Estimating Weight for Shipping Calculator

My only tip is to buy a scale. I spent $30 total on mine and it has probably saved me at least that much. (Not much of an estimating tip, I'll admit.)

Yeah, that'd be my advice too.

Other ideas:
1) If you don't do a lot of combined shipping you could pack each item as you list it so you know exactly what the weight is (provided you buy a scale).
2) If your items generally require the same box size/amount of packing materials you could set up a dummy box and weigh it with each item you list.

I know exactly where you're coming from. I have a scale but still sometimes forget to account for extra packing materials, etc.

Thanks, I actually have one in the house but am currently unable to find it. (We really need to sell a lot of stuff!!!) I'll give it a better shot looking this weekend because I can tell that I already messed up on one of my first listings. Darn!

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Originally posted by cakethings:
My only tip is to buy a scale. I spent $30 total on mine and it has probably saved me at least that much. (Not much of an estimating tip, I'll admit.)

Rick has the right idea. We stuff appropriate boxes with filler (shredded paper) and weigh each item as we list them. If you don't, shipping can eat into your profit in a hurry.