New USPS Ground Advantage Service & Rate Increases

[jesmelric]

Is anyone else revising their listings today? I know we have 30 days but I want to get it done and out of the way. I saw a Reddit thread that said for items under 1 lb (first class) it's gone up $.30-.50 or so. So I am having to revise everything manually to adjust shipping prices. Except the few things I had calculated shipping and offered Parcel Select. These automatically show Ground Advantage.

[denise15601]

There are so many discrepancies about what the charges will be. I'm not doing anything yet.
I have my fc business policies set at $4.50, $5.50, and $6.50, according to weight.
If I have to raise those, it will automatically apply to all with that weight.

[val2525]

Letters went up $0.03 per ounce. Package rates went up but by zone, not ounce, and some even went down. First Class Package and Retail Ground are now called USPS Ground Advantage. Link below has ALL the pricing for all mail categories.


savepostage.com/july23-rate-increase.html



On the chart below with package rates, the old rate is crossed out and new rate is in yellow.







These are retail rates. You might check at Stamps.com and Pirate Ship for their new rates, which might give you an idea of what eBay shipping rates might be. I know Pirate Ship was touting some rate decreases last time I logged in.

[jesmelric]

Jul 9, 2023 15:48:20 GMT val2525 said:

Letters went up $0.03 per ounce. Package rates went up but by zone, not ounce, and some even went down. First Class Package and Retail Ground are now called USPS Ground Advantage. Link below has ALL the pricing for all mail categories.


savepostage.com/july23-rate-increase.html



On the chart below with package rates, the old rate is crossed out and new rate is in yellow.







These are retail rates. You might check at Stamps.com and Pirate Ship for their new rates, which might give you an idea of what eBay shipping rates might be. I know Pirate Ship was touting some rate decreases last time I logged in.

So are the ones in yellow the new rates? Or are they the old rates?

[val2525]

New rate is in yellow.

[jesmelric]

Jul 9, 2023 18:43:52 GMT val2525 said:

New rate is in yellow.

Thank you so much, this is very helpful

[Pantlandia]

Media mail went up 7.4% across the board. One pound is now $3.92, up from $3.65. Since Jan 2021, it's gone up 30 cents, 30 cents, 16 cents and now 27 cents (from $2.89 to $3.92). Previous to that, it never rose more than 9 cents. Definitely makes it hard to sell cheap media items now.

[denise15601]

Well, I was wrong and spent most of the day trying to figure out how to change to Ground Advantage. My big store of 1,600 items wasn't as hard as my little store with 175 items.

Now if someone would buy something, I could see if I did it right.

What a nightmare.

[labbypaws]

eBay automatically changed mine.

[denise15601]

Jul 19, 2023 20:10:56 GMT labbypaws said:

eBay automatically changed mine.

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Did they change priority for you?

I had fc flat rates designated on my light stuff. So those had to be changed.

[labbypaws]

It updated all of mine listing first class (calculated). It updated Ground shipping too. Priority was the same.

[denise15601]

I never used calculated first class. It has been a week since I made a sale on eBay, but I sold a golf towel today. The Ground Advantage did show up.

Hopefully, for Priority packages, the Ground Advantage will also show up as a choice.

Then I don't trust myself not to use a priority box for a GA purchase.

[Emerald_Door]

Is there a quick and easy way to select all First Class listings in order to revise them all at the same time?

[denise15601]

Did you set up a FC amount in your business policies?

[Emerald_Door]

I don't have business policies.

[jandsknight]

Thank you, Val for posting the rate change chart. I copied it for my use.

[chapeaunoir]

Jul 20, 2023 12:54:07 GMT Emerald_Door said:

Is there a quick and easy way to select all First Class listings in order to revise them all at the same time?

Emerald_Door - I sorted my listings into shipping price and then just block edited them by batches. It took about 5-10 minutes to do them all, but I only had about 190 listings at that time. You have to change the shipping method AND enter some kind of shipping price, so my batches were all ranges of shipping price (I use flat rate shipping). 

[Emerald_Door]

Thanks. I was able to get it done. I use calculated shipping, so I had to check some of them to see if they were listed with first class or Priority.