Advice needed on handling times

[shoptalkid]

3 days or 4 days?   I usually ship sooner, but I like to leave room for carrier delays.  However there is a BIG difference in the delivery estimates between the two handling times, even though they are just 1 day apart.    

With  3 -day handling it says FAST 'N FREE (for economy..smh)  "Estimated ON or Before X date"  so there are always a few impatient buyers  who message me  or open a case if it doesn't get delivery by that date.  

With 4-day handling it says  "estimated between X date and X date " which gives plenty of time for items to be delivered, even though most will show up sooner.    But then there are buyers who message me before they buy saying "how can I get the items sooner? I need them by such and such date"

Any suggestions on which one you think is better?  

[partial*eclipse · Accepted solution]

When you look at your own listing, you see the shipping cost and the estimated delivery date for a buyer in your own ZIP Code.  Farther buyers probably won't see FnF for 3-day handling or even for 2-day handling.

Fast N Free is put on a listing if eBay estimates delivery within 4 business days, so it would be extremely optimistic for them to put the FnF logo on a listing with 4-day handling, even for a buyer who lived next door to you.

[shoptalkid]

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@partial*eclipse wrote:

When you look at your own listing, you see the shipping cost and the estimated delivery date for a buyer in your own ZIP Code.  Farther buyers probably won't see FnF for 3-day handling or even for 2-day handling.

Fast N Free is put on a listing if eBay estimates delivery within 4 business days, so it would be extremely optimistic for them to put the FnF logo on a listing with 4-day handling, even for a buyer who lived next door to you.

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Thanks.  I know farther buyers would see a later "on or before" date, I just didn't know if they too would see "fast and free" .   I'll just leave it at 3-days.  

[sashalucy2009]

I personally wouldn't purchase anything from a seller that had a 4 day  handling time. (Especially this time of year) if you usually ship next day, I would put a 2 day handling time. 

I have a 1 day handling. If someone buys from me before 4:00 my time I usually ship out the same day but I put the following day on the label just in case it doesn't get scanned right away. This has worked well for me.