Lemonada.

Today we're going to hear from a caller who sells furniture and collectibles locally on Facebook

Marketplace.

They have pickup only written in their description, but they're getting lots of inquiries from people who are like, hey, I don't live in this area, but I found the listing. Maybe it's somebody interested in this specific collectible. Can you ship it to me? And so they're like, is this worth the effort? And if you open your door to shipping as a reseller, that can really triple, you know, or even more, like further increase

your buyer pool, especially for something like collectibles. But it also creates some headaches.

You know, you potentially have scams you want to look out for. Hopefully you don't fall for

them, but they can be tricky these days. You definitely have to think about shipping and what

if something is damaged? what about insurance, tracking,

follow up, all that kind of stuff. There could be some other complexities. So basically, when you're making this decision, how do you make it? A local only seller is debating, shipping.

Let's talk about whether it's worth it. What are some things you can do to make it simple and easy

so that you can increase your income, reach additional buyers, but without getting

too complicated because this is something they're doing for fun and to make extra money. They're not

trying to create a huge business and they want to keep their time limited, which I think is

important because you're busy. That's today's question. Should I add shipping to my marketplace

listings? We're going to hear from our caller and my answer coming right up.

Hey, all. I list furniture and collectibles locally on Facebook Marketplace with pickup only in

the description. Lately, buyers keep asking me to ship.

Sometimes offering to prepay through sketchy methods.

I know shipping could expand my pool of customers,

but I'm worried about scams, returns, and damage.

Is it worth adding shipping as a growth lever?

And if so, what safeguards, payment, platforms,

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