I’ve come to the conclusion that Canada Post is more expensive than the American mail system. I re-listed the maternity top we worked with at the last Momiji workshop and this time it sold.
Since last Monday was a holiday, instead of ending the auction on the Sunday evening, I ended it on Monday night. The top was purchased by someone in Nova Scotia, at a price of 99 cents US plus $3 US for delivery.
One of the recent purchases made during a workshop was a similar size item of clothing that arrived at my home in a small bubble pak envelope. The cost of postage $1.90. Based on that shipment, I thought $3 for shipping within Canada was reasonable – charge much more and no one will want to buy the top.
The maternity top was light and easily fit inside a small bubble envelope. I took it to the post office and couldn’t believe it when the clerk charged me almost $9. Yes, I should have checked first and charged more. But the less you charge for shipping, the better your chances of selling your items. And I really didn’t think our postal charges would be so much more than the states.
Bottom line: I’ve learned my lesson. I’m going to stick with selling information products on eBay. Creating and shipping a cd isn’t hard to do and is much more cost effective. Any other products I sell will be limited to my local area so I don’t have to deal with Canada Post’s crazy prices.
Thanks for the updates.Ron