- Hi guys, Neil Waterhouse.
This week's video shows you how to ship items cheap
to your eBay buyers.
However, this also works for Amazon, Shopify, et cetera.
And this strategy also works in Australia,
USA, Canada, UK, et cetera.
So let's launch straight into it.
As most people know, there are many, many
different shipping/courier companies in Australia.
For instance, we've got Australia Post, TNT,
Couriers Please, Fastway, et cetera, et cetera.
In America, UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL, et cetera.
So how on earth do you find the cheapest courier
to ship your items?
Of course, that also depends on where you're located,
'cause that changes the price, of course, as well.
And also, how do you ship with these companies tomorrow,
if you don't already have an account with them?
Let me show you now.
And I'll show you how to find the cheapest option
and the amazing part is,
you can have one of these courier companies
pick up from your house tomorrow.
Even if you don't have an account
with that courier company already.
When I first discovered what I'm going to show you now,
it blew me away.
I've been shipping items all over the world
for over 30 years and I've had to jump through
a ton of hoops to set up accounts
with the major shipping companies all over the world.
And you don't need to do that.
So here is how to do it.
The secret is courier comparison websites.
Now these shipping comparison websites
they work just like airline comparison websites
and insurance comparison websites.
So let's say, forgetting COVID-19,
let's say you want to fly from say Sydney to Los Angeles.
If you go to an airline comparison website
like say, Webjet.com
and you enter where you're flying from, i.e. Sydney,
and your destination, say Los Angeles
and also enter the date you wish to fly,
you then click the Search Flights button
and Webjet will show you the prices
from all the major airlines,
all sorted by the cheapest first.
You can then, also, get out your credit card
and book the flight with Webjet right there and then.
Now, shipping comparison engines work exactly the same
and they work for sending items locally,
i.e. Sydney to Melbourne
and many also work for international shipping as well.
Say, you know, Sydney to London
or London or Paris or whatever.
For instance in Australia,
one of these courier comparison websites,
is baggagefreight.com.au.
And like with most shipping comparison websites,
you just enter in your postcode
and the customer's postcode, the size of the item
and the weight of the item and hit search
and the shipping comparison engine
will show the cheapest courier.
In this example, I use a sending postcode of 2000
and a destination postcode of 3000
and a weight of five kilograms.
As you can see this shipping comparison engine,
you know, Baggage Freight, shows Couriers Please
to be the cheapest courier.
Now the most amazing part is,
let's say Baggage Freight says, I don't know, TNT
is your cheapest option, but don't have an account with TNT.
Well, good news.
Just like with Webjet, you can book a flight,
you know, right then and there using your credit card,
you can do the same with most shipping comparison websites,
including Baggage Freight.
In the USA, Easyship is a popular
shipping comparison website.
And to find more, no matter what country you're in,
just Google shipping comparison calculator
or shipping comparison website
and Google will show you the shipping comparison calculators
in your country.
Another great use of these shipping comparison calculators
is if you ever need to pick up something
and have it bought back to you,
especially if it's a large item like say,
an air conditioner or a barbecue or something similar,
you can simply log into a courier comparison website
like Baggage Freight and find the cheapest courier
and book it using your credit card right then and then.
You don't need to have an account.
And another great use of these shipping comparison
calculators is to keep your courier reps honest.
Let's say you've got an account with, say Australia Post
or Fastway Couriers.
How do you know if they're giving you a good rate?
Well, you simply compare the rates
that they've given you
to the rates on the courier comparison website.
We do this at least once every six months
to make sure our reps are giving us a good rate.
And quite often we've found that we can actually
get cheaper rates at somewhere like Baggage Freight,
so we go back to the rep and hey, what's going on?
Anyway, that's all for this week.
I hope this video helped you with
how to find cheap eBay shipping options.
If you need any help scaling your dropship business,
make sure you check out the step-by-step videos below.
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Until next week, stay safe, list more, sell more.
This is Neil Waterhouse.