Simple Brief Outline on upcoming USPS Rate Changes
From our friends at Pirateship:
Here’s what USPS is changing on January 18th:
- Ground Advantage: Rates for shipments up to 15.9 oz will go up by 4% on average, while most shipments between 10-20 lb will actually get up to 26% cheaper 🥳
- Priority Mail: Most Priority Mail rates are increasing by up to 13%, except for 11-20 lb which is actually getting up to 8% cheaper.
- Priority Mail Flat Rate: Most Flat Rate packages are getting cheaper by 10 to 20 cents, except Medium and Large Flat Rate Boxes which are getting 15 and 30 cent increases.
- Priority Mail Express: Priority Mail Express rates are increasing by an average of 2%, except for PME Flat Rate Envelopes which are dropping 10-15 cents.
- USPS International: International shipping rates are increasing 4-8% on average.
4 comments
deltilogical
·9 months agoThe USPS website online rate calculator wasn't working after the New Year, not sure if it has been fixed.
tsme35
·9 months agoIt was posted that GA will go up 7.8% but they forget that the 3.8% seasonal drops off, so only going up 4%. Years ago when it went up a couple percent it was too bad but now shipping is hitting $5-$6 plus, it's take a pretty good chunk out of the small items
caldreamer
·9 months agoThanks for sharing. I appreciate the heads up. I thought increase would be much worse.
dhbookds
·9 months agothanks for posting