Is there any way to retain TRS when using untracked shipping?

[downloadtreasures]

Selling small products that will fit in a flat.

So, I decided to cut my shipping cost in half, and just using a couple of stamps.

Now I see that because my "Tracking uploaded on time and validated" metric has gone to 75%, I'll be losing my TRS for at least a month, while I work to get it back up. 

I'm pretty sure I've seen TRS's out there with untracked shipping for small items. 

[lepke1979]

Are they small enough to use eBay Standard Envelope? I think those are considered tracked.

[donsdetour]

No tracking equals no delivery: can you afford it???

and of course ebay will ding your metrics for such.

[the-hook-and-the-loop]

Balance. Must learn balance Daniel son.

Send some with stamps and send enough with tracking to stay at 95% or better uploaded.

[thepatterndrawer]

In this economy, I decided to bite the bullet and use stamps.  I couldn't afford to mail a 3oz pkg at the tracking rate. It costs me $2.06 to mail a 3 oz. package. It was hard to watch my TRS drop below the acceptable mark.  It's sink or swim and I'm still floating. 

[nobody*s_perfect]

Some sellers set up a separate account for untracked items, to protect their TRS status on their main selling account.

[jahood1984]

Just keep in mind there's no shortage of buyers who know when they see stamps, they see free.   They open a not received case and your forced to refund and get a ding, once that person finds you they will a vast amount of different accounts to buy from you for more free stuff.  Risky ..

[kds99]

For me, eBay standard envelopes; have allowed me to retain my 100.00 percent uploaded tracking rating. Postage is only $0.53 cents for the first ounce until July!  I understand it only works for certain categories though.

[speck56]

Good tip!