chrisrin

It seems you've woven together the Trafficblr and Crane Children communities in an irreversible way /silly /pos

i'm trying to finesse a very specific option as far as shipping goes and looking to figure out if there's Any Way to get the thing i want. etsy support is just giving me blatant bot responses and not being helpful.

basically: here's what i'm trying to do. i sell sticker sheets, postcards, and acrylic charms. sticker sheets and postcards are all considered flat items, and i've learned that etsy has a feature where you can do tracked letters and the shipping for them only costs 74c domestically in the u.s. as long as they are completely flat items inside the letter.

which. ok this sounds awesome, i can ship my sticker sheets for like 74c. that would be sick. usually i HAVE to sell my sticker sheets at the cost domestically of a bubble mailer which is always around $5. wouldn't it be cool to only pay like a dollar for a sticker sheet order shipment? Yes.

however, it's obviously a letter which, isn't the most protected thing in the world. i want to offer customers the ability to choose between either the cheap tracked letter, OR the protective bubble mailer. so at least if it gets bent in shipping or has issues, the customer opted into the less protective option.

that all being said, i need this to ONLY apply to domestic customers and not give the option to international customers, because i would worry even more about a simple flat letter going across international transit. so international orders would then need to only have the option for the usual bubble mailer. i also DON'T want to offer this option to anyone who orders a sticker sheet and then Also an acrylic charm. because those will Always have to go into a bubble mailer because it's not flat.

etsy has shipping profiles but:

a) the "upgrade" options in the shipping profiles are pre-made to offer faster speeds rather than different types of packaging which is what i want to do.

and b) you can manually input shipping prices and make more options, but when automatically calculating international shipping, etsy gives an option of "global postal shipping"? that is around $20 (give or take depending on where it's going) but if you try to input shipping costs yourself manually, this isn't an option in the drop-down? and instead it'll show you thinks like USPS first class mail which for international orders is closer to like $54 dollars? and i'm worried it'd start charging international customers for that amount when that's Not what i want for them.

i'm scratching my head bc i know it'd be really awesome if i could ship out my sticker sheets for only 74c. but i cant figure out how to realistically give them that option without fucking everything else up.

does anyone have insight on this/have done this exact thing before and know what to do? if anyone knows please DM me or send me an ask <3

oh thank you for letting me know! I looked over the policy but I must've assumed that meant specifically the logo so I thought I was in the clear but looking over it again, yep you're absolutely right.

hi ya'll! I have a wonderful new in stars and time sticker sheet up now on big cartel and etsy!

despite its unfinished state, ywdmp was and still is my favorite of unda's works!

that being said it's a very specific vibe and a very specific story. i thoroughly enjoyed it, and i think that the sheer amount of words/story it has did a lot to satisfy my craving for it so that even when i caught up, i wasn't THAT devastated. there's a decent chunk of completed/substantial character arcs and plot beats where you can almost look at it like having multiple story "arcs" and the most recent one just isn't fully done.

either way, absolutely gorgeous work!!!! *gazes at slow motion dave acrylic charm lovingly*

i have sooo many extra postcards and such from the slowmo stuff that i will be bringing with me and passing out to anyone who wants them! maybe i'll be able to bring some other goodies with me, it'll be up to whatever i can fit on my plane ride tbh.