12-02-2017, 03:20 PM
Although I appreciate a buyer sending a PayPal Friend/Family payment for an item I have sold, in order to save me the fees, sometimes I wish they had sent a regular Goods/Services payment instead, especially when the total sale amount and fee are not a lot of money, because it seemed to me for a long time that there was no way to pay for shipping on PayPal unless it was for a business transaction. So a F/F payment meant that I had to find one of the scarce parking spots at my local P.O. and then stand in a long line for the single clerk on duty, in order to buy postage. At times I've even been disgruntled enough at the thought of that process that I refunded the buyer's money and asked them to re-submit it as a regular business payment, which probably was sort of a rude thing for me to do.
However, I learned today that it is possible to just buy postage on PayPal for any shipping, even for a Friend/Family transaction. Some of you probably already knew this, but I didn't. Anyway, all you need to do is sign in to your PayPal account, then go to: https://www.paypal.com/shiplabel/create/
There you can enter your shipping address information, type of shipping, weight, etc., pay for the postage, and print your label. Easy.
However, I learned today that it is possible to just buy postage on PayPal for any shipping, even for a Friend/Family transaction. Some of you probably already knew this, but I didn't. Anyway, all you need to do is sign in to your PayPal account, then go to: https://www.paypal.com/shiplabel/create/
There you can enter your shipping address information, type of shipping, weight, etc., pay for the postage, and print your label. Easy.
01-03-2018, 09:22 PM
Sorry for the back-to-back posts, but I found out something important that makes this even better. The price from Paypal is cheaper than directly from the USPS!
I shipped two flat rate small boxes recently. I paid $7.15 at the kiosk, but that seemed high so I went back to my e-mail and found out that when I used the link above, I only paid $6.45. Same zip codes, same small box.
I shipped two flat rate small boxes recently. I paid $7.15 at the kiosk, but that seemed high so I went back to my e-mail and found out that when I used the link above, I only paid $6.45. Same zip codes, same small box.

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