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Created May 5, 2026

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sierrapatchworks
USPS PRICE INCREACE
📦 Updates to USPS Mail & Shipping Service Pricing Ground Advantage: although USPS is changing how it prices packages under 1 lb, the good news is eBay Labels will continue to offer the same four weight tiers with no rate increases at this time. Rates for packages over 1 lb are also unchanged. This is what eBay posted regarding the price increase effect 7/12/26 - Just went to print labels for shipping on Monday (our post office isn't open on Saturdays!) and found the price of the label needed went from $6.75 to $840!!!! How is this NOT CHANGING THE PRICES????
3 days agolast reply 1 minute ago
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daintreedan
Postage without purchasing a label.
I have sold an item on ebay. It was originally 3 items combined to one to save on shipping. I have paid and sent the item from the local post office. How do I add tracking and mark as shipped for this item. I cannot find any way of doing this. It says this item is not eligible for these actions. I need to add these details to the item so I am not penalised for not shipping. Help please.
1 hour agolast reply 30 minutes ago
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motorcyclelivin
New USPS shipping rates 7/12/26
The below message is per Ebay in their messages. Yet today when printing ebay labels, for a 4 oz envelope, we are being charged as if it were 15 oz! So what is unchanged. 📦 Updates to USPS Mail & Shipping Service Pricing Ground Advantage: although USPS is changing how it prices packages under 1 lb, the good news is eBay Labels will continue to offer the same four weight tiers with no rate increases at this time. Rates for packages over 1 lb are also unchanged.
2 days agolast reply 49 minutes ago
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wastingtime101
USPS rates $4 higher than they "should" be?
I'm seeing posts from sellers confused about why their shipping costs are $4 higher on USPS services than they're expecting. The answer is you have "irregular package" selected on the listing form / shipping label page and the nonstandard packing surcharge is being applied. If you are finding a lot of your listings are affected, learn tips on how to manage bulk updates by scrolling to the listing form > bulk edit section in this guide: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping/Seller-Guide-Nonstandard-Packaging/td-p/35174991 Sellers: be extra careful when you "sell one like this" from another seller's listing. You should always be verifying all details, especially package weight, dimensions, and whether "irregular" is checked.
11 months agolast reply 1 hour ago
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theo2112
Price of Ebay labels before I start an auction
Is there a way to weigh an item and find out the shipping cost using eBay labels before I start an auction? Thank you
yesterday at 10:15 PMlast reply 2 hours ago
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estatecompany
International buyers are telling me that International Shipping thru Ebay is not showing up!
I have Ebay International Shipping enabled for all my listings, yet some customers are telling me that it is not showing up as an option. Yesterday, I had a potential customer from Austria tell me that my listing showed that shipping was only available to destinations in the USA. Yet, I had a customer from the U.K. purchase an item with no problem. Today, the same problem with a potential customer from Australia. If I add a direct shipping option like registered mail, it shows up as an option, but not Ebay Int.. I contacted Ebay and the person I spoke to did not know much about it and told me that Ebay no longer allows coins, currency, or stamps to be shipped with that program, and that took effect several years ago. However, I have been shipping to many different countries with ebay international shipping this year. I lost $400 in sales just in the last 24 hours because of this problem with two potential customers giving up on the process. Can anyone provide some accurate information on the current policy? My Ebay customer service agent was using Google to find solutions, and I don't believe she gave me correct information.
3 months agolast reply 2 hours ago
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kst_engineering
ebay Global Shipping - Buyer reports item never arrived
A buyer in Australia ordered an item via ebays global shipping program (shipping from US). Tracking shows both delivery to the hub and to the the final destination (I cannot see the final destination details). Buyer has opened a case that the item never arrived. The support ticket only shows that ebay is reviewing the case. It's been over ten business days (15 total days) and no update. Support is AI and useless. What's the best way to handle this?
yesterday at 6:16 PMlast reply 3 hours ago
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thriftyfiftyfifty
50/50 Chance
Pirateship Now Applying Rural Zipcode Rates
As others are noting: Pirateship is now applying the New Ground Advantage No Ounce Tier Rates to Rural Zips. I was on it a few hours ago and noticed just a slight change within like 50 cents between the Rural and Non-Rural Zips, but now it is the Full Commercial Pricing.

3 hours ago
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audis6
eBay collects less than the package costs to ship
This has happened to me a number of times. I list an item with exact shipping size and weight. This info is entered into the listing and then after the sale, eBay collects $x amount for this shipping and when I go to create the label for the same dimension, weight and service, it's 2 - 3 times more to purchase the label! I'm not changing anything. Nothing has changed from the time the buyer checks out to when I go to print the label. It doesn't make any sense to me. Has anyone else had this happen? I've been selling for many years and just noticed this over the last year or so.
yesterday at 12:07 AMlast reply yesterday at 11:25 PM
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modulok!
Freight Forwarders & USPS Delivery Scans...What's Up???
I know earlier in the year items delivered to some freight forwarders (especially Doral/Miami area) the USPS was refusing to update the tracking to Delivered status and simply left it hanging at Out For Delivery (which did not bode well for INR claims by these buyers). The USPS would also repeatedly reject all insurance claims for lost mail using the excuse that the address was a mail forwarding agency (which does not make any sense to me...I mean it's a legit business with a legit address). After being burned a couple of times by this scenario I had to ship everything to these FFs with Signature Confirmation which does get a delivered scan on the tracking BUT costs me an extra $3.95. My main question is...is this still happening or has the USPS changed there stance on this and are now reliably updating the tracking to Delivered status? Who here has RECENT (last couple of months) experience with FFs and receiving USPS Delivered scans without using sig confirmation? If you are not getting them, where is this happening (city)? If you are getting them, where is this happening (city)? Just for the record, I refuse to use Fed Ex or UPS so please only reply with your experiences using USPS in the last couple of months please. Thank you for your time.
yesterday at 7:19 PMlast reply yesterday at 10:47 PM
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babyers88
address's no longer editable
welp as of today so far as I can tell buyers address are no longer able to be edited/corrected PERIOD. so simple things like extended characters in the buyers address field or a p.o. box/street address combo cannot be fixed this is going to lead to more cancellations, bummer
yesterday at 7:47 PMlast reply yesterday at 9:18 PM
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christworks
Platform Shipping Wars
A non-compliance HazMat fee of $50 will be implemented by USPS starting next week. Today, I received an email from another reselling platform letting me know that they will be covering all of the HazMat fee up until July 31, and then starting August 1 they will cover $45 of that fee, with the seller only owing $5. I ship HazMat items correctly, so it does not impact me. But, between that benefit and the upcharge to rural ZIP Codes that won't apply to certain other platforms, I think this puts eBay in a position they should not be in, given they are the #1 reselling platform. They should be leading the solutions for resellers, not following behind while smaller platforms take the reins on this issue. Just some of my thoughts when it comes to what to do about the rural ZIP Code situation. Changing from flat rate to calculated is not an option at this point. It would be too time-consuming to go back and input weights and dimensions for 1,500 listings. eBay's programmers should be writing code right now to implement into the UI an option to upcharge rural ZIP Codes.
5 days agolast reply yesterday at 8:56 PM
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