How to Ship Dishes or Plates without Breaking Them!

Ship breakables with confidence after seeing the techniques I use to ship a box of dishes and plates from coast to coast without breaking them!

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ITEMS I USE IN MY RESELLING BUSINESS:

AIR PILLOWS:

BAGS, SLEEVES, & BOARDS:

BOXES:

BOX RESIZER:

BUBBLE WRAP:

CLEANERS:

DENTAL KIT:

LIGHTING:

OVERSTREET GUIDES:

POLYMAILERS:

POSTER TUBES:

PRINTER:

PRINTER LABELS:

SCISSORS:


SHIPPING SCALES:

SHOE LIFTS (Great for Displaying Shoes):

TAPE (INVISIBLE)

TAPE (PACKING)

TAPE GUNS:

ULINE H-150

[PrimeTimeTreasureHunter]

Update: Dishes arrived safe from NY to CA!

[DetroitStars]

Many years ago, I splurged and purchased a wooden, heavy-duty, 24-inch guillotine type paper cutter for a couple hundred dollars. I've been using it ever since to cut cardboard sheets to custom sizes for use when packaging. It's a real time saver, and makes nice clean and square cuts to the cardboard.

[phanikin]

Thank you for this! I am a new seller on EBay and 90% of my items are glass collectable. Every time I pack an item, My Husband shakes his head and says " you are going overboard". I do everything you show on this video, including collecting boxes.!! showed this to my hubby! - No comment from him. LOL

[brendatomlinson]

Yesterday I shipped one stoneware plate that was a bit larger than average. I double bubbled it, put biodegradable peanuts in the void, then into a larger box with peanuts. The only thing I did differently was using foam board in the bottom of the box rather than cardboard. STILL I was worried about it!
Today I have 3 Christmas plates to ship and realized I should research before shipping multiples. You’ve given me confidence that yesterday’s pkg will arrive safely, and I have new info for today’s shipment. I’m a new eBay seller and appreciate this video so much!

[ireneaster]

Thank you so much! I recently had my first plate order, and I followed your directions step-by-step. The package arrived safely, and I received positive feedback with an emphasis on the care I took in packing/shipping. Thanks again!!!

[canman]

Your the coolest down to earth Doctor ever

[frankmoran]

Wow. I just picked up a fire king tulip bowl set at Yard sales this last weekend. About $200-$300. The packing was my biggest worry for shipping. And here your video is. You just saved my day and boosted my confidence. Thanks a bunch man. Keep up the great shares. Love your content!

[anitahaviland]

Great packing! My post mistress said that things have to withstand a 20 foot drop. The University of Vermont engineering students used to have a competition where they devised a container in which to put an egg so that it would survive a 25 drop. I'm tempted to try it. Should it be a list challenge? 😊

[PamLam]

Great Show PTTH. Awesome Thanks For The Feature... You Rock!!👊

[thepickinpeacock]

Glad I saw you tonight on Kats live. I am the one that asked about calculating shipping. I am like Kat and live in Alabama on the Gulf coast. I know that cross country shipping is outrageous and all of you gave me great tips. Someone suggested your videos and I will be watching as much as I can absorb in a days run. Your educational content is phenomenal. Thanks for all you have done to help a newbie like me. Hopefully I will be up and running by the end of the week.

[cassfonnesbeck]

Several things...i sell lots of breakables and I haven't had a broken item in 20 years. Breakage is often caused by things banging around against each other, even with bubble wrap. I wrap up dishes with tissue, place a paper plate or a piece of small bubble wrap between each plate then wrap tightly with shrink wrap plastic so they don't move. Then I wrap the set of plates with half inch bubble wrap so all sides have at least two layers of bubbles on each side. Wrapping together also takes up less bubblewrap and less space. I also use lots of peanuts but heavy items will squish down the peanuts causing an increase in the voids during transport, causing increased movement. For these its better to use brown packing paper or newspaper in a pinch to fill the voids.

[Nana_Tink]

Love this lot, wish I could find some PotteryBarn Reindeer items, very nice. I do the extra cardboard bottom and Styrofoam too. Great tip on not taping the original paper, would not have thought that. I do the paper, small bubble, large bubble and even wrap a thin Styrofoam when I have it. Tip with peanuts, put them in shopping bags (Walmart, CVS, etc.), when packing around items, helps from them going all over when customer opens box. Great Video!!! 💜💜💜

[ganggreen]

My Costco always has bins full empty cardboard boxes near the exit. A nice variety of shapes and sizes. Every time I go grocery shopping I always grab a few bundles. Nice video 👍

[JewelsNcrime]

Shipping securely is so important because postal services are so swamped with packages stuff does get abused, thrown, stacked, squished, even kicked pretty much rough handling. So yeah extra packaging is extremely important. Thanks for demonstrating for us how to pack fragile items. It helps me gain confidence in shipping fragile items.

[emilyjane]

My fingers are crossed for you Dominic! I would have floated the PB box in an even larger big box, with at least 3" of filled void on all sides.

[Tim_M_]

You're the Man!! Thanks for helping us be better!!! 😎👍

[Doing_It_Wrong]

Hey Dom, good job. I've found for double box jobs if you have some gap between boxes like that a layer of medium bubble works the best instead of the enviro-peanuts. Every challenging pack job is different through. Keep up the good content! I love seeing how other people approach stuff like this.

[CaboVerdeish]

This is so helpful, I had 2 large kitchen ware orders that I was too nervous to pack myself, and just dropped them off at FedEx and UPS to pack and ship

[carlazona]

Awesome video, I’m a visual learner and these types of videos are so much more helpful to me!! So thank you again!!

[baritoneman]

You’re the man, man! Great bonus tip!