Archive for September 20th, 2007

Cheap ways to wrap and ship textbooks

After selling my first textbook on half.com, I panicked: how am I supposed to ship this out?!

I was suddenly realizing that boxes and shipping supplies were going to rob me of all my profits.

But a light bulb went off, calm settled in, and my dreams of profit soared right back.

Most of us have free shipping supplies all around our house.  If you’re like me, in fact, you have a closet full of free wrapping for shipping that you didn’t know what to do with.  Combined with a little tape, you have everything you need.

Of course, what I discovered was that all you need to wrap up textbooks were paper shopping bags from the grocery store.  Simply cut the bags so they fold open, put the book in the middle of it, and tape the whole thing closed.  This will securely hold the book so it does not get damaged in shipping, and it will be nearly free for you to prepare.

Take advantage of the paper shopping bags you get at the grocery store — they are some of the best packing and shipping material you’ll find!