Jake, I use 4x4 for single clubs, 5x5 for sets, and cut to length. A 4x4x36 is $1.60 on Amazon, Uline its $1.23 each. Its important to use packing at the top, middle, and bottom to keep the box from flattening during shipping. Flattening of the box can expose the club shaft to bending. I ship clubs often, but have just as many shipped to me and this has happened. Using enough packing will keep the longer box from collapsing.
weird i just sold my first golf club today. perfect timing. this was definitely a learning curve. just spent $25 on shipping through pirate ship, buyer only paid $16 shipping since i guess i didnt measure correctly. it was a driver which ended up being 49" long packaged up. still made $20 yay. anything i could do different next time. loving your videos thanks
Most new resellers do not realize the facts about ups "UPS cannot deliver to a PO Box. If you cannot obtain a street address and use a PO Box, the telephone number of the recipient must be on the label. A shipment addressed to a PO Box can experience delays, is not covered by any UPS service guarantees, and is assessed an address correction surcharge." so better make sure the buyer you are shipping to has a Street address or you going to be paying MORE to ship the golf club if it goes to a PO BOX and you wont be covered for lost or damaged packages
Or just ship usps ground which is basically comparable to FedEx ups . I ship bigger boxes often and don’t waste the gas to drop it off at Walgreens or CVS I just have usps pick it up when they drop off my mail sometimes I might pay 4 bucks more but that’s rare then it’s actually cheaper then FedEx & ups which is why they are offering it now to gain back the sales they were loosing to ups. I can’t even remember when I used either to be honest. And I ship 150-200 items a month. Just saying
@@HOMIE_Sanity shorter distance then yes, usps ground is not that more expensive , sometimes cheaper but if you live in east coast and send it to California then the different is huge.
I was just thinking the other day about listing a few long items never thought about the franken box method thanks fore this vid and pulling me back from box purchases
I’ve had major issues with ups. If I go back and look at charges they are either adding major surcharges or somone is Inputting weight in correctly. Sometimes it can triple or even quadruple
This is true! It’ll tell me it’s 4-5 dollars cheaper using ups and then 2 weeks later I get a surcharge for 2-5 bucks more telling me my box is 36-12-5 and not 36-12-4 that it literally shows on the box! I’ll pay the 2 bucks more (in the end for usps in some cases just so I don’t get the surprise anymore. I literally have preset boxes and been using the same ones for over a year and about 6 months ago they started doing that crap like they can’t measure correctly so it’s usps from now on! Still cheap anyways less then 18 always to ship that box no matter where it goes!
That's because the UPS CHARGES extra for mailing tubes. On pirate ship he left the type of mailing as package, you need to scroll down and click mailing tube or irregular package. UPS WILL ADD ADDITIONAL $12 . So if the guy making this video sees this please edit and change the type of package when buying your label. If you buy the label from eBay, they don't tell you this and you will get a charge of $12 a week later
You always go to your local stores like Academy or Dollar General and ask for their large boxes to reuse and you will usually be told that you can have it.
I feel as though you've said this elsewhere previously, but just to confirm, we would need to have created a calculated Shipping Policy where we have UPS Ground as a service offered, and then select that from the Shipping Policy drop down when creating the listing, correct? Then, after the golf club gets sold, if we run the shipping label through Pirate, Ship, what info from Pirate Ship do we then need to transfer back into Ebay, since we have no established connection between the 2 companies? Also, what about cylindrical mailing tubes. If i have some handy, would these work in the same way. Or are these considered "irregular package size" and open up whole different can of worms...?
How do you ship via Pirate Ship when you're using ebay calculated shipping? Is Pirate Ship an option? I don't know how that would work. Doesn't ebay require you to ship thru their shipping mechanism? Still learning. Thanks
Is anybody else dealing with the Atlanta USPS disaster? It has been 2 weeks and 75% of my shipments are unaccounted for, showing that I have only created a label.
Those surcharges don’t apply to eBay sales. I ship 36-12-4 boxes with guitars in them all the time and the cost is never more than like 16-18 dollars for a 5-9 lb package. With usps ground shipping being so cheap I don’t even worry about shipping anymore (free shipping) 3 sales today on average boxes 15/10/6 boxes 8 pounds I didn’t pay more then 8 dollars for ANY of them. Literally. But back to the guitars I sell (the guitar hero rock band ones) it’s like 8-15 on average. And again those boxes are standard 36-12-4 boxes so well over the 30 inches. I don’t pay up for priority just to have the package arrive possibly 1 day earlier. Just don’t use wider boxes if you don’t have to
Great video! Would love your take on shipping Cameras with lithium batteries. Hate that I can't do it within the eBay app through USPS Ground. Wondering if you've got a better solution. Thanks for the great content!
Why can’t you? Shipping ground is the way you have to ship it. It even asks you if you have batteries or anything that is like that and you check it and good to go. Only items on airplanes have an issue but since first class isn’t by air (first class is gone) then there is no longer an issue (from what I’ve noticed)
I'm having trouble listing the golf clubs , when I go to list a driver for example when I select UPS ground it says that the price is between 31-100$ . How do i get it so that my listing says the shipping cost for the buyer is what he described in the video?
If you dont have an eBay store do you stillget that lower shipping cost? I am having problems getting decent shipping rates for larger items through eBay.
Use pirate ship they give the same eBay rates. When I started off pirate ship was cheaper now I only use them when I need insurance cuz they are .80 per 100 and are usually a few dollars cheaper in total so it’s worth it for the times I need insurance 300+ is what I add it for.
Skipped over some important basics, set up a calculated policy with the discount applied to the buyer,.add a few bucks handling charge. Alwasys round up the measurements to the next inch on all dimensions especially when Frankensteining a box and if the box is over at or over 48 inches in length, as in all Drivers the price jumps way up ! At retail the cost jumps almost 50 bucks at the 48 inch mark. Ive seen some comments on here of accounts being back charged for incorrect dimensions and clubs getting damaged. The triangle box is the strongest and they wont roll off the conveyor. Your video skipped the wrap you used and the absolute most important, dimensions. UPS may be the cheapest route available but they are strict on dimensions and your box needs to pass the throw test.
LOL drivers are 45.5" to 46". I know because I am in the industry. Why do people on the internet feel the need to post false information over and over again?
@@JrideFlips, you need to check because I guarantee you're being charged an additional $12 through UPS for each long package that you're mailing. The reason UPS looks cheaper is because you didn't change the package from package/bag to mailing tubes/irregular package. Think you should edit you video because it more like $17-25 to mail a bat/club
Bubble wrap is not not degradable. Plain brown package paper rolls from a dollar store cushions better, is cheaper and ii biodegraded. Unlike plastic bubble wrap.
Unfortunately my city stopped recycling so it don’t even matter. I’d never chance anything just box on item with paper unless it was a dvd box which is already very sturdy. Bubble wrap all the way. Never had an issue. But to each is their own.
@@HOMIE_Sanity Your city probably never did recycle. Recycling is a global community issue. it's not a decision an individual makes for their own benefit. Paper doesn't need to be recycled. It biodegraded. it'll turn to compost and nature will "recycle" on its own. When plastic degrades it is toxic. leaving future generations a toxic planet is not a decision you get to make.
40 count 2 mil trash bags. 12 dollars. Bubble wrap club head then wrap in quadruple folded trash bag. Anti rocket science solution. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 Never had an issue.
Thanks for showing how to frankenbox to ship the iron. I pay around $5 per 4x4x48 box so this will definitely save me some money.
Nice man been wanting to get into golf clubs and baseball bats as most resellers wouldn’t want to be bothered with the shipping
Jake, I use 4x4 for single clubs, 5x5 for sets, and cut to length. A 4x4x36 is $1.60 on Amazon, Uline its $1.23 each. Its important to use packing at the top, middle, and bottom to keep the box from flattening during shipping. Flattening of the box can expose the club shaft to bending. I ship clubs often, but have just as many shipped to me and this has happened. Using enough packing will keep the longer box from collapsing.
The auction professor has a fantastic video on making boxes this way that are VERY strong. I believe it is titled something like how to ship posters.
weird i just sold my first golf club today. perfect timing. this was definitely a learning curve. just spent $25 on shipping through pirate ship, buyer only paid $16 shipping since i guess i didnt measure correctly. it was a driver which ended up being 49" long packaged up. still made $20 yay. anything i could do different next time. loving your videos thanks
Most new resellers do not realize the facts about ups
"UPS cannot deliver to a PO Box. If you cannot obtain a street address and use a PO Box, the telephone number of the recipient must be on the label. A shipment addressed to a PO Box can experience delays, is not covered by any UPS service guarantees, and is assessed an address correction surcharge."
so better make sure the buyer you are shipping to has a Street address or you going to be paying MORE to ship the golf club if it goes to a PO BOX and you wont be covered for lost or damaged packages
Easy solution, When I ship big items. Always mention that you ship via ups or Fedex only and can’t ship to PO box address in the listing description.
Or just ship usps ground which is basically comparable to FedEx ups . I ship bigger boxes often and don’t waste the gas to drop it off at Walgreens or CVS I just have usps pick it up when they drop off my mail sometimes I might pay 4 bucks more but that’s rare then it’s actually cheaper then FedEx & ups which is why they are offering it now to gain back the sales they were loosing to ups. I can’t even remember when I used either to be honest. And I ship 150-200 items a month. Just saying
@@HOMIE_Sanity shorter distance then yes, usps ground is not that more expensive , sometimes cheaper but if you live in east coast and send it to California then the different is huge.
This video is right on time just picked up two sets of clubs the other day!! Thank you 🔥
Thank you so much for this video Jake!
Keep the information coming. We appreciate your insight.
Bought my first bat today, so this is timely. Thanks!
Such a well timed video! I just bought my first set of clubs for resale.
I was just thinking the other day about listing a few long items never thought about the franken box method thanks fore this vid and pulling me back from box purchases
I have re sized boxes but that was great thanks! Never thought of doing it that way!
Awesomeness As Always Sir!!!!
Thanks for making this video!
Thank you
Mannn you posted this 3 days late!! I was going crazy how to do this i sold 4 in a week!
I’ve had major issues with ups. If I go back and look at charges they are either adding major surcharges or somone is Inputting weight in correctly. Sometimes it can triple or even quadruple
This is true! It’ll tell me it’s 4-5 dollars cheaper using ups and then 2 weeks later I get a surcharge for 2-5 bucks more telling me my box is 36-12-5 and not 36-12-4 that it literally shows on the box! I’ll pay the 2 bucks more (in the end for usps in some cases just so I don’t get the surprise anymore. I literally have preset boxes and been using the same ones for over a year and about 6 months ago they started doing that crap like they can’t measure correctly so it’s usps from now on! Still cheap anyways less then 18 always to ship that box no matter where it goes!
That's because the UPS CHARGES extra for mailing tubes. On pirate ship he left the type of mailing as package, you need to scroll down and click mailing tube or irregular package. UPS WILL ADD ADDITIONAL $12 . So if the guy making this video sees this please edit and change the type of package when buying your label. If you buy the label from eBay, they don't tell you this and you will get a charge of $12 a week later
I'm in utah too!
Nicccce! I just sold 3 bats this way. Can you do one about how to ship subwoofers? I just landed 2 at my local Goodwill. Thanks and subscribed!
You always go to your local stores like Academy or Dollar General and ask for their large boxes to reuse and you will usually be told that you can have it.
After you package your club and print out your label to put on the box do you take it to USPS or UPS and drop it off to ship?
I feel as though you've said this elsewhere previously, but just to confirm, we would need to have created a calculated Shipping Policy where we have UPS Ground as a service offered, and then select that from the Shipping Policy drop down when creating the listing, correct? Then, after the golf club gets sold, if we run the shipping label through Pirate, Ship, what info from Pirate Ship do we then need to transfer back into Ebay, since we have no established connection between the 2 companies?
Also, what about cylindrical mailing tubes. If i have some handy, would these work in the same way. Or are these considered "irregular package size" and open up whole different can of worms...?
Most asked question of 2024 🎉
Ups has free express boxes 36x6x6 same triangle shape as the post office ones. Flip em inside out and send em ground.
Unethical, it’s free for a reason
How do you ship via Pirate Ship when you're using ebay calculated shipping? Is Pirate Ship an option? I don't know how that would work. Doesn't ebay require you to ship thru their shipping mechanism? Still learning. Thanks
Great video! Would this work for a tennis racket also? I want to sell a tennis racket, but don't know how about to ship it.
Yes it will
In Germany there is no discount through ebay on shipping. 😐
Is anybody else dealing with the Atlanta USPS disaster? It has been 2 weeks and 75% of my shipments are unaccounted for, showing that I have only created a label.
Those surcharges don’t apply to eBay sales. I ship 36-12-4 boxes with guitars in them all the time and the cost is never more than like 16-18 dollars for a 5-9 lb package. With usps ground shipping being so cheap I don’t even worry about shipping anymore (free shipping) 3 sales today on average boxes 15/10/6 boxes 8 pounds I didn’t pay more then 8 dollars for ANY of them. Literally. But back to the guitars I sell (the guitar hero rock band ones) it’s like 8-15 on average. And again those boxes are standard 36-12-4 boxes so well over the 30 inches. I don’t pay up for priority just to have the package arrive possibly 1 day earlier. Just don’t use wider boxes if you don’t have to
Great video! Would love your take on shipping Cameras with lithium batteries. Hate that I can't do it within the eBay app through USPS Ground. Wondering if you've got a better solution. Thanks for the great content!
Really? I just mark my as "Hazardous" and it prints right on the label. Haven't had a problem.
Why can’t you? Shipping ground is the way you have to ship it. It even asks you if you have batteries or anything that is like that and you check it and good to go. Only items on airplanes have an issue but since first class isn’t by air (first class is gone) then there is no longer an issue (from what I’ve noticed)
I'm having trouble listing the golf clubs , when I go to list a driver for example when I select UPS ground it says that the price is between 31-100$ . How do i get it so that my listing says the shipping cost for the buyer is what he described in the video?
It seems that the cost of the label will be between 30-50 which seems insane
I am overdue for finding a golf club.
If you dont have an eBay store do you stillget that lower shipping cost? I am having problems getting decent shipping rates for larger items through eBay.
Use pirate ship they give the same eBay rates. When I started off pirate ship was cheaper now I only use them when I need insurance cuz they are .80 per 100 and are usually a few dollars cheaper in total so it’s worth it for the times I need insurance 300+ is what I add it for.
cries in hockey stick shipping
So no padding on the shaft?
Not needed. You can add some if you’re shipping out a set but on a single you don’t have to
Skipped over some important basics, set up a calculated policy with the discount applied to the buyer,.add a few bucks handling charge. Alwasys round up the measurements to the next inch on all dimensions especially when Frankensteining a box and if the box is over at or over 48 inches in length, as in all Drivers the price jumps way up ! At retail the cost jumps almost 50 bucks at the 48 inch mark. Ive seen some comments on here of accounts being back charged for incorrect dimensions and clubs getting damaged. The triangle box is the strongest and they wont roll off the conveyor. Your video skipped the wrap you used and the absolute most important, dimensions. UPS may be the cheapest route available but they are strict on dimensions and your box needs to pass the throw test.
LOL drivers are 45.5" to 46". I know because I am in the industry. Why do people on the internet feel the need to post false information over and over again?
Do you just not sell drivers? Those are around 46”
Same process just add length. Yes I do
@@JrideFlips, you need to check because I guarantee you're being charged an additional $12 through UPS for each long package that you're mailing. The reason UPS looks cheaper is because you didn't change the package from package/bag to mailing tubes/irregular package. Think you should edit you video because it more like $17-25 to mail a bat/club
@@mkuts1046 shipped 3 clubs today for $8.47, $9.36 and $9.36
Did you change mailing box to mailing tube
If not you will be getting a extra charge for each of those 3 clubs
Bubble wrap is not not degradable. Plain brown package paper rolls from a dollar store cushions better, is cheaper and ii biodegraded. Unlike plastic bubble wrap.
Unfortunately my city stopped recycling so it don’t even matter. I’d never chance anything just box on item with paper unless it was a dvd box which is already very sturdy. Bubble wrap all the way. Never had an issue. But to each is their own.
@@HOMIE_Sanity Your city probably never did recycle. Recycling is a global community issue. it's not a decision an individual makes for their own benefit. Paper doesn't need to be recycled. It biodegraded. it'll turn to compost and nature will "recycle" on its own. When plastic degrades it is toxic. leaving future generations a toxic planet is not a decision you get to make.
40 count 2 mil trash bags. 12 dollars. Bubble wrap club head then wrap in quadruple folded trash bag. Anti rocket science solution. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
Never had an issue.