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
The White House announced on Monday that the US and China will each lower tariffs by 115% while retaining an additional 10% tariff as part of a 90-day suspension. Other US measures will remain in place – including the removal Read more
eBay sellers who use Standard Envelope (ESE) to send small, low-value items such as trading cards were left unable to ship items for a few hours on May 5 due to an outage. In cases where buyers had paid for Read more
Like other marketplaces, Amazon allows sellers to purchase discounted shipping labels on its platform, known as Buy Shipping. Amazon offers certain protections to sellers who use it, since it gives the marketplace greater visibility into the sellers’ fulfillment of orders. Read more
Shipping carriers are instituting new international inbound fees and, in one case, terminating package delivery to US consumers. The firms cite delays in getting packages through US Customs, which processes and collects tariffs that are undergoing frequent changes by the Read more
eBay informed sellers this week of the Mexican government’s recent changes to its import regulations. eBay advised sellers they must provide certain information to carriers in order to comply when shipping to Mexico: “Since January 1 2025, all eBay sellers Read more
