How do you find the price for your items?

[Anonymous]

I sell pretty simple things- as you can see! Sometimes they sell the day after I list them, and sometimes they are up for months. Should I make the price a little steep with free shipping? Or should I make it very reasonable with shipping costs? 
Thank you for your advice!

[onefootflipper1]

Free shipping is an expert choice that should not be chose lightly. Most of the people doing free shipping should not be doing it. 

I have a few youtube videos on the subject that have quite a lot of views. 

You basically shouldn't even consider free shipping unless you are selling brand new items with quantity and a lot of margin, or you never sell anything large or that weighs more than 2 pounds. If you sell just everything then free shipping is a nightmare and one of the worst mistakes you can make on the website as your shipping cost on a heavier or bulkier item can vary up to 500 percent by location.  There are a lot of other reasons as well, most related to managing your account, doing markdowns and sending offers.

[bashort]

I quit "free" shipping years ago, the major advantages are your items are offered at at total lower cost for nearby zones, it encourages multiple purchases and it eliminates repricing items all the time because of unstable shipping costs.

As far as pricing items use terapeak, included with store subscription

[inhawaii · Accepted solution]

You would need to know the COST for your item and how much profit you wish to make.