Ground advantage!

[besosboutique58]

My 8 oz package sent first class currently costs 5.40-5.85; ground advantage for 8 oz package will cost 6.99-9.03.   This is a huge increase!  And I'm sure it will affect sales negatively again.  Why can't eBay negotiate shipping prices like Poshmark?  Give sellers and buyers a freaking break!

[selsa84]

Guess I'm revising istings all day. Thanks for the heads up. I keep asking my postman but can't get a straight answer

[dhbookds]

the prices won't be adjusted until 7/9..........THEN......first class will be "put into" Ground Advantage......which will expand from pound rates  to include the 1-15 ounce rates of lst class........  so at that time (not before), the rates of first class should remain as the same as they are now..........only it will be called Ground advantage........

[wastingtime101]

You're working off a misunderstanding of rates @besosboutique58 @selsa84 

Find the Ground Advantage price charts in the "best answer" on this thread:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping/USPS-to-replace-First-Class-Package-Retail-Ground-Parcel-Sele...

Rates for packages under a pound are not changing from the current First Class rates.

If you're pulling current Ground Advantage rates from the eBay shipping calculator, you should be aware those rates are equivalent to the current Parcel Select rates - that's why it says "Parcel Select / Ground Advantage". You won't see true Ground Advantage rates through the eBay calculator until the service changes on Sunday the 9th.

[nobody*s_perfect]

Ground Advantage will NOT cost more.  Those prices of $6.99 - $9.03 are the current prices for 1 pound via Parcel Select Ground.  eBay's shipping calculator will start showing the new rates tomorrow after they go into effect. Meanwhile, you can check the current and new rates here:

Current USPS rates:

http://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/dmm300/notice123.pdf

USPS rates starting July 9, 2023:

https://pe.usps.com/resources/PriceChange/July%202023%20Price%20Change%2020230627%20-%20Notice123%20...

[coolections]

The post office will be running off about 1/4 of Ebay sellers soon. Media mail went up 10% too. Remember also that Ebay steals your $$ off your postage cost so the Ebay cost also went up. Very few will be able to list anything at all for less than $20 when it cost $11 just to sell a T-shirt before you even think about making a penny.

[stuff4divas]

@wastingtime101   @dhbookds 

Do u guys know if First Class will 'automatically' change to Ground Advantage?

Or will we have to go in and manually change it ourselves?

[dhbookds]

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@stuff4divas wrote:

@wastingtime101   @dhbookds 

Do u guys know if First Class will 'automatically' change to Ground Advantage?

Or will we have to go in and manually change it ourselves?

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Ebay states we must change First Class........(package, not letter)

[ms.rodriguez*]

I am hoping that the rates will automatically be correct but I checked something the other day and came up with 6.99 if I shipped a 4 ounce box from 2 zipcodes in NY.  The 2 zipcodes are about 45 miles apart. It was a link on one of these threads here. Hopefully,  there is no price increase for first class below 15.9 ounces.

For now, I am not going to revise anything until the 9th.  

[besosboutique58]

Thank you!  I was freaking out over this.

[wastingtime101]

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@stuff4divas wrote:

@wastingtime101   @dhbookds 

Do u guys know if First Class will 'automatically' change to Ground Advantage?

Or will we have to go in and manually change it ourselves?

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@stuff4divas All First Class and Retail Ground have to be updated manually by sellers. Biz policies make it easy. Bulk editor can also be used.

[ms.rodriguez*]

No they won't.   The post office is # 1 with packages.  I can tell you that on 1 account, it shows over 11,000 sales.   I can tell you that every single one of them except 1 was shipped USPS.  That is over 11,000 packages since 1998.  That is just 1 seller account.  The other one has about 500 sales.  ALL of those were shipped USPS.

When I buy, every purchase has been through USPS.  I won't buy anything that is Fed Ex or UPS because I use a po box.   So the post office is not going to drive me away nor my buyers.

I have been here since 1998 when priority mail was $3.20 for 2 lbs. anywhere in the USA, PR and any U.S. territory.  People will still buy but yes, it will be harder to sell that cheap 5-10 dollar item when it's at least 5 dollars to ship.   As the post office raises rates and ebay gets a slightly higher fee due to this, I will raise my starting prices and/or my shipping prices.     People will adapt.  If they want that item and/or need it, they will buy it.

Media mail is still too cheap.  Buyers that buy books and other media items will also adapt. A 10% increase in the shipping is not going to stop them.

[dbfolks166mt]

     As others mentioned first class will not be incorporated into ground advantage until Sunday. I don't ship much through eBay but use Pirate Ship which has not yet setup the rates for incorporation of first class packages into ground advantage. However, that being said it does appear you have made adjustments to your listings and are showing ground advantage rates to the buyers already. Looked at one of your items, which I assume would ship first class, and it shows me $9.02 for shipping cost.  

     I am guessing that cost will go down on Sunday provided this item weighs less than a pound. 

[my_boston_baked_beans]

Both UPS and FEDEX allow you to use USPS boxes and have for some years now as I use both services frequently. They don't care only USPS cares about the use  of their boxes that is why USPS even marks the inside of the boxes. Our government at work 🙂

[dbfolks166mt]

The post office will be running off about 1/4 of Ebay sellers soon. Media mail went up 10% too. Remember also that Ebay steals your $$ off your postage cost so the Ebay cost also went up. Very few will be able to list anything at all for less than $20 when it cost $11 just to sell a T-shirt before you even think about making a penny.

     The shipping cost will more than likely dissuade more buyers than sellers since for most sellers the buyers are paying the shipping cost and some sellers even incorporate the fees into the costing so the buyer is also paying those. 

     I have no problem selling a $20 item on eBay and the buyer paying the shipping cost and fees. No way my cost for selling that $20 item are going to be anywhere close to $11. At most they are going to be in the $2-$4 range.