tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post1420595873657430111..comments2024-03-26T14:56:01.208-06:00Comments on PriceCharting Blog: Why We Don't Include Shipping In Our PricesJJ Hendrickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10255138459888881579noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-59398752628639348192022-08-14T18:45:05.420-06:002022-08-14T18:45:05.420-06:00When Making Lots for an online acution I always ad...When Making Lots for an online acution I always add the shipping to the value because the value is what the person is willing to pay for the item including the shipping. Some people buy a card for a 1$ but because its in the UK shipping is 25$. In total that person spent 26$ on the card even though its value might only be a 5$ card. Thats thier chioce but they still spent 26$ for that card. Thats what they are willing to spend on it so averaging it all out the card goes up in value. Big deal thats how all the guides like wizard beckett calculate the value by the totle amount a person spends on a item in all form of auctions rather its live or online. makes more sense and makes it more accurate when adding shipping. Shipping is not the same with every lot either. Some has shipping at 20$ even for cards that would cost 7$ to ship. Sellers do this to get the price they want for that item. Not counting that throws off the true value in an item. The buyers will only pay 99 cents for that item because shipping is so high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-30889572324965783502020-06-08T17:54:08.400-06:002020-06-08T17:54:08.400-06:00Shipping is inherently bundled into the prices of ...Shipping is inherently bundled into the prices of auctions on ebay. Game XYZ on ebay will sell for, on average $25-- whether it's $5 with $20 in shipping, or $20 and $5 in shipping. Items on Amazon might appear to have free shipping, but very often prices on Amazon are inflated a few % from other vendors.<br /><br />It's true that sometimes international shipping can create significantly larger shipping prices that extend beyond the value of the item, but there are a couple mitigating factors: unless the item is extremely rare, most people will not purchase/sell internationally, and often when they do, again, the seller eats the shipping. But it'd be easier to filter sales made internationally and avoid the issue altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-6733072605550274792018-01-26T14:46:53.885-07:002018-01-26T14:46:53.885-07:00@anonymous - The marketplace suggests including so...@anonymous - The marketplace suggests including some money to cover shipping because all items offer free shipping. The prices are based on sales with shipping excluded so we need to recommend sellers include shipping in the price.<br /><br />I hope that makes sense.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683639763296393501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-82548667679248781532018-01-26T10:38:48.112-07:002018-01-26T10:38:48.112-07:00I would only request that you be consistent throug...I would only request that you be consistent throughout the website. Suggested prices on the Marketplace should be WITHOUT shipping, rather that assuming every game can be handled and shipped for $3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-24834586394633307812016-02-23T07:29:28.890-07:002016-02-23T07:29:28.890-07:00Without including the shipping cost , essentially ...Without including the shipping cost , essentially makes the data less accurate .. If it where feasable to create such A compilation of data , including prices via Free Ship , and Average prices including Average Shipping. Comparing all Marketplaces. <br />Or is it that .. The Data simply cannot retrieve the Shipping costs ? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04290551680267424813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-9571161483995033102012-06-18T14:36:12.565-06:002012-06-18T14:36:12.565-06:00@anonymous - very good points about shipping rates...@anonymous - very good points about shipping rates changing how the item will appear on eBay searches. eBay by default sorts by "best option", which takes into account a host of variables but gives a boost to free shipping because customers say they like it (even if the final cost is the same). It is perceived as value for the customer.<br /><br />Because this is the default search option for eBay, the biggest share of traffic would be gained by using free shipping. But you are right that all three scenarios you mentioned would appear on top with different customizations.JJ Hendrickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10255138459888881579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-19707290364407719072012-06-18T14:23:21.895-06:002012-06-18T14:23:21.895-06:00You make a big assumption in setting the shipping ...You make a big assumption in setting the shipping price as a transaction cost. You forget the reality of list and sorting, and also the effect that altering the shipping and "handling" price can have on taxation.<br /><br />here is example of a game currently for 4.99 + 3.99 shipping or 3.88 + 5.95 shipping or 10.62 + free shipping. Here the best deal is only sorted to the top when shipping is included in your sort. They all are the same cost and all have the same shipping coverage. Each item can go to the top of a sort, least shipping, lowest price, lowest price+shipping. So we see that playing with these two numbers is a strategy to gain traffic. When it comes to taxes that seller that shifts the most cost over to the shipping and handling will be helping his customer out because by claiming the work is paying for handling reduces the amount owed on the product. So again it is a strategy to gain traffic to a different population of searchers. A good seller will have his items priced in different locations according to these kind of differing concepts. Who knows maybe the 3 sellers i quoted were the same seller behind the screen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com