When my wife and I first started selling on eBay, I would work at my “real” job from 3-11 p.m., get home around midnight, pack the things that were sold during the day, and head to the post office to ship them! We would stand at the shipping kiosk for more than an hour some …
As someone who sends thousands of packages per year, I have more than my fair share of frustrating experiences with USPS tracking numbers. There’s not much more frustrating than checking your tracking and seeing that your package isn’t moving. Add in the fact that my wife and I order at least one thing online every …
Shipping on eBay is hardly a mystery. For most items, it is a matter of about 3 clicks and you can print out the label. eBay handles the transaction with the carrier, puts in your return address, and even sends the tracking to the buyer automatically. All in all, it works great…until it doesn’t. This …
*2023 Update* – While our lineup stays the same, the main change for shipping label printers in the past year was the advent of Rollo’s Wireless Option. Their wired printer remains our number 1 choice (as it’s cheaper) but if cost is not an object, go with the Rollo Wireless Printer. We’re very happy with …
Whether you’re looking for a thermal label printer for your home business or 30 label printers for your fulfillment warehouse the LP 2844 is one that comes up again and again. It is a standby machine that, despite its continued prevalence, has been discontinued by Zebra for almost 10 years! The business world doesn’t seem …
If you’ve been selling online for any length of time you’ve probably heard of a shipping service called Pirate Ship. Allegedly they can save you a ton of money by offering bulk shipping rates to everyday people. But is there a catch? Despite being a full-time reseller I avoided using Pirate Ship for years as …
One of the most annoying things as an online reseller is getting ready to print a shipping label, only to find that your printer is out of ink. It doesn’t happen to me anymore because I bought a thermal printer, but before I bought it, I had an inkjet that was constantly out of ink. …
If you’ve been around for very long, you’d know that I have a serious problem with thermal printers. Mainly, I don’t have space to put them all. Since I started selling full-time on eBay (and chronicling my experience and reviewing items here) I’ve purchased 7 thermal printers for personal use (and more to resell). Why …
If you’ve been selling on Mercari for very long you’ll know that their shipping is about as convenient as it gets. You sell an item, they send you a label, you print it off and send the item. Easy. However, the way that Mercari shipping works means that, if you don’t have a label printer, …
When it comes to shipping from home, very few things are actually necessary to make the process run smoothly. You don’t need personalized boxes, cute work area decorations, a Rollo label printer, etc. Those things are cute and helpful, but if you’re looking to get into selling for maximum profit, none of those will increase …