How to ship through PayPal & the supplies you'll need

So in my last post I showed you how to invoice through PayPal. In this post I am going to show you how to ship through PayPal.

Shipping through PayPal is cheaper than at the post office and your mailman can come pick it up from you!

A few of the supples you'll need!

• A computer or device to air print from.
• A printer, some people use label printers, I don't because my kids like to use my printing paper and I also print other items, I find it easier to use a regular printer. 
• Printing Paper
• Polymailers These are what I use....click here a 10x13 will work for most items but for those large items I use these...click here
• For priority mail you can order supples for free straight from usps.com or pick them up at your post office. My usual items for priority are Padded Flat Rate Mailers and Medium Flat Rate boxes.
• A scale, shipping or kitchen scale will work, here is what I use...click here
• Shipping Tape.

Now let walk you through how to ship, If you are one that would rather watch a video here is a link to the video on my channel. How to ship using PayPal, I also walk you through scheduling a pick up with USPS.

1. Start off by logging into your PayPal. You will see recent activity, click that arrow. Anything that has been paid and is ready to ship will show a button that says "Print Shipping Label". Go ahead and click that. 

2. That will bring you to this page, if your package is under 16oz you will ship first class otherwise you'll have to ship priority. Go ahead and select "First Class" in the drop down menu and enter the weight.

 3. Super easy right! Now click "calculate shipping cost" that will give you the price. Then click "print shipping label".

4. That will then bring you to your label. Go ahead and click print, now your done! PayPal will automatically send the buyer a tracking number!

If you have and question or comments please don't hesitate to ask!

How to invoice through PayPal

A question I get a lot is where do you sell? When I give them the answer... 99% of my sales come from Facebook resell pages. The next question usually is, how do you get paid? I use PayPal, if you send invoices or a money request you pay a fee, but you are also protected by them. Which has come in handy.

So in this post I'm going to walk you through how to send a invoice using PayPal via mobile device and desktop.

To watch the YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/NzAJ6PT3nlY

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Invoicing with Paypal

Mobile

It is best to send an invoice via PayPal business app but can also be done via your phones mobile browser. 

Click “Create New Invoice” or the lightning bolt. 

Bill to: Insert the buyers email address

Add item or service: click and insert item info and price. 

Shipping & handling: Insert how much you are charging for shipping. 

Save then next. 

Send invoice or share invoice: click send invoice to automatically send it. Click share invoice to copy a link to your clipboard to send in a private message. 

Invoice via desktop browser

Log into your PayPal account. 

Send & request: click send & request

Next: Click more. 

Next: Click “Create an Invoice”

Next: Click “Create Invoice”

Next: Fill in “Bill to” with the buyers email address, “Description” fill in the info about the item and the price, “Shipping” fill in the shipping price if there is one. Then click “Send”. 

If you wish to share the link to the invoice you can click the arrow next to send and copy the link. 

Meet the writer, Katie

Hello! Welcome to Thrift Shopping and Homeschooling!

I've been a mom for 9 years, a thrifter/reseller for 7 years, and a homeschooling mom for 5 years.

My reselling journey began 7 years ago when my then almost 2 year old daughter was outgrowing her clothes that I didn't want to keep and I was pregnant with our first son. I started selling and buying here and there for both kids but the true adventure didn't begin until we moved to Maryland in the summer of 2015. Like most people when they move to a new location they go out exploring and that is what I did. I discovered a new to me store named, 2nd Ave Value Store. Once I realized it wasn't another Dollar Tree type store and it was a thrift store I began to love it. I would find modest jean skirt for girls or cute shoes that wouldn't work for my kids, but I knew of a group on Facebook where I might be able to sell them. One of the first things I remember selling were a pair of Naartjie girls boots, they were so cute but they wouldn't fit my daughter! From there I would venture out on 2nd Avenues sale days and see what treasures I could find. Now almost 5 years later this has become a part time job that God has blessed me with and all the glory goes to him!

Now the Homeschooling mom part, well that was all God too. When we moved to Maryland our oldest was 4 and getting ready for preschool. Before we felt to move to Maryland I had everything planned out, she would go to school where I went to from K4-12th grade. Obviously God had different plans. While on the search for a school for her to go to we just knew public school wasn't a option for us, private schools were to expensive so that left homeschooling. Side note: I always said I would never homeschool, I also said I would never move to Maryland. God has a way of always challenging you! 5 years later here we are, some days feeling like we rock this homeschooling stuff, other days feeling like we are in over our heads, but one day at a time we keep moving forward!