Simply-the-best-for-you Volunteer Community Mentor
@wastingtime101 wrote:
@simply-the-best-for-you wrote:
@iamalwaysright wrote:On a related topic, it would be nice if ebay allowed you to add a handling fee or whatever you would call it "markup fee" that you can add onto all of your listings either by percent or set amount. It's not to say you can't do this yourself through other means or workarounds. But having that "markup section" would give us more control in pricing when prices and fees change.
For instance, I would use that field to add 15% of the shipping I charge the buyer to cover for the ebay fees off shipping and any packing supplies. Ebay would then just add that to final shipping price shown in the front end. As my shipping price changes, that price would change automatically. Very helpful especially if you offer multiple shipping services for one listing.
@iamalwaysright Not sure what you mean. That already exists, it's Handling Fee. I use one on all my listings & have for decades. Unless I'm missing something.
Handling has to be a flat fee - you can't enter a percent which is what (I think) the wish-list item is referring to. Unless I'm missing something.
My wish list item is to add a handling fee at the service level. So if I offer both UPS and USPS as choices in the same listing and I wanted to add a handling fee for UPS to cover package pickups, but not apply that fee to USPS because they pick up free on their daily route.
Yes, you are correct of course, but @iamalwaysright said "Either by percent or set amount", so I thought they were open to either. Not sure b/c they haven't come back, but Handling Fee has been around for decades, so I'm not sure if they just don't know or are asking something else.
@inhawaii wrote:I've never used calculated shipping.
I figure out what the shipping will be before I list a item then charge MORE than that amount for shipping.
Example: If shipping is going to cost $10, I charge $12.
Or as others have suggested, just add a few bucks to the price of the item.
Obviously you do what works best for you, as I know you are a successful seller. I just want to point out for newbies, that a benefit of Calculated is that you don't have to change it twice a year when rates increase. I personally love Calculated & it works perfectly. I've used it for around 8 years now & would never go back. Mainly due to said postal increases LOL.
