Should I go to the post office first

[dh-champy]

I've run into some financial troubles recently, and have decided to try and sell some life-sized busts I bought years ago.

The only problem is, I have never mailed ANYTHING ever, I don't think I've ever even set foot in a post office.

Do I need to go to my local post office, and have it properly weighed, measured, and packaged first (I have their original display boxes) before I list it, and get a rough estimite on shipping fees, or do I do that once the item has (hopefully) sold, and I have an address to send it too.

I ask because 1) Again I have no experience mailing or sending anything through the mail, and 2) As you can imagine life sized busts are rather large (76x45x45cm) and a proper shipping box may not be immediatly available at the post office

[reallynicestamps]

Shipping is the hardest part of selling online.

Canada Post has updated its website to make Solutions for Small Business harder to find

https://sso-osu.canadapost-postescanada.ca/pfe-pap/en/registration/business?sourceApp=SMB&sourceUrl=...

Rates

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/tools/find-a-rate.page

Also. The retail box is not good enough.

It should go into another sturdy box with peanuts or bubble wrap to protect it.

The box is part of the value to some collectors.

Use metric. Canada Post went metric in 1974 and everything else is guesswork.

[reallynicestamps]

Don't buy shipping supplies at the post office. Either reuse scrounged material or buy at an office supplies shop like Staples.