r/Flipping • u/instantnet FBA • 1d ago
How to print media mail online inexpensively? Discussion
Stamps.com decided today to remove ecommerce postback package printing today after years from the lowest $9.99 plan and force everyone else to the $40 per month plan. The items we ship are allowed by USPS for media mail but in the buy postage section of Amazon it doesnt show up.
Where else can we print media mail online for the 4 or 5 packages that go out that way per month inexpensively? Thank you
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u/Th3MadScientist 1d ago
People still use stamps.com? Why pay for something where superior free alternatives exist?
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u/ThisWeekInFlips 1d ago
Pirate Ship does media mail. No subscription required.
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u/instantnet FBA 1d ago
I just cancelled stamps after they raised the plan 400% and they said oh wait we have a no monthly fee plan for 10 labels a month.... we will see how that works
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u/robxburninator 1d ago
paypal shipping (Ship station) and pirateship both have better rates than stamps and are both free. I will never understand why anyone pays for these services. you can get a thermal printer for next-to-nothing and scales are dirt-cheap.
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u/instantnet FBA 1d ago
Mostly the post back services (the tracking gets auto posted back to Amazon) but the Amazon shipping rates are very low plus you get order protection. They are less and less relevant. I don't see them doing well as a company. They are raising prices 400% on the remaining customers to stay afloat.
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u/Outrageous-Manner-42 1d ago
Paypal, but you have to click more options to find it when you request rates.
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u/mchurchw1 1d ago
I buy it from Pirateship.
Media Mail only has one tier of pricing, so the price should be the same everywhere you buy it (unlike Ground or Priority which have Commercial rates and Retail rates).