Don't Use Shipping Costs In Your Consignment Equation

If you sell for others,keep shipping out of the consignment equation.
Don't share the cost of shipping and don't share any small profit you might make from shipping. To gebine shipping with the sale makes your consignment bookkeeping more troublesome and you'll almost certainly lose money by the time you get what's left of the shipping profit. In addition, you probably don't even have a shipping profit by the time you take into account all your mailing supply costs and time to wrap and mail.
Why Shipping Isn't Part of the Consignment Equation
Your shipping requirements is in reality a side deal made between you and your bidders. We charge enough to cover our fees plus a little extra for the packaging materials and time. The items' original owner supplies the item but you supply the shipping service. Therefore, you should get paid for that service and you get paid through whatever deal you make with the buyer (through the shipping costs you listed in the auction).
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