Open phones, Contact Us email and more: Chris, Grand Junction CO (seriousfun4you), questioned the new weight limit for USPS First Class Packages (FCP). Tim, Fort Wayne IN (globalmartplus), shared his strategy for handling annual postal rate increases. Chris, Fremont OH (cmenterprises), won the Secret Word Contest. Forest, Lakewood WA (hulkhauler1), reported a glitch. Edie, Santa Monica CA (dress_to_suit), asked about USPS' Regional Rate C box.

Open phones, Contact Us email and more: Nate Hayward, eBay's Senior Manager, Carrier Relationships, stayed on to answer questions about the USPS rate changes that go into effect on January 17, 2016. Mesha, Des Moines NM (classysoles), wanted to know eBay's new discounted rate for  Priority Flat Rate shipping. Raejean, AZ (holidaysandmemories*) wondered about the new weight allowance for USPS First Class Packages. Julie, Las Vegas NV (ilovejuliesjems), asked about First Class package dimensions.

What you should know about the January 17, 2016 USPS rate change, plus shipping tips for your business on eBay!  Our guest is eBay's Nate Hayward, Senior Manager, Carrier Relationships.

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Product Sourcing 101 - what I've learned from doing ecommerce since 2001! Our guest is Dan Riley, Founder and CEO, iBuyz, and Top-Rated Seller ibuyzdeal.

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House cleanouts! Our guests are Kim and Jason Cyr, known on eBay as Top Rated Seller kimcyr.

Griff and Lee discussed the upcoming live auction of Elvis memorabilia, taking place on eBay dfirect from Graceland starting tonight at 5pm PT/8pm ET.

Lee read current events from the eBay Radio Seller Events Calendar, located under Seller Resources in the eBay Radio archives. To submit your sellers group meetup or other event, click on "Submit a Seller Event" in the upper right-hand corner of any archives page.

First-time caller Chad, Minneapolis MN (iamlukesfather2006), asked for a listing dish. eBay's Star Wars microsite was discussed as the place to go for Star Wars collectibles and memorabilia.

Griff and Lee looked at charity listing 181975883211. Mesha, Des Moines NM (classysoles), was the first caller of 2016 with a question about the new Sell Your Item (SYI) form and the new Seller Hub. Griff and Lee checked out eBay's New Year microsite, linked from the "Explore a New Passion" graphic at the top of most eBay pages.

Happy 2016!  Griff and Lee reviewed the new seller performance standards and on-time shipping metric that will go live next month. Katarina (lattegirltoo) asked what will happen to the existing DSRs for shipping when the new metric kicks in.

Julie, Las Vegas NV (julies*jems), asked about e-checks and the Global Shipping Program. Helen, Rainier OR (summertoad), answered Lee's trivia question and won a prize from The eBay Shop (http://www.theebayshop.com). Rich, Elk Grove Village IL (appealingsigns),  answered a spontaneous trivia question after a very long wait.