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lakecontcgvault · 2026-06-09T16:27:37.381000Z

Hello dear eBay community, I hope that I can get support and helpful advice here. I recently opened a commercial eBay account and mainly sell collectible cards, mostly Pokemon cards. Since many of my listings are in the price range of about €1 to €5, it is economically difficult to charge shipping costs of €3.45 for every shipment for a registered letter with tracking. I fear that this would be unattractive for many buyers, and at the same time it would increasingly cut into my margin if I had to cover these extra costs myself every time. So far, I have organized shipping in such a way that I did not buy a shipping label directly through eBay, but instead franked the letters online for €1.10 and then manually marked the item as "shipped" on eBay. Now I have the following problem: since I cannot enter a tracking number, the sold items remain in the status "shipped" even after delivery. That is why I would be interested to know how other commercial sellers on eBay deal with such cases, especially with inexpensive items of low value. How do you handle shipping and status updates? Thank you in advance for your experiences and tips.

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