Les Jones

E-commerce > New eBay Shipping Feature

I was on eBay tonight selling some crap and ran across a new feature. When you're selling an item, you have to choose a shipping option: either the buyer pays shipping or the seller pays shipping.

If the buyer pays shipping, the seller either has to choose actual shipping costs (to be determined later) or specify an amount to charge. Most people are like me, and don't know what the shipping costs will be until they take the package to UPS.

Now eBay has taken all of the guesswork out of it. You can specify the package weight and your zip code, and eBay will calculate actual shipping charges based on the buyer's zip code. How cool is that?

P.S.The crap fine merchandise I'm selling is a CycleOps bike trainer and PetSafe instant wireless fence. If you're in Knoxville and win the bid, I'll drop them off and save you those shipping fees.