Shipping packages efficiently is crucial for businesses and individuals alike. Printed Shipping Labels are at the heart of a streamlined shipping process, and with services like USPS Click-N-Ship®, creating and printing these labels has never been easier. Ship from the comfort of your home or office and manage your postage needs online.
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Discover the Power of Click-N-Ship® for Printed Shipping Labels
USPS Click-N-Ship® provides a comprehensive online solution to handle all your shipping label needs. By creating a free USPS.com account, you unlock a suite of features designed to simplify and expedite your shipping workflow. Take advantage of options like file uploads for bulk shipping, efficient bulk edits, and much more, all centered around the ease of printing your shipping labels.
Flat Rate Shipping: Predictable Costs for Your Printed Shipping Labels
Eliminate guesswork from your shipping expenses with USPS Flat Rate options. No scale? No problem! Utilize Flat Rate shipping products where “If It Fits, It Ships®“2. This service offers transparent, flat-rate pricing regardless of weight (up to 70 lbs) or destination, making budgeting and creating printed shipping labels for your shipments straightforward.
Schedule a Free Package Pickup: Printed Shipping Labels Ready for Collection
Once you’ve printed your shipping labels, save valuable time by scheduling a free USPS Package Pickup directly from your home or office.1 This convenient service eliminates trips to the Post Office, allowing you to manage your shipping process from start to finish without leaving your location.
Customize Your Shipping Preferences for Printed Shipping Labels
Tailor Click-N-Ship® to your specific shipping habits by setting up your shipping preferences. If you frequently ship similar package types, streamline the printed shipping label creation process by saving your common settings. Customize everything from package and printing options to default return addresses and reference numbers within your Click-N-Ship® Preferences tab. This ensures consistency and saves time every time you print shipping labels.
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Enhance Security with Insurance & Extra Services for Printed Shipping Labels
For added peace of mind, USPS Ground Advantage®, Priority Mail®, and Priority Mail Express® shipments include free insurance up to $1003. When creating your printed shipping label online, you have the option to purchase additional insurance coverage, request a Return Receipt for delivery confirmation, add Signature Confirmation™, and select other extra services to meet your specific shipping needs.
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Provide Delivery Instructions for Seamless Printed Shipping Label Deliveries
Improve the delivery experience by setting package delivery instructions when you generate your printed shipping label online. You can request the carrier to leave the package if no one is available at the delivery address, or choose the Hold For Pickup service, allowing recipients to collect their shipments at their local USPS facility at their convenience. Clear instructions associated with your printed shipping labels help ensure successful delivery.
Re-Ship with Ease: Save Time on Recurring Printed Shipping Labels
For businesses and individuals who regularly send shipments with the same weight, service type, and delivery address, the “Ship Again” feature is a significant time-saver. Instead of re-entering all the shipment details each time, simply access your Shipping History, select “Ship Again,” and the pre-filled shipping label will be added to your cart with the current shipping date ready for printing. This feature greatly simplifies the process of creating recurring printed shipping labels.
Printerless Printed Shipping Label Options
Don’t have a printer readily available? Click-N-Ship® offers flexible solutions for printing shipping labels even without a printer at hand:
- USPS Label Broker® Service: Purchase your postage through Click-N-Ship® and receive a Label Broker ID, which is provided as a QR code. Take this QR code to a participating Post Office™ location equipped with Label Broker or a self-service kiosk. They can then scan your code and print your shipping label for you, bridging the gap between online postage purchase and physical printed shipping labels.
- USPS Label Delivery Service: For a nominal fee of $1.55 per label, USPS will print and deliver a physical shipping label directly to your address. Business account holders can also leverage this service to create prepaid return labels, which are mailed to them for inclusion in outbound packages, simplifying returns for customers.
Click-N-Ship® Business Rate Card: Discounted Rates for High-Volume Printed Shipping Labels
Businesses that utilize Click-N-Ship® can enroll in the USPS Click-N-Ship® Business Rate Card program. Upon agreeing to the terms online, businesses gain immediate access to discounted, non-published rates for Priority Mail®, USPS Ground Advantage®, Priority Mail Return®, and USPS Ground Advantage Return® labels. These rates represent some of the most competitive prices available outside of a Negotiated Service Agreement (NSA), offering significant savings on printed shipping labels for eligible businesses.
1. For details on availability, visit usps.com/pickup. Back ^
2. For mailable items up to 70 lbs. Back ^
3. Insurance coverage is provided against loss, damage, or missing contents and is limited to a maximum liability of $100 when the pieces bear an Intelligent Mail barcode (IMpb) or USPS retail tracking barcode and the mailer pays retail or commercial prices. For more details, see the Domestic Mail Manual Section 503.4. Back ^
