Discounted Shipping through PayPal Website

ShadyDave · July 29, 2019 6:23AM

Are you aware that you can create shipping labels through PayPal without selling an item on eBay? I brought this up to a forum member recently and they had no idea that you can create a USPS label through PayPal. I find it useful since I sell a lot of coins on Reddit, here and other forums and it makes shipping much easier. It is faster to create the shipping label and print it at home, cleaner than guessing how many stamps you need to use or waiting in line at the Post Office and you also and get the PayPal shipping discount as well. This link below is how I get to that page on the PayPal site. You also need a PayPal account to do this.

https://www.paypal.com/shipnow

Just thought I would share a tip! Let me know if you have any questions.

BAJJERFAN · July 29, 2019 6:41AM

Been using that for a long time. Even mentioned it here more than once. Going to use it today.

ctf_error_coins · July 29, 2019 6:43AM

I use it all the time, a fantastic service from a fantastic company.

thebeav · July 29, 2019 12:51PM

I didn't know that.
Appreciate it !

djm · July 29, 2019 1:14PM

Did not know that, I was under the impression that the item being shipped had to be paid for using PayPal to get a label.

derryb · July 29, 2019 3:37PM

I'm waitin' for them to offer lottery tickets via paypal.

ricko · July 30, 2019 6:10AM

I do not sell things, so did not know about this. It seems like a really good service. I do like Paypal....use it all the time for purchases. Cheers, RickO

Broadstruck · July 30, 2019 6:14AM

Thanks as I just got a great rate shipping back a defective mail order bride!

Hemispherical · July 30, 2019 6:25AM

The PP mailing service is very good. You can select other shipper, too.

Also the rates are discounted to the commercial (less expensive) rates compared to retail at the PO counter rates. Anything to save a buck to buy a coin.

Make sure you have an accurate scale or else the recipient will be on the hook for underpaid postage (or “return to sender” and you’ll be on the hook... someone’s going to pay the postage).

Overall, great service and comes in handy during the birthday and Christmas giving and mailings.

amwldcoin · July 30, 2019 6:48AM

The curious thing to me is I haven't been able to find a link to this from my Paypal homepage. Does anyone know if there is a link?

Like others I have used it many times and the rates are usually the same as ebay. 1 thing you can do with Paypal you can't on ebay is ship overseas at 1st class rates. It will track until it leaves the US.

Hemispherical · July 30, 2019 7:02AM

@amwldcoin said:
The curious thing to me is I haven't been able to find a link to this from my Paypal homepage. Does anyone know if there is a link?

Like others I have used it many times and the rates are usually the same as ebay. 1 thing you can do with Paypal you can't on ebay is ship overseas at 1st class rates. It will track until it leaves the US.

No direct link from your PP home page but if you query shipping it should be one of the offered answers. After you have the link then bookmark it then the next time just click the link and it’ll take you to the Ship Now screen after
logging in.

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

amwldcoin · July 30, 2019 9:04AM

I do as you do. I did try searching and every possible way I could think of to find it on Paypal's site but I couldn't.

@Hemispherical said:

@amwldcoin said:
The curious thing to me is I haven't been able to find a link to this from my Paypal homepage. Does anyone know if there is a link?

Like others I have used it many times and the rates are usually the same as ebay. 1 thing you can do with Paypal you can't on ebay is ship overseas at 1st class rates. It will track until it leaves the US.

No direct link from your PP home page but if you query shipping it should be one of the offered answers. After you have the link then bookmark it then the next time just click the link and it’ll take you to the Ship Now screen after
logging in.

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

jwitten · July 30, 2019 9:08AM

I use it too and love it!

ShadyDave · July 30, 2019 10:30AM

Yeah, @amwldcoin PayPal doesn't have it linked on their main homepage and I'm not sure why. I just know to type in the link I posted in the original post ( https://www.paypal.com/shipnow ) and after you log into your paypal account, you can fill out, purchase and print shipping labels through USPS, UPS and FEDEX.

thebeav · July 30, 2019 10:48AM

I had to ship a non-ebay registered package last week.
Unfortunately, their (paypal) site won't do registered labels.
I don't know if I have shipped registered off the ebay site. Perhaps they don't offer that also.

messydesk · July 30, 2019 10:50AM

I used to use PP shipping. I'm currently buying my postage from shippingeasy.com. I stopped using PP when I did because:

No support for regional rate boxes
Couldn't put a signature on express mail
No support for priority bubble mailers

They may have fixed that by now, but I'm not going back. Shippingeasy.com costs nothing to set up an account, but if you ship enough to make it worthwhile (I don't), you can pay $29/month and get Commercial Plus pricing on everything. Other niceties include printing labels 4-up on a single piece of paper and saving a customer mailing list.

jmlanzaf · July 30, 2019 11:03AM

@thebeav said:
I had to ship a non-ebay registered package last week.
Unfortunately, their (paypal) site won't do registered labels.
I don't know if I have shipped registered off the ebay site. Perhaps they don't offer that also.

You cannot do registered mail on eBay, PayPal or even usps.com

jmlanzaf · July 30, 2019 11:04AM

It's okay. I've used it. But my eBay rates are usually lower than the PayPal rates.

Discounted Shipping through PayPal Website

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