Merkman wrote:
@Lost can hopefully chime in...not actually “through” eBay
Correct.
You are literally creating a Fedex commercial account without any of the requirements by using a pass-through portal to sign up from within ebay. It’s intirely separate beyond registration. Once you have an account setup this way you can use the FedEx phone app or the web site log in and create Shipments for anything with the discounts pre-applied.
The upside: any person with an ebay selling account and any seller upgrade package can eventually get in. And the savings are amazing! 10%-30% lower. That’s better than shipping via ebay in some cases, even for ebay auctions.
The downside is you need to find a working link To the offer and save it. It’s not available 24/7. Only on occasions when someone at fedex decides to flip a switch. It was originally open for about two months by invite to ebay top rated sellers with a store package.
Then it was offered every few months.
Now I hear it’s about twice or thrice a year.
Honestly though if you get in and ship enough you’ll save enough in the first month (less than 20 shipments or more than 50 lbs long distance) to justify paying extra to ebay for even the lowest seller upgrade; I believe is currently at $7.99 per month. With an active upgrade you’ll get an invite message eventually if you can’t find a working link.
You can cancel the upgrade after you sign up with FedEx without concern. The commercial account with them is permanent.
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A working link with start with xx.ebay.com/......... and bring you to a Fedex page that says this something or other is not available at this time... etc.
I spend about $15-$25 for 50lbs to boardsort depending on how I break it up in boxes. A single 50lb box would be $20-$21 for me. Sill less than priority mail by a fair bit.