Adjustment of shipping fees

Question

Since DHL and others adjust their shipping fees more often, wouldn’t it make sense if, for example, when someone has selected "Maxibrief DHL," the new fees were automatically updated too? Or alternatively, to create a way to adjust your shipping fees on one page instead of having to select each individual product and adjust the price?

perfect-sally · Accepted Answer

Why should eBay intervene there? Most sellers don't just charge the pure postage as shipping costs, but add something extra for packaging..etc.

And like many other things, shipping costs can be edited in bulk as long as it’s the same amount. You can also create shipping cost tables and/or framework conditions.

However, the adjustment is and remains the seller’s responsibility.

But if you, as an allegedly private seller, are operating on a commercial scale with currently 271 listings and many of them new goods, you can easily get into a spin trying to adjust everything accordingly 😉

petersmodellbahnstuebchen · Answer

Moin @joahof-5408

I can only agree with @perfect-sally .

As a rule, shipping costs consist not only of postage, but also of packaging materials, disposal costs, and the eBay fees included in the shipping costs.

You can update these even more easily in the terms and conditions, in addition to the bulk editing of listings when shipping providers change their rates:

If DHL, for example, increases postage costs by € 1.00, I simply adjust this accordingly in my terms and conditions and that's it.