Grower wanting to start vending.

Just moved in together with a close friend of mine, she's like a master horticulturalist and decided to grow one day, mastered the PH and all that planting bullshit, her shit is in the top 3 of bud I smoked my entire life, and I've been around. So I asked her if she was into making a profit on the DNMs.

I have an address label apparatus(printed, not written) already, vac bags & sealer, product, but I really have no idea on the shipping process. I saw that you can get free priority boxes & envelopes from USPS but after you get the free box, how do you get postage? USPS.com & Stamps.com are traceable in that you can't use prepaid cards anymore. Is the only choice is to go into a physical USPS location(which is presumably risky) and pay? And this is a stupid question, I know, but when you buy a lot of stamps(or postage idk) do you have to pay 5.95 for all of them or do you get a discount for buying x amount?

Edit: Yes, I am LE.


Comments


[5 Points] procowtipper:

Just get a priority flat rate box. "If it fits, it ships." You don't have to worry about all the postage bullshit. Just double vac seal that shit with an MBB layer on the outside, and start thinking of package profiles that are super fucking light like that. It wouldn't hurt to order some weed off here to have a good base of what the inside and outside of the packs look like. Most vendors use local companies for return addresses.


[4 Points] phearlez:

You can cover the flat rate postage on a priority mail package with standard stamps if you wish. That's the only way I know of you get any discount - maybe $0.50 on a sheet at Costco. If you're sweating that level of discount you're not charging enough for your product.

If you don't want to use flat-rate boxes (which I would for the convenience factor if nothing else) you can just look up priority mail shipping cost based on zip code on the USPS website. I'm pretty confident you'll have access to a scale...


[3 Points] everyone_wins:

You buy priority mail stamps that are $5.75 and add other stamps to get it up to $5.95. You can use cash at the post office.


[3 Points] None:

Sorry to break this to you, but if your here asking these questions, your not ready.

Try doing some research, using the search function and think long and hard about what your getting yourself into.


[2 Points] Smokeyz:

Try throwing in some heavy marbles into your packages to add a little weight to your package so it won't get profiled


[2 Points] None:

Check this out - Lots of good info in this post for anyone wanting to vend. Chroncentrates goes over all of his procedures.


[1 Points] samwhiskey:

Hopefully you're not in Colorado.


[1 Points] throwahooawayyfoe:

  1. go to the post office

  2. grab a few of the small flat rate priority boxes that they give away for free.

  3. get in line and wait for your turn.

  4. ask for postage for however many boxes it is you grabbed and pay in cash.

  5. ???

  6. profit

when you buy a lot of stamps(or postage idk) do you have to pay 5.95 for all of them or do you get a discount for buying x amount?

you'll generally only get a discount if you're buying thousands of stamps at a time. and even then, it will usually only be reduced by 1 or 2%.