The rate is the same whether one uses Paypal, Venture One or trudges to the post office.
The discount reference shows up for every transaction, whether it applies to it or not (there is no discount for "light" and "small" packets even if you have a registered business account).
Technically, the post office is supposed to charge GST for every single transaction under $5 when shipping outside of Canada. However they often don't if you have more than one package per counter visit. There is no PST on mail and GST is only charged for transactions under $5 for international destinations. Either way, we don't care as we claim back the GST anyhow.
Over 100 grams, "small" packet costs less than "light", that is correct. On to top of that, technically anyhow, there is no insurance for "light" packets. Choose "small" in such situations.
The best part of electronic labels for Light Packet is you get a reference number for CP to be able to find a lost one.
Incorrect. It's a CP internal # that serves no real purpose as far as a merchant is concerned. That # does not show on the face of the label, hence it has no practical use.
cut eBay and PayPal out
They provide a service at no cost to us; therefore we do not begrudge them they commission. Paypal shipping does save us a lot of time. We switched from Venture One to Paypal, mainly because the majority of our shipments are "light" packet.
Affixing labels: Create a Venture One account and "purchase" item # 533086593 (labelopes) on-line. There is no charge for these. You get 200 every 3 months but it is not difficult to get 1,000/month at no cost 🙂
Cheers
Bernie