While there isn’t anything you can do to make USPS lower its shipping fees, you can still take action to keep your costs down.įirst and foremost, you should try to optimize your packaging as much as possible. Unfortunately, carriers make changes to their shipping rates quite frequently and you may not always get the alert as they implement these costly updates. What can you do about these new shipping fees? If you ship 2000 products a month and most of those require packaging that is longer than 22 inches, you would be looking at a sudden cumulative cost of $8000 every month - just for fees. Now, one $1.50 or $4 fee may not seem like a huge deal for one package, but consider the amount of packages you ship monthly or throughout the year. This means that if you shipped, for example, a 32 x 10 x 10 box, you would need to pay $15 for the length being more than 30 inches, but if you for some reason also got the dimensions wrong, a fee of $1.50 would later be added to your cost. If it didn't seem like there already weren’t enough fees, USPS has also decided to charge $1.50 to customers who either provide incorrect dimensions or don’t disclose dimensions at all. You would not only have to pay the $4 for the length of the package, but because this box is also more than 2 cubic feet, you’d need to pay another $15, bringing your total to $19 in surcharges, just for one box. However, let’s say you also have a package that’s 24 x 12 x 12”. While USPS increasing its shipping fees may not come as a surprise, it’s still important to be aware of exactly how these surcharges will affect you-especially when it comes to how quickly the fees can add up over time.įor example, if you’re sending packages that are 24 x 8 x 4”, a common long corrugated box, you’ll need to pay $4 per box because the packages are longer than 22 inches. What do the new USPS shipping fees mean for you? On the bright side, if you’re shipping Flat Rate products, Regional Rate products, or returns, these new shipping rates won’t apply.
The surcharges will apply to packages that exceed certain dimensions. These new nonstandard fees will affect both domestic retail and commercial mail that falls into any of the following categories: Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail, First-Class Package Service, USPS Retail Ground, and Parcel Select. The main reason behind the raise in rates is to make it easier for USPS to manage manual handling costs, specifically when package dimensions exceed its sortation requirements.
USPS had originally planned to kick off the new year with its new shipping rates, but instead graciously decided to postpone the implementation until Apto give customers more time to adjust to the changes.
So, what does this mean for you and your business? The United States Postal Service introduced yet another set of new shipping fees on April 3, 2022.
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