I just started to ship my minifigures on eBay and when I was about to print out the shipping label, I found out that it costed $1.69 for an envelope, that held less than an ounce of Legos inside. I thought this was way over the top, so I put a "Forever" stamp on it and shipped it out. A couple days later, I received the envelope back in the mail with an arrow to the stamps and the words "Incorrect Postage, add $0.20", so the next morning, I sent it out with the extra $0.20 on it. I received it back today, so I decided to take the envelope to the Post Office and ask them about it. The lady at the desk said that it qualified as a package since it was more than 1/4 inch thick, so it costed me $1.49 to ship that. This is obviously a pretty large amount for a little thing like a $4 minifigure, and chips into your profit by a chunk. I was offering Free Shipping on this one, so it really hurt the ROI. Also, just wondering why eBay charges $1.69 for an envelope when the USPS Post Office charges only $1.49.

How does everyone else ship their minifigures? I know that people also sell the minisets from the Advent Calendars individually, so how do you ship those too? Am I missing something or is spending $1.49 the cheapest way to go?

Just so you know, it was shipped via First Class USPS Mail.

Bubble mailers. If you buy them in bulk, they're not that expensive; they're the easiest way to qualify for the parcel rate, which you have to do for tracking purposes.

I'm not saying I'd insta-neg someone who sent me a minifig in a letter envelope, but I probably wouldn't buy from them again. And you want repeat buyers, frequent bidders, good feedback, high DSRs. Bake your shipping and packaging costs into your Buy It Now minifig listings, offer them with "free" shipping, process orders promptly. If you're diligent about it you'll be Top Rated in no time. Lower fees, more money for you.

Good advice here.

I sell a lot on ebay but never single mini-figures. Can I just slap some first class or forever stamps on a little envelope and call it good? Weight wise I think I'm good but wondering if it's "machinable" as I've heard that term thrown around the Post office a few times.

I haven't tried just slapping some stamps on an envelope. When I asked, the post office recommended first class. That works out to 2 bucks shipping, 1 buck for tracking, and 1 buck for your bubble envelope from walmart. So, yeah. 4 bucks. Sheesh.

get a really small yellow envelope, big enough for the figure ... wrap the figure in bubble wrap. then ship it ... should be a little over a dollar first class mail. if youre mailing an ebay auction, print out your mailing tags through ebay. you get a discount on shipping rates and free delivery confirmation numbers.

Comicblast put out a similiar question before, akohns, and a lot of members gave some good ideas. I merged the two topics and maybe you can find something that will be of help?

Thanks Orcking. Searched and searched but couldn't find this dang thread.

Thanks Orcking. Searched and searched but couldn't find this dang thread.

yeah if you don't read every single comment in every thread like us MODS do, its a little hard finding certain info. Let us know if you need help finding anything else.

Thanks Orcking. Searched and searched but couldn't find this dang thread.

You're welcome, akohns. I was only successful in a search using "shipping minifigures" as the keywords and eventually came down to this one.

I found it using "mail".

Just echoing some of what is in the thread. I recently started selling minifigs. I just buy the cheap 10 pack bubble mailers from Walmart, stick a single sheet of newspaper for extra padding and print the labels from ebay, always. I charge 1.99 flat for the shipping and it seems to work out just fine.