A longtime EcommerceBytes reader spotted free polybag envelopes at his local post office this week that the USPS was making available to customers wishing to return items to merchants without the need to package them inside a box or bag. Read more
USPS and FedEx responded to our inquiries about reports of eBay packages being “seized” due to a policy change. Previously, sellers using eBay’s shipping label program to print FedEx Ground Economy packages (formerly called FedEx SmartPost) could give their packages Read more
eBay is raising rates for its ESE Standard Envelope offering. When the cost of a USPS First Class postage stamp goes up from 73 cents to 78 cents on July 13, 2025 (for one ounce), the cost of an eBay Read more
USPS rolled out phase one of Service Standard changes on April 1st, and it rolled out phase two on July 1st. Service standards indicate the expected number of days for delivery after a mailpiece is accepted by USPS. In April, Read more
eBay advised US sellers on Friday to cancel orders from Israeli buyers, and it said it had suspended eBay International Shipping (eIS) service to Israel and Iraq two days prior, on June 18, 2025. eBay said most major US shipping Read more
The USPS is temporarily suspending mail to three countries beginning June 20, 2025: Israel, Iraq, and Iran. The Postal Service said it places such suspensions in cases “where the foreign postal operator has indicated that they are unable to process Read more
The Package Shippers Association and the Association for Postal Commerce (PostCom) said in filings on Friday that they object to USPS changes coming July 13th that add significant (and ambiguous) costs to items with “non-standard” characteristics. In 2022, the USPS Read more
Amazon is removing the “price band” shipping rate option effective June 30, 2025. Numerous sellers said that would be a problem for the types of items they sell. One seller explained the issue in a nutshell: “Our products come in Read more
Sellers are facing difficulties trying to mail orders to certain customers due to how eBay is handling US tariffs and a Canadian postal strike. Sellers based in Canada, and sellers outside the country who ship to Canadian customers, are facing Read more
The USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) published the latest evaluation of the Postal Service’s Delivering for America (DFA) plan. The 10-year DFA plan was introduced in 2021 under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (who recently stepped down and was replaced Read more
