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Hi everyone!
I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out how to ship a lip balm for less than five dollars. I was planning to
ship these in a coin envelope- it ends up all weighing .55oz. The lowest price I get from usps is $4.95. I think that is way to much
to ship out a lip balm. Can anybody point me in the right direction as to how I would be able to ship these?

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what about just making up a regular envelope with your business logo and stuff, fill the envelope with some peanuts and the lip balm... if if fits, that's the cost of a stamp or 2....

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~Shell

Sounds like a possibility...I had not thought of that! Is it possible to ship something rigid in a regular envelope?

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if you wrap it in some bubble wrap (not too much though) the edges should be more forgiving. use a practice envelope and see how you like it.

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~Shell

I'm going to try that out and see how it works!
Thanks!

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NP i hope it works

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~Shell

I ship small items in a padded envelope. Then I either use Paypal's shipping option or take it to the post office and pay first class mail. It's much cheaper that way.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I was just looking at the First Class rates at usps. The prices are more reasonable. Thank goodness because $4.95 was way to
much to charge for shippng!
Thanks Soapbuddy.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

First class is the way to go. If you put the lip balm into an envelope it is no longer considered a letter. Anything over 1/4 inch thick (if I remember right) is a small package and with a different set of rates. Use the shipping calculator at the usps website and play with it a bit. You will learn quickly.

http://www.usps.com/tools/calculatepost ... atepostage

Bruce

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Here's the trick - online postage through the USPS site is for priorty and express only. That's why the lowest option was $4.95. You cannot buy first class postage directly from USPS. You can go to the counter and pay, of course - but you don't get tracking info that way.

If you buy your postage through paypal, you CAN get first-class domestic postage, with tracking.

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Thank you Bruce & Magichands!
This shipping thing was driving me nuts the other day!
When printing labels online do you need special paper or is regular paper okay?

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I use regular paper and it works fine.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Thats good!
Thanks

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I would definitely recommend going for a padded envelope, if you can. A regular white envelope with an odd-shaped rigid item inside is likely to get missed and tossed in with the regular letters, and put through machinery that expects that it will be flat. I know this first-hand, because I tried to mail a letter and a thin USB drive the other day--and the paper parts came back in an envelope with a "gosh, we're sorry, this happens sometimes" note, but the USB drive is gone for good! (And I even bought postage at the counter, and the postal clerk didn't bat an eye.)

If you're going to be selling a lot of lip balm all by itself and shipping it, it might be worth investing in, say, a case of , or some small but mailable-size cardboard boxes, maybe?