I am not seeing any other options for USPS other than Priority or Express. I’d like to offer Parcel to save my buyers some money. Not sure if that’s an option.
Thanks for your help!
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jlbsmom03 Reputation: 10 See jlbsmom03's booth |
USPS no longer offers parcel (it is called Retail Ground) when shipping within postal zones 1-4 from the shipping location so the option is not in their web tools offered by USPS.
You can check this by going to USPS site and entering information for a shipment that is close to you and one that is further away. The option for Retail ground is not there for packages going to areas closest to your location. (also you can read it in the news updates)
Retail ground is only available for zone 5-9 from the shipper location. Since the option to use Retail ground cannot be determined until the zip code has been entered, it cannot give estimated cost before hand. Please note that if ‘parcel’ is used for Zones 1-4 the cost is actually higher than priority.
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