Shipping in the original box or put item in regular plan cardboard box

[bleppen]

Would it be bad to just affix shipping labels to a item like these. The box is sturdy, all ready shrink wrapped would be so much easier to just affix my shipping label to it VS trying to put it inside a plan cardboard box.  Plus save in the extra cost of shipping materials. 

Only issue I see is obviously anybody can tell exactly what is being shipped...

[geo2061]

@bleppen 

That would be my concern (don't need the Package Sitting by the Buyers Front Door Advertising)

       - Plus the Chance of the Plastic Wrap Ripping (Being the First Thing Your Buyer Sees).

If Nothing Else  -  a wrap in Brown Mailing Paper couldn't hurt.

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As A Seller, Think Like A Customer.

[pjcdn2005]

It’s rarely a good idea to ship using just the original box as they are usually more for display and not strong enough for being handled the way they will be when shipped.  Plus, what if the item is for a gift?  I don’t think I would want to give a gift that was banged up from shipping and with shipping labels on it.

[no_zero369 · Accepted solution]

I like a seller who is watching their bottom line and aware that shipping is their highest cost and thus need to focus there for reductions.

That said, when one starts selling more expensive stuff, over $50 buyers tend to have an expectation of something better than a label on a retail box.  So put yourself in the buyer's shoes, how would you feel if your new $50 Snap-on Can cooler showed up with the box all mangled and a shipping label wrapped around it?  Would you think seller was a cheapskate?  What if the buyer was a collector where the condition of the box mattered, would they file a SNAD case?

Yes, there are costs to doing business and packaging is one of them.  But I recycle boxes from prior purchases when I can and reuse bubble wrap, pillows and peanuts.  So costs are managed that way.