posted on September 10, 2000 04:54:48 AM new
I run mainly Dutch auctions and I'm looking for a label printer and a decent bookeeping routine to manage my auctions and customer base and keep track of who paid and what was shipped.
posted on September 10, 2000 07:02:19 AM new
I use Lazalabl. It's free. You can probably find a copy at www.winsite.com or through a search engine.
You can import data in CSV (comma-delimited) format. Most spreadsheets and databases can save in this format. Design a single label, then import the data and presto! print labels to all your customers.
posted on September 10, 2000 08:19:27 AM new
If you own a computer, there's no excuse to ever have writer's cramp. Carpel Tunnel Syndrome perhaps, but never writers cramp!
At the very least, just about any word processor will print your labels for you. Sounds like you might benefit from a program like eBud, which will both track your auctions and print labels. If you need a solid accounting system, there is Quickbooks.
There are so many options available, definitely look before you leap, but it sounds as though you need to learn to take advantage of your computer to automating you business.
posted on September 10, 2000 10:30:36 AM new
Yeah, I been hacking around computers since 1982 but rarely use any business software except for Word and very little Excel.
The problem I have is that I can't get neither of the above to print individual shipping labels efficiently and without a hassel.
Since I run Dutch auctions I get 100's of orders weekly but they filter in a few at a time. I would like to print the shipping label at the time I am reading and responding to my buyer's email or snail mail, cutting and pasting as I go. Printing labels at a time is what I would like the printer and software to do.
I guess I'll need to study more of Excel and look into QuickBooks
posted on September 10, 2000 07:51:10 PM new
You can use WORD to cut and paste your addys & print them out individually on a sheet of labels.
Click Tools, then Envelopes & Labels, then New Document. (The document should be formatted to match whichever labels you are using.) Then just cut & paste & print 'em wherever you need 'em.
(Some sellers print using the Envelopes option under Env. & Labels--that way you get the USPS barcode printed out--to do so you have to print onto paper & cut out your shipping label & tape it onto your package.)
posted on September 10, 2000 09:50:39 PM new
all you need is a pair of sissors, some scotch tape, and whatever return address they sent you, either on the envelope or on some bit of paper inside. For your return address, go to iprint.com and order a rubber stamp.
posted on September 11, 2000 10:42:02 AM new
Glad you found what you were looking for, quazz. I thought you meant "label printer", as in a printer that is dedicated to printing labels. Even though you didn't, apparently, let me insert a plug for the Dymo Costar label printers, which I have found invaluable. Labels for them are expensive if you buy them from Dymo, but there's usually a deal or two on (where else?) eBay.
posted on February 1, 2001 10:36:31 AM new
I have one of those Sharp Smart Label Printers. It prints one label at a time. I copy and paste the mailing address into the program's screen, click the printer icon and pops out one label. Its an investment to get one of these printers, but it makes processing much easier.
