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Have you contacted Canada Post to make a deal with them? Your volume may warrant it.
PS - In your cost calculation you should not include HST as you get all of it back as ITC when filing your GST/HST return
Yes, deal directly with Canada Post, not PayPal.
https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/pages/buserv/default.page?ecid=murl|pdn|jb|35
Since I never ever used the PayPal postage labels, I copy/paste mailing addresses to labels for tens of thousands of transactions on eBay over the years. No big deal.
Is it worth it?
It depends of the discount you can negotiate with Canada Post compared to the discount eBay has negotiated "on your behalf".
I would not guess the answer. Considering the amount you spend ($10,000 a year) it may be worth your time to seriously look into it.
How much is one hour (or two) of your time worth compared to the potential savings.
@sylviebee wrote:
A little side-tracked (maybe) but,
This is something that is an ongoing ? for me. If an item is under 2 cm and light enough to get a better rate via letter mail as opposed to light packets, is there anything stopping us from shipping via the less expensive over-sized letter mail when the item is not paper?
Many sellers do and have done so for years. Some have had items returned; some have not. But, for the record, Canada Post's website states:
| Unacceptable Items |  |
The following items may not be sent as Letter-post (U.S.A. and International):
- small packets
- goods
- film, audio or video recording (diskettes, CD, DVD)
- unsealed self-mailers and envelopes
- items that do not meet the specifications for U.S.A. and International Letter-post
- items prohibited by law or defined as dangerous goods in Canada (see Non-mailable Matter for more information)
- items prohibited by law or defined as dangerous goods in the destination country (see International Destination Listing for more information).
@cumos55 wrote:Have you looked at Canada Post Business Solutions.... The new version of Venture One
The more you ship the greater the discount with Business Solutions.
No, I haven't looked. I'm the kind of person who hates reading instructions. 
Is that discount additive over a period of time or does it only apply to the amount shipped during one session?
@vip-marketplace wrote:Quick background:
I pay ~10,000$ in shipping fees all through eBay-PayPal and using Canada Post per year.
I'm wondering if I'm getting good prices. For example, how much would it cost you to ship the following package:
From: G6Y 0J9
To: M2P 1V4
Weight: 125g
Size: 20cm x 10 cm x 3 cm
I'm paying:
Shipping cost $9.88 CAD
Liability Coverage cost $0.00 CAD
HST $1.20 CAD
Fuel surcharge $0.60 CAD
Discount -$1.26 CAD
Total $10.42 CAD
Payment method
PayPal balance (CAD) $10.42 CAD
Thanks!
I pay $8.60 for up to 500 grams ($9.60 for 1kg) to any Canadian destination (does not include HST/GST which is refundable) for Expedited.
That's through ChitChat who are a re-seller of services from another re-seller who actually has the Canada Post account.
It adds one extra day for delivery because it has to make a bit of a journey before it gets to Canada Post.
Given that's cheaper than PayPal/eBay and passes through two hands taking a cut you can see that if you have the volume you can get much better discounts dealing directly with Canada Post than you get via PayPal/eBay.
Unfortunately your closest ChitChat office is in Montreal but it's possible you could find a reseller/aggregator in Quebec City who can offer similar pricing.
FYI - If you have substantial volume you might check into Purolator, for retail customers they are usually more expensive than Canada Post but they offer big volume discounts.
