Shipping (media) vs ground advantage - for books specifically

[stlcard]

I have been selling mostly ball cards.  I am starting to sell books.  What should I do - if anyrhing - to change shipping charges - media for books vs ground advantage for cards???  I have a flat rate shipping for cards of 3.63 for no matter how many cards.  Obviously that would not do for, say, 3 or 4 books - or even 1 maybe.  Anyway I need some help from one with experience.  

[1786davycrockett]

@stlcard 

USPS Media rate is $3.92 for the up to 1 pound.

Just change your shipping from USPS Ground Advantage to USPS Media.

And, if  the trading cards which you are selling are inexpensive (less than $20.00), those can be sipped using the eBay Standard Envelope (ESE), which costs you only 63 cents, instead of $3.63, which you are currently charging.

Check out the eBay site for more information about the ESE.

[nobody*s_perfect]

IMHO your books listings should be set up with calculated shipping based on the package weight.  

Or since it's Media Mail, you could enter a flat price but then you'd have to look up the price for each 1-pound weight increment, and you'd have to edit those flat prices whenever USPS raises their rates.

[stlcard]

Do you know the incremental rate per pound for media mail?

[robbie31415]

https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c059