President Trump will be tasked with appointing a new head of the Postal Regulatory Commission, according to an article in Federal News Network, which reported on Friday that PRC chairperson Michael Kubayanda was leaving the agency a year before his Read more
The law enforcement arm of the USPS is warning people of fake stamps for sale on marketplaces, social media, and other sites. In addition to cracking down, the Postal Inspection Service is running a public relations campaign to get the Read more
As if there had been any doubt, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approved the USPS’s holiday season rate hike requested last month. But in its filing on Thursday, the PRC noted that the Public Representative* called the temporary increase a Read more
USPS is offering free shipping boxes for sellers using Ground Advantage – but only to sellers using them to fulfill orders on Poshmark. For decades, many small online sellers relied on free Priority Mail shipping supplies from the USPS. But Read more
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
