What about padded mailers? "Priority Mail Flat Rate Padded EnvelopesĪre a great option to lower shipping costs," the guide reminds us in a tip. It's gotten to the point where when I order a small item from Amazon Prime, such as a single bag of coffee, I think about how it will be nice to re-use the box it comes in to ship something out. I hate it when I don't have that perfect-sized box on hand for an order, and therefore have to use a larger box than is necessary this can be especially costly for international shipments.īut wherever possible, if something is light enough and can go first class, I reach for the generic box boxes I get as a buyer with my Prime account often do the trick for those. "Most sellers are only aware of the Flat Rate Boxes, but the USPS has 29 total boxes for Priority Mail," said Eric Nash of, which has other whitepapers and information available from their site.īoxes have actually become something of an obsession for me. What they're good for, not surprisingly, are heavy items that are not too large. I think many of us sellers are leery of using the free Priority Mail boxes because we are thinking of the flat-rate boxes, which can actually be more expensive to use for shipping items of a light to medium weight. Maybe they seem too picayune a topic for a blog, but the eBay and other online sellers I know expend a good deal of brain space on what boxes they have on hand, and will they have the right-sized box for that next sale? Well, did you know that the USPS actually has 29 different Priority Mail boxes available for free at the Get Mailing & Shipping Supplies page? has just come out with a new pdf guide of these boxes, complete with box sizes and weight limits for every Priority Mail box and envelope the USPS provides.
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