A must have is a good shipping scale

Another must have tool for shipping is a good scale. Your scale must be accurate, when you put in a shipping weight and generate a shipping label, you have to be exact. Remember an ounce can make a big difference in the cost of shipping. My day to day scale is made by Royal. It is digital, it has a wireless display. It can run either plugged in or on batteries. For really heavy items you can unplug the scale and slip it under the box and read the weight on the remote wireless display. It actually measure light objects under a pound and goes up to 315 pounds and will do everything in between. It is not good for anything less than 1/2 a pound

It is also really handy to have a scale that can accurately do very light items. I have a Dymo scale for this however one of these will work just fine. If you never ship items that weigh more than 5 lbs one of these is all you will be all you need. This type of scale is used for things weighing less than an once up to 5 lbs.

The one above can connect to a computer and you can down load postal rates so it will give you shipping cost directly. The one I have is below – it too can show me the shipping cost but since I am on line anyway when shipping I rarely use that feature. It is handy when I send a letter that requires more than one stamp. (Pelouze is a brand made by Dymo)