paying shipping charges for ebay

newuserquestion
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Hi all,

 

I'm a new ebay seller and have a question about shipping charges:

 

When something sells and the customer pays via pay pal, pay pal processes and takes their cut and the rest of the money sits (from what I understand) in our pay pal account until it is "cleared" by pay pal to be moved into our own charity account. This could take 28 days or something. However, can I use the shipping $ to pay ebay so that I can print labels and ship from my home before those 28 days are over? Or do I have to front the money myself? 

I'm just not sure if there is a hold on all activity, including shipping charges. I'm new so I'm assuming they will hold up the cash from my sales. Can someone explain? Thanks!

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surplusdealdude
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You'll have to front the shipping money yourself.  The whole amount of the payment from the customer is put on hold.

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