Free Shipping!

I tried something new for my birthday—I set everything in my eBay store to free shipping for 24 hours.  It was a learning experience to say the least!

I may be changing my opinion on the Free Shipping option—if you recall, I’ve always said it isn’t worth it because I’d have to raise prices on each item to offset the shipping.  And in doing so, my eBay fees will raise due to the higher final price.  That’s true, but it seems the free shipping icon attracts more sales, so if I’m moving more items out of my store, it balances out…

On the other hand, I sold a few items that cost me extra to ship, so I didn’t make much on them (men’s shoes that cost me $10.20 to send). 

So, I think I will start offering FREE shipping when I know the shipping will be fairly minimal: such as when selling a smaller item where the shipping may be around  $3.00 or less to send it via flat rate or media mail.  That will make customers happy, and happy customers might look around at my other listings, and buy more!

What do you think?  Do you use Free Shipping much?