Articles for tag: Mail Delivery, Media Mail

How to Ship a Package with the USPS

The Post Office is the only government agency most people deal with on a daily basis. It can be frustrating, confusing, a time consuming — but imagine dealing with the IRS everyday instead of once a year. That said, in today’s day and age, you don’t even have to go the Post Office anymore. Start ...

What is Media Mail

The US Postal Service Offers a wide variety of shipping methods but one you may not be aware is is Media Mail. What Is Media Mail Media Mail is only for the use of shipping books, CD’s, VHS Tapes, DVD’s or printed music. The US Postal Service restricts items that can be sent using Media ...

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Ebay’s New Shipping Value Fee

If you are one to just pay Ebay invoices as they come in and don’t look at every transaction, you might not notice that the fees got a little higher recently. Especially for people who don’t sell on Ebay on a regular basis, this might seem normal. However, you might be losing money overall on ...

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Comparison of Shipping/Mailing Services: USPS, UPS, FedEx

When mailing a box or large envelope in the United States, there are three major shipping services to choose from: the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the United Parcel Service (UPS), and Federal Express (FedEx). Each company offers certain advantages in speed, price or extra services. The U.S. Postal Service offers a variety of mailing options, ...

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Beware of Using the “free” USPS Priority Boxes

Everyone has heard of postal workers going postal, but postal customers can also go postal, especially when dealing with unfair business practices of the USPS. The rates of postage have skyrocketed in recent years, and the USPS is getting stringent with the use of their economy shipping rates like Media Mail and Parcel Post. One ...

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Media Mail Tips for Creative Professionals

I have been writing professionally for almost 4 decades. During that time I have mailed numerous manuscripts, stage plays, screenplays, articles and other materials that I have written. Media Mail has saved me a significant amount of money over the years. Especially on those 500 page manuscripts printed on the 20 lb. bond, watermarked paper ...

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Best Way to Sell Used Textbooks

Once the semester ends you will wonder what to do with the used textbooks you have. You can always sell them back to the school at a very small fraction of the price you paid but there are other resources that might bring you a little more cash. eBay At eBay you would need to ...

Sell Your Textbooks on Half.Com

Imagine spending $100-$200 dollars on a textbook. If you’re taking 5 classes that can easily be more than $1000 a semester. You use it during the semester taking care to keep it in good condition. At the end of the semester you bring your textbooks to the bookstore, you think you might be able to ...

How to Start an Online Bookstore

One of the simplest, easiest ways to make money online doesn’t involve a lot of work: creating a bookstore. An online bookstore can be managed through any type of website that allows you to sell your own items. Ebay and Amazon are probably the two most popular websites for selling books, but you can also ...

First Person: Selling Used Books on Amazon Profitably

For many years now, we have seen sellers on the Amazon platform selling “penny books” and driving down the ability for many sellers to develop a profitable business. Amazon has started to combat this process by raising their fees on some of the process of the Fulfillment by Amazon platform. If you are looking to ...