Cubic Shipping

[chpgts]

The late announcement regarding shipping indicated that :

Great news! Cubic services are now available for USPS Ground Advantage and Priority Mail effective January 21, 2024. 

Smart Ship Tip: Cubic pricing is based on the size of the package instead of the weight; this means it’s even more important to include accurate weights and dimensions for your package so that eBay Labels can display the lowest rate for you. 

However did not see anything on Ebay to access it.

Does anyone know how?

[gagnon234]

When using the ebay shipping label, there's a place to put weight (at the left) and then to the right of the weight is a place to put the three dimensions . . length, width, height. 

That's my take on it anyway. 🙂

[nobody*s_perfect]

But there is no way (yet) to choose Cubic when setting up a listing or a shipping policy.

[sapphire_studio]

I haven't messed around with shipping anything yet since it was supposed to change today. However the way it works on pirateship is they will give you priority mail and ground advantage choices if that is cheaper than cubic and then if cubic is cheaper you only have priority cubic or ground Advantage cubic to choose from.  So maybe you could experiment and try smaller dimensions at a heavier weight to see if that will suddenly show the cubic as a choice?

[deserdog]

An important thing to remember about cubic pricing is when measuring for dimensions, you round DOWN to the nearest 1/4". so say your package measures 12 5/8' X 10 1/8" X 6 5/8", you would round down to 12 1/2" X 10" X 6 1/2". 

[valueaddedresource]

@sapphire_studio  @nobody*s_perfect  I posted this on another thread too, but I'm not entirely sure it will actually be a separate choice to select "cubic."

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping/January-21-2024-New-USPS-Shipping-Rate-problem/m-p/34240041/h...

It sounds to me like they will just automatically apply cubric rate if it's cheaper and the only way you will know if is it cubic is after printing the label?

From the FAQ here https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/shipping/choosing-a-carrier-and-service/usps-and-ebay-labels 

How can I receive USPS cubic rates for my eBay shipments?
Simply enter accurate weight and dimensions for your package when printing your eBay shipping labels. eBay will automatically offer the best rate, and apply cubic pricing for Priority Mail and Ground Advantage if the cubic rate is better than non-cubic rates.

How will I know whether I was charged cubic pricing or non-cubic pricing for my shipping label?
If you were charged for cubic pricing, you will see the cubic price tier above the USPS zone indicated on the top section of the label—remember, you will be charged the lower of cubic or non-cubic pricing for packages that qualify for cubic pricing.

[rfmtm]

As of tonight GA cubic is not working ebay is still showing much higher rates (by 30% or more) than what cubic should be.  Plus without being able to put in decimals in the dimensions you won't get the correct rate anyway except for whole inches. 

[deserdog]

I use Pirate Ship, which has  GA and Priority Cubic