Earlier this year I started a thread on .com called "Secrets only Power Sellers could/should know". Lots of people contributed info. It was so great. I hope you agree (hope this link works!).
http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jsp?forum=76&thread=186471&message=4846823&q=secrets
If you have a tip for your Canadian PS's, add it here. Please tay on topic - this is a help thread not a complaint thread.
http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jsp?forum=76&thread=186471&message=4846823&q=secrets
If you have a tip for your Canadian PS's, add it here. Please tay on topic - this is a help thread not a complaint thread.
Here is a tip for packing materials. Stop buying at Staples! If you are a power seller you are probbaly shipping a fair number of items or are shipping expensive items with lots of packing materials to protect them. If so... read on!
Most communities in Canada will have a shipping supplies company listed in their yellow pages. I buy all of my #0, #4, #6 and #7 bubble envelopes in case lots from a local paper supply house. Sure storage can be a problem but buying at Staples retail prices can be a problem for your bottom line.
I buying the large bubble in 750' rolls. It only costs me a few dollars more than those tiny boxes of bubble that Staples sells. I also buy a double roll packing tape in case lots, giant bags of foam peanuts, single sided corrugated, 6 different sizes of boxes, etc., but none of it comes from Staples or (worse yet) Mail Boxes Etc. In fact, there is not a shipping related item that I currently buy that comes from Staples.
By buying in case lots, and I'm sure a lot of you could manage it, I know I have saved a minimum of 50% over those retail prices. So grab the yellow pages and check some of the following categories:
shipping supplies
janitorial supplies
paper supplies
restaurant supplies
safety supplies
Cheers!
Bill
Most communities in Canada will have a shipping supplies company listed in their yellow pages. I buy all of my #0, #4, #6 and #7 bubble envelopes in case lots from a local paper supply house. Sure storage can be a problem but buying at Staples retail prices can be a problem for your bottom line.
I buying the large bubble in 750' rolls. It only costs me a few dollars more than those tiny boxes of bubble that Staples sells. I also buy a double roll packing tape in case lots, giant bags of foam peanuts, single sided corrugated, 6 different sizes of boxes, etc., but none of it comes from Staples or (worse yet) Mail Boxes Etc. In fact, there is not a shipping related item that I currently buy that comes from Staples.
By buying in case lots, and I'm sure a lot of you could manage it, I know I have saved a minimum of 50% over those retail prices. So grab the yellow pages and check some of the following categories:
shipping supplies
janitorial supplies
paper supplies
restaurant supplies
safety supplies
Cheers!
Bill
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