Stop Wasting Money & Time with eBay Standard Envelope Orders! How I Package / Mail ESE Orders 

My argument for using my thermal printer is that I never have to deal with my ink drying up I'm the cartridge, and I never have to spend 40$ on a single ink cartridge. With tape I use a low stick masking tape, and fold a triangle into it that makes it easy to peel off.

I have been an ebay seller for a while of random personal and thrifted goods but never trading cards, I have recently gotten in to pokemon as a personal hobby and after ripping many packs I am starting to sell duplicates online to fund some singles purchases and this video was THE MOST HELPFUL out of any of the 6 or 8 videos that I watched before this. Thank you for posting!

Super helpful and nice update to your previous “how to ship on eBay” video 👌🏽

Thanks for this! I just sent my first ESE orders out today. Opens up an entire avenue for revenue.

Great video. The jumbo card tip was especially useful for me.

Thanks for the info! I’ve been thinking about selling some of my childhood cards on eBay. If I do I’ll definitely be using this video as a reference.

Thank you so much for making this, hundreds of purchased and printed labels later, no idea why this never dawned on me!

Bro you are lowkey a genius! The printing on the envelope [5 HEAD PLAY]! And nice tip abt jumbos

Thanks Nick! I never tried this but it will save time and money for sure I see that 💯. I was using thermal labels for ESE but thanks to your walk-through, I'm gonna format my orders like you shown! Much appreciated 🙏 always new things I'm learning from you, Nick! As always, very much appreciated!

Thermal printing on sticky labels is the best thing I’ve used for my eBay TCG business. Fast and never have to purchase ink. The cost is already paid for and even just black ink is outrageously expensive. Plus this takes longer too. My time is the most valuable and saving time is key. Thermal will ALWAYS be the way to go with PWE ESE. I tried it with 5 envelopes and 3 jammed the printer with the seal flaps on the envelope. This was a good thought but doesn’t work for lots of orders. Maybe this is for the person with one or two orders a week. Not 60+ a day.

I had no idea you could ship jumbos ESE!! Great info!!

Brilliant. Genius. Legend. Thank you!

Great video! This definitely helped me out!

Appreciate the insight Nick! Happy to see I am doing it pretty much the exact same way as someone that deals in your level of volume haha. I do like shipping shields just because I sell 9 card common playsets for Flesh and Blood for 2.49 a piece and all 9 perfectly fit in 1 ship shield. So if someone buys 2 sets I can fit 2 of those ship shields in a single PWE side by side and not lose on having to upgrade to a bubble mailer.

Very informative! Thank you very much!

Great vid & info! Thx

Thanks for making this. It turns out I was doing most of this already, but I never knew the eBay 6x8 envelopes fit the jumbo Pokemon cards. I had been posting them and having the customer pay for 1st class shipping, but having the cheaper option available is great.

😢 bro lol I just received a card and was like "how the hell he do that". Using this method thank you. Saved me head aches and money

Great video, thanks!!

Great video. When you ship 10 cards do you automatically pick the 3oz rate or go by what it weighs?

Great video! Lots of great value in here. I don't sell much on eBay, but I might start doing ESE with sports cards. I also like the tip about the jumbo cards - do you know if those cardboard mailers exist without the eBay branding? Keep up the great work!

I use ESE very heavily but I don’t use PWE’s… I have a thermal printer and it saved me a shit load of money and time.. I use these brown paperboard envelopes that are 4x6 that come in a pack of 100 and they come with 100 paperboard shields that you put inside the envelope… been working great for me

Great video! With the larger card orders of 3-12, have you run into issues of the envelop being too thick and the post office adding postage due for it being non-machinable?

Nice video and a great idea.. to be fair thermal labels are given out for free though so the cost of them is a non issue.. this may save a slightly marginal amount of time though. I’d also say the time saving is negligible for anyone bulk printing more than like 25 labels at a time and after that a thermal will be faster anyways. At that level the speed of a regular printer is offset by the time to put a sticker on an envelope. Still an excellent video and I learned something from it I’d also suggest using card saver 1 versus regular top loaders.. they are superior in just about every way for a PWE shipper and the cost is negligible in bulk

Genius. Print directly to envelope saves labels,tape,money,time, and weight.

Nice video, thanks🙂

Awesome video Nick! Lots of great information in here. I'm curious, if you get shipping labels free from UPS, wouldn't using the thermal printer still be a better option from a cost perspective? The inkjet printer definitely looks better, no doubt about it. Also, excellent tip on the jumbo cards. I've never seen someone cover that information before, and that seems like a great method! Keep up the great content!

I agree, I always use Team bags And always use tape on the Team Bags

Loving the content Nick! How do you ship coins/pins?

You gotta have a printer with the slot for those kind of letters though! If you sell a lot it's definitely worth buying one, heck I wish I could do it but shipping here in Italy is completely different lel I really like your shipping methods, ultra stream-lined but still very professional. Nice job!

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Very informative and impressive video! Only thing i would have liked to see was how you placed the cards inside of the envelope. So do you wrap in the cards in a paper package slip? or are they just loose inside the envelope. Also curious how you fold the paper if you do insert a package slip. Also if you use tape on the inside of the envelope to secure the cards from movement or any tape on the outside of the envelope. I know how i handle the shipments but i feel like theres always room for improvement on my end. Also my printer does not allow me to print directly on the envelopes its a high end printer so im surprised it doesnt work but every time i have attempted it the envelopes dont load properly and it ends up consuming way more time then its worth compared to the saving on labels.

Do you just drop the cards once in team bag in the envelope? Or do you tape to a paper so it doesn’t slide?

I’ve used the cardstock envelopes to ship cards ESE for over a year and just last week started getting them kicked back for $0.40 postage due. I talked to somebody at the post office and they’re saying it’s a non-machinable charge. Never had an issue until now.

Do I NEED software to convertt the csv file? Im new to this... Ive got the info but cant format it or add my info

Thanks I think the biggest reason to print directly on a SWE is that it makes them not stand out. When you attach a label on a ESE it’s definitely going to stand out.

At 11:25 when you use the 3oz that is the regular SWE LABEl which makes it about. $1. and change correct. Because the first class with tracking for 3oz is going to cost over $3 to mail. I just my ebay paper board envelopes today. Im surprized how thick/heavy they are. Almost 2 oz with nothing inside. But i like them.

Self sealing A4 kraft brown envelopes because they are sturdier and smaller so when you pair with Card Saver I you don't have to tape anything down and you don't need to sandwhich the card because A4 kraft brown envelope is more rigid. Single card or cards go into individual penny sleeve. Up to 3 sleeved cards into Card Saver I put in the self sealing A4 envelope and put 4x6 thermal label on the envelope along with "Please Do Not Bend" sticker ....when you buy the supplies in bulk it cost .17 cents for each order of 1 card

Another reason to use team bags is you never know if it’s gonna rain I’ve received a card in pwe and it was ruined because it rained the night it was delivered

Does this solve the tracking issues?

I am just getting ready to order some of these paperboard mailers. I mail an item that I make and sell and I ship it in an #0000 poly mailer for 2 oz. which as of today 7.13.23 is.83 cents. like you every now and again one will come back wanting more postage and I'll put it in one of the small paperboard small 4x6 mailer and will mail it for 2 oz and check off NON MACHINABLE. I thought the ebay mailer ==> 10:00 was too big to mail for first class letter size and I was going to cut it down to a smaller size. I'm going to order some now. Thanks for the video.

I have an EPSON 6000… when I go to print the printing label prints vertical and very small on the envelope and I can’t seem to find a setting on how to rotate it. Do you have any tips on what settings I need to change it to? I’ve changed both my computer and printer to the envelope #10 setting and it still won’t work

i was wondering how i was going to do jumbos. i bought comic sleeves to try and figuare out this. my question is does that size envelope work with the older/bigger jumbos?

I figure why not throw my $.02 in haha. I print 100 labels with a dymo at a time including the ebay standard envelope ones. All labels will print on the same 4x6 label(cost is right at $.02 a label). You can also work while the labels are printing since they are connected and self-roll. You can place the label itself over the pull strip on the envelope to save extra time on having to tape that. For $.02, even if the inkjet is free I think you gain the extra amount in time saved. Printing through bulk shipping also auto-detects combining orders which can save time plus money if you are missing it by manually printing. It also adds the tracking for you for combined shipments - another manual operation that you do not have to do. I know you are the expert for shipping raw singles so I may be assuming things here with the bulk shipping compatibility or how you package the envelope itself. *** I also have a beef against inkjet - those things were always a hassle for me. I only keep a laserjet for full page print outs *** It is cool to see it printed right on the envelope though, I have not tried that myself.

I don't do team bags anymore, sometimes it traps air inside (although I think the ultrapro brand doesn't do this as much as other cheaper options) and keeps the envelope inflated, I want these envelopes as flat as possible so it doesn't screw up the machines at the post office nor my envelope.

Thermal prints endlessly for free never really runs out of ink. Can obtain free sticky labels. Inkjet printers - ink is extremely expensive. how exactly is this a better option?

Awesome, I have been trying to do this, but can't get the formatting to work

I cant get the setting right on my printer to print onto my #10 envelope. I have a brother printer. 2:57

Envelope thickness is uniform, less than 0.25” inches at all points, and not too rigid

What size is the team bag for the 2 Pokemon cards you put into the team bag or are they all 1 size? Thank you.

Hey can you tell me how can I put dimensions 0.25 -?

A top loader in a standard envelope first class should have a non-machinable charge. They constantly jam the mailing sorting machine. You probably don’t think your customers are getting charged postage due for a non-machinable charge, but I guarantee some are if the post office is doing their job correctly.

wishing I would have went thermal right now. For whatever reason, I cant specify the label to print out longways. no option to rotate, cant edit the pdf in anyway. so dumb man, just keeps printing little labels facing the wrong way, even with the custom specs input. Have a sell for tomorrow, and im essentially screwed now...

So I’m about to mail off my first ESE in an Armalope or paperboard mailer. There will be a toploader as part of the packaging. Do I ask the person at the post office if it’s ok to mail or should I just hand it to them and hope for the best?

Im back with a question - I don't see the option to create a Envelope/custom size on my HP printer. Im dying of having to cut paper periodically. Can i buy your printer off of you? ;) Any insight appreciated! Thanks Nick

how can I ship an Item like a "2 in 1 Audio Splitter Adapter 3.5mm Headphone Jack" that is under 1oz? That's not going to cost like $3.90 with USPS

What’s wrong with printing a label I don’t even have to lick my envelope to keep it closed. I just use the label to seal it so I don’t see what the problem is. Labels only cost four cents and I get them for free when I actually take them to my post office.

Just wondering how did you establish a relationship with suppliers? I’m in the UK and I can’t find much information about it, I’m buying product in slightly cheaper to sell the cards but I am making a loss each time as I’m just trying to start things up. Any advice would be much appreciated 😁

Can 10 to 12 cards still go ESE without getting jammed up? Ive only been brave enough to max out at 9. But maybe i am leaving money on the table.

People tape toploaders shut?? I fold a sheet of paper around the card (in a toploader or semi-rigid) in such a way that the card won't move, and the paper will extend to the end, or near the end of the envelope. This way it doesn't move much if at all. No teambag, seems like a waste

I always thought that you can’t ship hard top loaders into ESE’s because they can ruin the USPS processing machines. I only use the semi-rigid ones for my shipments which, by the way, I think are cheaper than the hard ones.

When I try to print my labels directly to my envelopes it shrinks it down to a very small size… is there something that you do prior to printing to edit the label?

I sell post cards and use ESE. I use a thermal, soft sleeve and ecoswift mailer. Wouldn't you be spending more money on toploaders, bags, and ink? I mean you might be saving a little time shipping, but it seems like it would be negligible.

Yeah I'd like to print on the envelope but its is cut off.

The thermal printers haven’t done me wrong. 15k cards sold last yr. I prefer semi rigids over top loaders unless it’s a thick sports card. Never had complaints. Now if only they would do something about the people lying that the card was ‘lost’ in the mail ool

with the last method with the team bags isn't it with 10 penny sleeves the top loader and the buisness cards be to thick for the ese guidelines

Any of the POs that the ESE travels through can reject for insufficient postage. I'm starting to see it a lot more lately.

Thanks! I need to buy an inkjet printer...

I think people just use thermal labels because they already have that setup for their postage. Also its easy to get thermal labels for free.

Super annoying that ESE are not availible in the UK

My post sends these right back because they are not flexible. No matter what amount of standard envelope postage I put on them.

Ebay just let me know that the standard envelope ends march 1st. What is a cheap alternative????

I wish they offered QR code for this service I don’t have label printer.

I probably have sent around 300 cards the last few months, I have had 4 that I had to issue refunds because they never arrived. 2 never had any scans period. The other 2 had a few scans then just quit. And never arrived. Starting to get discouraged with their service.

Our post office mentioned the buyer may have to pay a 40 cent surcharge for using ESE with the ebay cardboard envelope. Not sure why...

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Me using a thermal label printer for my ESE's.... My damn laser printer won't load envelopes.

I actually didnt realize that it was up to 50$ I thought it was up to 20$ this whole time. I didnt know the 20$ was just insurance

because ink printers are a pain in the ass and expensive to maintain. labels are 10$ for 500. works everytime

Aww crap this is going to use all my printer ink and that cost me 69.99$ per cartage....

Damn homie where's your nails 💅🏻

I don't understand how buyers OR sellers can use this shipping service at any sizeable scale. Between the frequently lost envelopes with phony delivery scans and all the envelopes that are incorrectly held for an extra $4 in postage, I've found the service to be unacceptably bad as both a buyer and a seller.

How come you didn't show how you ship the cards in the envelopes?? Why didn't you show the video of you putting them in the envelopes and how you do it? I say that because there's no way that you're sending 10 cards like that in a eBay standard shipping envelope that would be way too thick I've had them to return them from not even being a quarter of that thick

PWE? Plain White Envelope

People will complain to get something for free or claim they never got it.

I don't really see how this can save you time and money. A thermal printer actually costs less money than a regular printer because it only costs $1 for 50 labels. How many labels can you print with ink? I have over 60,000 cards listed on ebay, mostly sports cards. A thermal printer prints faster than the one you are using. It might save you some time, but I don't see how it can save anybody money. I'm assuming you've never used a thermal printer before. If you haven't then you can't really say it saves time and money.

Great video, but the title needs changed! Thermal labels are the way to go, printing on envelopes = wasting time and money. Proven by the mega card sellers with millions of cards in inventory ALL using thermal printer labels.

stop biting your nails, Nice video too thanks!

I would never even do it the way you do it either as it too costly for ink, and electricity and printer. Have you ever used a thing called a pen? Write it out on a envelope take it to the post office and send it how they say the cost will be, simple Doesn't cost anything only the stamp and an envelope. You obviously have not costed in your full costs or you wouldn't be doing it with a printer full stop.

Ya who has money for that printer? I sell a card for $1.00. Overkill.

Go see a voice coach bro

Yea.. nobody listen to this guy. This is all the worst advice possible. This guy is just not smart enough to realize how much more this costs him. Math is hard when your eyes are on the sides of your head I guess.

Why are your eyes so far apart?