06-06-2018 06:03 AM
I've googled to no avail.
Can someone point me to the latest, definitive specification on exactly what the commercial plus discount is on USPS postage?
I specifically am trying to found out the discount for first class international packages. According to stamps.com, it's "up to 5%" for first-class international. Can it be that small?
06-06-2018 06:27 AM
There seems to currently be no difference between the USPS published Commercial Base and Commercial Plus rates for First Class Package International service, although the official USPS rates publication (Notice 123) maintains separate tables for the two sets of prices:
https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c391
eBay claims that they have negotiated some postage rates that are lower than the published USPS rates; I haven't seen any in the domestic charts and I don't ship internationally, but perhaps in some cases the eBay rates for Top Rated Sellers are lower than the USPS published rates.
Of course it's also possible that stamps.com has negotiated rates that are different from the published USPS rates and/or from the rates that eBay charges.
06-06-2018 07:12 PM