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Would someone be able to explain shipping for me. I have tried chat two times but still confused. I get free shipping I can just make my own label but I am very confused about ebay shipping. If I have listed my item with shipping to be paid by the buyer and I buy a label from ebay what happens if I underestimated or overestimated the shipping cost? Also, now I have read that you only get a code for the PO when I did chat she did not mention that she mentioned I would be able to print a label.  Thanks in advance. 

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You can overestimate and all that happens is you over paid. Your item will be delivered. Under pay and your buyer will be charged for the shipping if they deliver. As for the PO codes each zone in the US has a different code. You pay a little more the farther you get away from your zone. I am on the east coast in Florida it costs me more to ship a 3 ounce package to California than say Carolina. Hope this helps

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It looks as if you are using a flat rate which means that all your US buyers pay the same shipping rate regardless of where they are in the US. If you use calculated shipping the buyer will be charged based on their zip code and the information that you have entered on the package weight and size.  That is the more accurate way of charging but some do prefer to use a flat rate.

 

On one of your listings you are charging $14.95 so the buyer pays that amount regardless of what you have to pay for a label. The buyer pays you for the label and then you pay ebay if you are using ebay labels.  So if the buyer pays $14.95 and the label is $20, you  pay for the extra $5.  If the label is $10, the extra 4.95 goes to you. Keep in mind that you also have packaging costs and that the final value fees are also charged on the amount that the buyer pays including shipping and taxes.  That's why some sellers will charge their buyers the retail cost of the label even though they pay ebay's commercial rate. They use the extra for packaging and fees.

 

If you use an ebay label and for some reason the weight or dimensions are wrong and the postage you paid is actually higher, USPS will bill ebay the extra amount and then ebay will bill you.  Your buyer will not get charged if the postage is underpaid IF you are using the labels here. 

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