountant.

For the record, I find the seller's info on the orders extremely compartmentalized -- I have to look in so many different places for fees, shipping, high offers (ebay only shows the starting bid amount in some places). I want to see it all in ONE place. HELP! There has to be a way for new sellers to learn how to do this.

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@schadbou 

You are talking about two completely different things.  There are reports on Ebay that will give you the sales for whatever period you order the report for.  Then there are reports for the expenses.  They will not be one report.  That is something you can create yourself.

All sellers should keep their own sales records.  Ebay reports should be used as ways to gather some of your cost of sales [COGS] and verify you have all your sales accounted for.

[kh-laura]

Hi everyone,

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