The US Postal Service dropped its holiday TV commercial on November 1st, and it wants people to know, it’s “holiday ready”: “From Holiday Hills, Illinois to Rudolph, Wisconsin, and everywhere in between. At the United States Postal Service, we’re holiday Read more
eBay announced cheaper USPS Priority Mail rates for sellers who print shipping labels through its eBay Labels program. Beginning September 26, the new rates for select weights and zones will be “up to $1.02 lower than Commercial Pricing.” That indicates Read more
eBay is continuing to roll out versions of its new listing tool to additional sellers, some of whom took to the eBay boards to report a problem with shipping options. One seller explained, “The new listing experience is lacking the Read more
Etsy and PirateShip marketed their access to lower USPS rates on Monday, Etsy through an announcement post and PirateShip through an email to sellers. Etsy published an announcement this afternoon titled, “Get new, even cheaper USPS Priority Mail rates on Read more
The USPS is on a course to overhaul its S&DCs – Sorting & Delivery Centers, and Linn’s Stamp News came out with more details on Tuesday, as did Federal News Network. As we pointed out in an article last week, Read more
eBay recently became compliant with USPS rules around Media Mail, according to employees during a recent podcast. The statement was prompted by a question from a seller who wondered why he could no longer print Media Mail shipping labels through Read more
The US Postal Service announced it will stop outsourcing some of its mail handling at air terminals that it had parsed out to other companies decades ago. The move is part of its Delivering for America plan. The USPS made Read more
USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is on a mission to transform the Postal Service and is even throwing out conventions on how it goes about doing so. On Monday, the USPS declared it was ending all ongoing feasibility studies that Read more
It was a busy week for postal news as USPS peak season looms. The Board of Governors met on Tuesday, the same day the USPS released its financials for the latest quarter. The following day, the Postal Service announced its Read more
Online sellers will pay an extra 75 cents for each package shipped via flat-rate Priority Mail during the holidays, according to today’s announcement from the USPS. But sellers will pay as much as $6.50 extra per package sent coast-to-coast via Read more
