Printing labels for first class letters without paying for shipping

[maker_usa]

Does anyone else ship items first class letter ? How do you print your labels? I have developed my own software to do it, wondering if it would be useful for others. 

[thallidguy]

I don't print out labels with postage. I print out the ship-to address as a word-processing document and use postage stamps.

[disneyshopper]

Sellers who ship using first class letter will lose any Item Not Received dispute because they cannot prove delivery because first class letters cannot be tracked.

[duchess-at-speakeasy]

Most of us who use FC letters just use Word and don't need anything more. Since I have no printer, I just handwrite and affix stamps. But thanks!

~~C~~

[maker_usa]

I know that, 

I have two stores one where I am a top rated plus and I need to ship everything with tracking. But then I sell some items for less than $2 and for that I need to ship letter. I deal with the consequences of missed deliveries and returns. 

Thanks

[maker_usa]

I plan to make a video of the software and share it to see if there is interest. Not something I plan to sell just want to share the benefit. There is no reason it can't be used with a regular printer as well since I have the ability to generate templates for different paper sizes. 

Thanks for the feedback

[thatsallfolks]

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@speaker_joe wrote:

I plan to make a video of the software and share it to see if there is interest. Not something I plan to sell just want to share the benefit. There is no reason it can't be used with a regular printer as well since I have the ability to generate templates for different paper sizes. 

Thanks for the feedback

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Microsoft Word already does this. 

[sam9876]

"I plan to make a video of the software and share it to see if there is interest."

Please don't waste your time.

[maker_usa]

How?, 

It automatically copies the address and formats it to be printed? That's very good then.

[pargran3]

If you are just printing labels for first class letters there is no need for any software other than Word.

You cannot pay for postage online for a letter. There is no tracking.

What you are proposing is useless.

Radine

[maker_usa]

Wow, 

I am not proposing anything. So much negativity, it's amazing. 

I developed something for myself, it saves me time. Instead of taking me 2-4 minutes printing a label it takes me 30 seconds. I am not going to get tracking on an item I sell for $1.75 inluding shipping, I know that. 

I can see for what you sell it does not make any sense and I get that. 

Sorry for wanting to share something that maybe useful to others, nobody is proposing or imposing anything here ...

[muttlymob]

You cannot pay for postage online for a letter.

Yes, you can.  There is even a discount for printing First Class Letter or Flat online.

eBay and PayPal don't offer these options, but that does not mean that they are not available elsewhere.

[maker_usa]

I know stamps.com does, would be great if you can share someone else who does. Especially if they don't have a monthly fee. 

[muttlymob]

Endicia, but they do  have a subscription fee.

[thallidguy]

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@speaker_joe wrote:

I developed something for myself, it saves me time. Instead of taking me 2-4 minutes printing a label it takes me 30 seconds. I am not going to get tracking on an item I sell for $1.75 inluding shipping, I know that. 

Same here. I just type the address into a word processor and print it out. Just like I did for years, before USPS started selling postage online.

BTW, did you know that eBay shipping allows you to print out address labels without buying postage? They look a little weird to me because the return address is in a larger font than the ship-to address. But they'll fit.