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I do not think 30 cents will be a deal breaker for sellers or buyers
As a Poshmark seller, this increase is meaningless. 30 cents is not going to deter any sales. Currently shipping a 5 pound item Priority mail from the East Coast to the West Coast is $21.43, the fact that Poshmark can ship the item for under $8 should make sellers on other sites ask why is my platform charging me full commercial rate when they obviously don’t pay that themselves. How much of a discount could a mega shipper like eBay give, when relatively tiny Poshmark and Mercari can give significant discounts when using their shipping?