Shipping Advice
For the past year I have only been selling locally but now I'm wanting to start selling online, because I have lots of potential customers who live too far away for me to deliver. I'm thinking of going with Etsy, it seems like the best option starting out. My only problem I've run into so far is shipping. What is the best way to ship soap/aroma beads? How do you calculate what shipping will be? Is it cheaper to use the packaging from USPS or your own? I need to know this before hand because when
@Courtney You do NOT have to but info like that into ETSY. It only helps if you are really charging by the size and weight. With USPS there are so many options for either Flat Rate OR Flat Weight (I use this loosely, but about 99% true). USPS has many FREE shipping supplies from their site - https://store.usps.com/store/home
PirateShip is GREAT and FREE.
If you items are under 1 Pound, 16oz, you can ship USPS First Class mail. No more the ~$5.50 (No Insurance, with T
