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Shipping for Business

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USPS^® offers a variety of shipping services, postage options, and tools for businesses. Learn about mailing volume discounts and other economical ways to ship customer orders. See how you can create your own labels online, easily manage customer returns, and get help from third-party vendors.

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At USPS, we have a variety of convenient and cost-effective business shipping services.

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Postage Options for Small Businesses to Volume Mailers

Whether you use our shipping tools or those of an approved licensed vendor, there are several options available to you for printing labels and paying for postage.

Click-N-Ship^®

Whether you ship 1 or 10 packages per month, you can easily pay for postage and print shipping labels online. All you'll need is a free USPS.com^® account.

Pay with a credit card, Visa Checkout, or via PayPal
Ship domestically or internationally
Create batch shipments of up to 20 identical packages
Earn USPS Loyalty Program credits when you purchase Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express labels

Click-N-Ship^® Business Pro^™

For shipments of at least 10 pieces or more, use our downloadable desktop software to help you get the job done.

Pay postage via electronic manifest files
Ship domestically or internationally
Manage your shipping with integration and reporting features

Business Customer Gateway

The Business Customer Gateway (BCG) is the central USPS hub for managing volume mailing and shipping for all sizes and types of businesses.

Connect to online tools for business mailers
Access customer package return services
Sign up for promotions and incentives

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Volume Discounts

Several factors affect the postage price of your shipment, but many services come with volume incentives.

Free Business Service

When you become a USPS Business Customer, you get access to complimentary services that make shipping customer orders easier.

Calculating Postage

Make sure you're not underpaying or overpaying on postage. When a package is sent with incorrect postage, it may delay its delivery and the recipient can be charged for postage due.

Lightweight Shipments

Parcel Select Lightweight^® is a presorted parcel product designed for large and medium-sized shippers looking for an affordable service for shipping parcels that weigh less than 1 lb.

All commercial postage categories have minimum quantities.

Presorted and automation First-Class Mail^®: 500 pieces
USPS Marketing Mail^®: 200 pieces or 50 lbs
Destination entry Parcel Select Ground: 50-piece minimum per mailing
Presorted and carrier route sorted Bound Printed Matter: 300 pieces
Commercial Library Mail: 300 pieces
Commercial Media Mail^®: 300 pieces

Many shipping consolidators exist to help you with things like pickup, sorting, and transportation. You may also be able to use a consolidator to get shipping discounts.

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At USPS, we offer…

Free USPS Tracking^®¹
Free shipping supplies delivered to your address²
Free Package Pickup³
Free regular Saturday delivery⁴
No surcharges for residential delivery

¹ Available with select products. Requires a barcode.
² Available only for Priority Mail^®, Priority Mail Express^®, and Priority Mail Express International^® services. Supplies are delivered domestically only.
³ Available with select products. For details on free Package Pickup, go to Schedule a Pickup.
⁴ Except if Saturday is a national holiday. Priority Mail Express service may be available for an added charge.

Round up on weights. USPS^® rounds up to either the next pound (lb) or ounce (oz). For example, if your package weighs 3 lbs 5 oz, it would be charged at the 4 lb-rate. If you have a First-Class Package Service-Retail^® that weighs 7.3 oz, it must be charged at the 8 oz-rate. This applies to all mail classes—domestic and international.
Verify the mail class. For example, Commercial First-Class Package Service^™ can only be used for packages under 15.999 oz when creating a label through a PC Postage vendor, anything over the weight limit must be shipped with Priority Mail^® service. And Regional Rate Boxes A and B have 15 and 20 lbs limits respectively.
Check the dimensions. Dimensional (DIM) weight rates apply to domestic Priority Mail^®, Priority Mail Express^®, and Parcel Select packages larger than a cubic foot that are shipped to Zones 1-9. DIM weight = Length x Width x Height ÷ 166
Match the label to the packaging. USPS^® provides a wide range of shipping options to help you meet your mailing needs. Make sure that the label you are using matches the packaging. For example, if you are using a Flat Rate box, you should also use a Flat Rate label. Or anything shipped in Priority Mail^® packaging requires a Priority Mail label.
Place the label on the long side of the box. Labels should not wrap over the ends or edges and all barcodes should face up in the same direction.
Double check the zone. If you are using PC Postage software, verify that the origin address is up to date before printing the label. Please note USPS charges for zones not ZIP Codes^™, to get a zone chart for your ZIP Code use the Business Price Calculator.

Calculate a Price Learn More about Automated Package Verification

It features…

2-9 business day delivery
Free USPS Tracking^®*
Three entry points: Destination Delivery Unit (DDU), Sectional Center Facility (SCF), Network Distribution Center (NDC)

*Requires a barcode.

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Integrate Web Tools (APIs) into Your Site.

Developers and technicians can easily integrate a variety of USPS Web Tools^® into their website, shipping operation, or customer service center, free of charge.

Learn More about Web Tools

Compare Third-Party Shipping Vendors

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Stamps.com

Endicia

Pitney Bowes

EasyPost

Stamps.com is a fast, easy, and convenient way to manage all your postage needs. You can save compared to leasing a postage meter. You can also receive additional discounts. Plus, you can import orders from eBay^® and Amazon.com^®.

Visit Stamps.com

Print complete, postage-paid USPS shipping labels and Pay-on-Use return labels with Endicia's feature-rich electronic postage technologies and services. With several service plans, APIs and integration into more than 200 ecommerce partner applications, we scale with you as your business grows. And with direct integration into eBay and Amazon you can import orders, print shipping labels and automatically post-back tracking information to your store.

Visit Endicia.com

Print USPS^® postage and shipping labels with SendPro^® Online — the mailing and shipping solution that simplifies the way your office sends with postage and envelope printing plus discounted shipping, all from one, easy-to-use online application.

For developers integrating USPS services, Pure Post, our lightweight, easy-to-use RESTful shipping APIs deliver the functionality today’s consumers demand. With USPS discounts or our discounted rates, Pure Post offers the pricing, subscription options, scalability, and performance to deliver what you need with reliable support.

Visit PB.com

EasyPost^® offers a modern way to print postage with our easy-to-use API. Print USPS^® postage and shipping labels, track packages, and automate your entire delivery process. You’ll get the benefits of easy integration with our RESTful API and access to discounted rates with USPS Commercial Pricing.

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