Did you know you can create shipping labels using PayPal and use for non-ebay USPS package shipments?

A hidden "secret" is that you can ship non-ebay packages using the USPS Postal Service via PayPal. Similar to the Click-n-Ship online shipping on the Postal Service web site, but you can pay with your existing PayPal account.

Go to this link here:

(eBay does not allow links, so cut and paste this URL into your browsers)

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ship-now

[you will have to log in before it redirects you]

Benefits:

• Saving a trip to the post office,
• You now get a discount for paying online for Priority Mail and Express Mail packages
  
• You can use it even if you don't use existing PayPal shipping as your default or if you don't use barcodes, but want to for that "special" customer
  
• Great back up to current meter or non-meter method
  
• Creates $0.18 Delivery Confirmation automatically (saving from the $0.75 retail price at the Post Office, or using the neon green sticker)
• Allows you to send Media Mail, and other mail classes such as Express Mail
• Automatically updates shipping costs for the weight and class you are shipping
• You can use alternate shipping addresses (including your Ebay store name) in return address by editing
• Can print on regular paper (but not recommended)
• Can create profiles and name them (in multiorder shipping:  File>Creat New Orders) for the normal shipping types
  
• Allows you to give packages weighing over 13 oz. to be give to your carrier (you can't do this with stamps only)
  Read here: [cut and paste entire URL]   http://reviews.ebay.com/USPS-Postal-Mailing-Package-First-Class-Restrictions_W0QQugidZ10000000004657004
  
• You can charge postage to your default payment (i.e. credit card), rather than use PayPal balances
• You can click and trace, or copy and paste Delivery Confirmaiton number directly to the USPS.com tracking system for updates
• Exact Postage without have to pay monthly fee to postage providers
• Standardizes address so you know it is USPS friendlly
• Automatically calculates the correct amount (you just enter the weight)
• Can purchase insurance online
• Works with UPS- and FEDEX-size labels (half sheet size, and maybe others)
• MultiOrder Shipping allows SCAN Forms to be used (Tells your buyers your item has been shipped, and also validates insurance for those packages you have insured.)
  Read here: [cut and paste entire URL] http://reviews.ebay.com/USPS-Shipping-Confirmation-Acceptance-Notice-SCAN_W0QQugidZ10000000002756345
• You can pre-prepare shipments for those pending echecks up to four days in advance (since PayPal will not allow you to create a label until check clears); You have the option of email buyer if you want, showing him or her the label is created AND THE DATE scheduled to ship.
  
• Shows up in your payapl log and monthly reports
  

Drawbacks:

• You have to type in the address
• Cannot shut off Delivery Confirmation (i.e. you get it every label for $0.18)
• If you don't have a label printer, you might have to cut and tape (don't cover barcodes with tape!)
• Labels can be up to 1/2 sheet in size, requiring packages to have a flat surface about 6" x 9" for best results
• Non-Priority Mail packages (i.e. First Class Mail Parcels - domestic) MUST BE 3/4" thick to use the Delivery Confirmation barcode.
  
• DOES NOT ALLOW International First Class letters or Packages to be created
• DOES NOT ALLOW Domestic First Class LETTERS to be created
• DOES NOT ALLOW other add-on services, such as those requiring registration
• Cannot add more insurance later at the post office
• Will not update your ebay shipping record as it does now, since the transaction is not linked to the ebay sale.
  

Recommendations:

• Get a printer that can handle the 1/2 sheet labels, or the Dymo thinner labels that are compatible with PayPal.
• Get a digital scale, allowing you to weight down to the 10th of an ounce

See compatible PayPal printers here:

https://www.paypal.com/helpcenter/main.jsp;jsessionid=LxmG41WGJXF8pZ8cGvTKfnWf2VyHqGJJFJJ40j3y9hB1vtw8YcBN!492315654?locale=en_US&_dyncharset=UTF-8&countrycode=US&cmd=_help&serverInstance=9003&t=solutionTab&ft=browseTab&ps=solutionPanels&solutionTopic=20165&solutionId=10631&isSrch=Yes

To learn more than you may need to know about USPS shipping with PayPal, go here:

https://www.paypal.com/helpcenter/main.jsp;jsessionid=LxmG41WGJXF8pZ8cGvTKfnWf2VyHqGJJFJJ40j3y9hB1vtw8YcBN!492315654?t=browseTab&opentopic=20165&topicName=U.S.%2BPostal%2BService&topicTreeId=null&showcontent=true&lstLanguageResults=en_US&locale=en_US&_dyncharset=UTF-8&countrycode=US&cmd=_help&serverInstance=9003&showAll=true

Go to this link here to begin shipping via PayPal now:

(eBay does not allow links, so cut and paste this URL into your browsers; you will have to log in before it redirects you )

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_ship-now

NOW THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP:  Create a short cut or link to the page.  PayPal makes finding this page "challenging" to say the least.

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