Hopefully, this gets seen by someone who can make a change:
I sell DVDs and blu-rays as discs by themselves in a simple envelope sent standard USPS delivery. These letters are NOT considered rigid; they ARE machinable letters. USPS has specific guidelines to send a single disc as a machinable letter for only a single forever stamp. This is the same way the Netflix used to send discs by mail.
Unfortunately, these letters are the foundation of my store and they are not provided with USPS tracking. Instead, I use a deterrent for scammers called LetterTrack, but their tracking system is not allowed for eBay tracking updates. Even though I track these myself and see the letter make the delivery, I still have the occasional scammer saying it didn't show and I have to refund them.
Low and behold the "eBay standard envelope"! The guidelines for this delivery method are nearly identical to the guidelines for USPS's single-disc machinable letter, i.e. same size & weight restrictions. The eBay standard envelope is only offered for certain categories like Trading Cards, Coins & Paper Money, and Postcards and Stamps. However, this method would be precisely ideal for "Disc Only" sellers like myself.
If eBay shipping heads and the powers that be see this post, I have a few ideas to make this happen. Create a completely new category for disc only sellers; "Books, Movies & Music > DVDs & Blu-ray Discs > Disc Only". Offer the eBay standard envelopes for this new category. EBay will make a LOT more money due to the amount of these types of sellers and these sellers have tracking for their items. Win-Win. Easy as pie. Please get the ball rolling on this idea. It would make my year. Thank you.
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