🌟🌟 QUESTION OF THE DAY 🌟🌟
❓Did you know that you can network with local stores and get free shipping supplies and other stuff?
All it takes is a quick conversation with the manager of your local TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Target…. Let them know that you are an online reseller and you are looking for boxes to use for shipping. And then ask for permission to go in the back or dumpster and collect empty boxes.
You may not want to go dumpster diving, but this conversation can achieve several different things. once you start networking, exchange, contact information, managers will start putting things aside for you that they would have thrown out. This can include a lot of “disposables“ that they do not return to a warehouse but would have destroyed.
Test it out, and tried to work with at least one manager in your area.
I hadn’t thought about this great idea (Thanks @Vizzuals), but I’m definitely going to give it a try. Shipping supplies can really add up, so getting free boxes helps protect your profit. You can also get free shipping labels from UPS by setting up a business account, and free Priority Mail boxes from USPS—but remember, those are only for Priority shipments.