In this tight economy, keeping costs down is important for your business to survive. From sourcing the products you sell to ensuring that shipping and fulfillment costs are kept to a minimum — all without sacrificing quality – you constantly need to find ways where and how you can reduce your costs and save.
Take the case when I was actively selling vintage postcards (my hobby) on eBay. Given the price of most sold postcards and increasing eBay fees, I knew that I needed to cut on expenses if I wanted to keep a bigger share of the profit. I searched high and low for inexpensive padded mailers to be used for shipping the often-fragile items. The problem was that shipping costs were about a third of the price of a case of padded mailers. Tha