The USPS has a new mandate for foreign-bound shipments that, while helpful to tariff collections in destination countries, is not directly related to this year’s tumultuous tariff changes: As of September 1st, shippers must include at minimum the 6-digit WCO Read more
The US Postal Service said it’s aware of delays in the Greater Chicago Area, and it will use alternate facilities for temporary processing. That means tracking scans may show the alternate facilities that include the Springdale, OH Annex, Grand Rapids, Read more
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
Amazon committed to investing $4 billion to expand its rural delivery network back in April, “with a focus on small towns across the United States, to bring even faster delivery to our many millions of customers in less densely populated 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
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
