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Holiday Shipping Dates

We’ve published the carriers' last days to ship for on-time holiday delivery using the services available through eBay Labels. These dates will help ensure your buyers receive their orders in time for the holidays. You can find the details at ebay.co...

Shipping a box of toilet paper

Hello, I'm seeking assistance from the community to determine the most cost-effective shipping options for my new toilet paper business. Shipping expenses constitute a significant portion of the overall cost. I offer three sets of sizes: 12, 24, and ...

Shipped 8 pound package charge for 68 pound package.

I shipped 8 pound package and was just charged for a 68 pound package. Anything I can do, other than bending over and smiling?

Where can I go to calculate registered mail with signature confirmation.

A buyer from San Francisco is asking me to send a 4 pound package by registered mail with signature confirmation. I can't find a site where I can calculate the price. Does anyone know where I can find out the price?

Resolved! strength of boxes

Does eBay recommend/require a certain "breaking strength" of shipping boxes? I'm buying a new batch of boxes, and seeing some advertise this attribute. Thanks!

Shipping address

I need to change my shipping address.

As a buyer, ebay never combines shipping for items from the same seller

Hello, I am buying from sellers that offer combined shipping, both domestically (Canada) and internationally (US). However, for some reason Ebay never combines shipping for me, and often I don't even have the option to request an invoice. I always th...

Trans-Shipper code?

Experts, Recently I've noticed several customer addresses that are of the form: NameStreet AddressState, City, Zip One of the sales was to Oregon, which is ideal as a trans-shipping depot for Asia (no sales tax). I'm wondering if that is the reason f...

Who fills out the Customs form for Ebay International

Hello, This is my first time selling internationally via ebay, and my simple question was, I do everything at my local USPS, it's all i have in my town. So I have to do everything old school way, I don't print anything, I write it down and then have ...

I sent wrong package to buyers. How to get a shipping labels they can mail the package to each other

I mailed the wrong package to 2 buyers. How can I buy /print a shipping label so they can mail the packages to each other.

USPS claims

Hello, When I try to file a claim with USPS for item that arrived broken (I am the seller) they ask for the label purchase receipt. I usually buy the labels via eBay system - where do I find the receipt for purchasing the label?

Shipping error for USPS ONLY that seller's shipping address exceeds 50 characters

Hello Again,Thank you for suggestions on previous post on adjusting shipping address buyer/seller. I did all of that, I removed hyphen from my last name, reduced my first name to just initial, etc. Problem only printing USPS labels ONLY. No buyer add...

international shipping label overcharge $38 instead of $15

I shipped a baseball - 8 ounces, box was 7"x7"x7". Cost for the international STANDARD shipping to UK was $15 which seems like an accurate charge based on 20 years selling on eBay. The label was to the eBay shipping hub where presumably they put an i...

Heads up - USPS delays seem to have increased already, before Thanksgiving

Noticed last week ground advantge items were not making it there by expected delivery dates. This week I am seeing more not arrive by the estimated time, which I note as unusual because prior USPS has been overall reliable in their delivery times. So...