Скачать или смотреть Shop Talk Episode 5 - How to pack and ship vintage items & antiques

In today’s episode of Shop Talk, Nicole and I talk about how to pack and ship vintage items.

Shop Talk is a livestream discussion for sharing tips and encouragement for online vintage sellers. New episodes launch monthly on Instagram, and replays are posted on YouTube.

Follow Whitney on IG at @thrifty_whitney and Nicole at @vintagehavenshoppe for updates, seller tips, and antique sales.

In this episode, we cover:
How to calculate and charge for shipping
What supplies are needed / recommended
Where to find the supplies
How to get your shipping area set up
Basic packing principles
Demonstration on:
How to cut down a box to become smaller
How to flip a box inside out
How to wrap different types of items
Tips on how to pack a box with a single item, and multiple items
How to purchase shipping labels

A few resources mentioned:
Pirate Ship - free website with discounted shipping costs for UPS and USPS
Shippo - website with discounted shipping costs for multiple shipping services
American Bubble Boy - website that sells bubble wrap, pillow packs, and shipping tape (can set up subscriptions for automatic renewal of specific items)

Standard box sizes we use:
Standard box sizes - 8”sq., 10”sq., 12”sq., 12x12x8, 15x15x6, 15”sq., 16x12x8, 20x14x6” (note that these are interior box dimensions - actual outer dimensions may be larger)

Whitney’s Amazon Storefront:
https://www.amazon.com/shop/thrifty_w...

Nicole’s Amazon Storefront:
https://www.amazon.com/shop/vintageha...