USPS’s latest services provide involve shipping, upon shipping any item you will be issued a shipping label to track and collect your package. In this paper you will understand what are USPS shipping models and if USPS prints their shipping labels? After the conclusion, this paper will respond to frequently inquired information. Let’s find out more about Does USPS Print Shipping Labels.
Does USPS print shipping labels?
The United State Postal Services (USPS) has been evolving for a few years, in nowadays their services catalog includes Click-N-Ship is intergraded with the label brokers. These services respond to the question Do USPS print shipping labels? In a quick response yes, with the United State Postal Service or rather USPS customers can print their shipping labels through the Click-N-Ship program and which is an online system. Accordingly, the USPS has made it convenient for its customers to print without the need for a printer. Below is how the service works.
According to the USPS website, “UPSP clients who need to attain a shipping label for their customers or recipient it is possible through Click-N-ship, and through this service, customers can create a batch of shipments, order through USPS flat rate shipping product, print labels, and schedule package shipping and pick a point and to which it can either be your home or work office” (www.usps.com/ship/online-shipping.htm).
This is how to print on your shipping label with the USPS Click-N-Ship online postage service.
- Buy: firstly, you need to pay for priority mail or priority express postage for shipping your package.
- Print: Secondly print your shipping label, you can print your label using the Post office services desk, or at an accredited label broker.
- Schedule shipment: schedule your packaging pick-up and drop-off locations.
- Save as a business: by using USPS for shipping their packages, business are entitled to earn loyalty credits.
How to print shipping labels?
Above we mentioned that USPS customers could easily print out their shipping label online and take it to their nearest participating Post Office counter, self-service kiosk counters, at a label broker. With Click-N-Ship, USPS customers can moreover opt to receive an email that includes a Label Broker ID (QR code) to be printed or stored on a mobile device that they will use to ship their package. The question is then once I have located these places above how do I go about printing out my shipping label? First, note that all USPS associate label providers only give our customers a label broker ID while USPS will do the label printing (usps.com). Here I will explain the process involved when printing out your shipping label from a Post office or label broker.
The role of Label Broker ID (QR scan)
Reading from the USPS website, we learn that label brokers serve the purpose of offering USPS customers the services of a printer for printing shipping labels in a format of a QR scan but also, customers can print their shipping label directly at USPS.com if they have access to their printer. Below is a list of the function to be fulfilled by label brokers about printing shipping labels after USPS has approved your shipping method.
- First, you need to create labels for your clients or recipients and issue a label broker as the chosen distributor.
- Keep the shipping label with the label broker repository and send your clients a copy of their own unique label broker ID.
- Your clients will need to hand their label broker ID and package shipment to participating Post Office, they will scan the ID code and print your shipping label instantly at the counter.
- Alternatively, your recipients can opt for the self-service way and print their shipping label directly at USPS.com if they hold a printer.
Conclusion
In this paper, we discussed the purpose and objectives of USPS services. The discussion is however cantered around the question does USPS print shipping labels? In our discussion, we discovered that yes USPS will print your shipping labels using different methods designed for your shipping convenience. The discussion further engages readers about methods of saving both money and time when shipping the parcel via USPS.
FAQs about USPS shipping labels
- What is the process if I already hold a label broker ID?
Simple, just go to your desktop or smartphone and access your label broker ID (typically a QR code embedded with 8 to 10 characters’.
- What other function can I perform with Click-N-Ship?
On Click-N-Ship online platform you do the following functions, capture your package shipment details, pay for all your postage, and print your shipping labels.
- Can I automate my shipping preferences with Click-N-Ship?
Yes, with Click-N-Ship you can set up tracking notifications for your package, save and schedule your preferred drop-off address, do packaging and print, get a reference number, and set the default shipping address.
- Does USPS provide shipping insurance?
Yes, but in this case, all domestic priority shipping packages will receive insurance coverage worth up to $50 and customers have an option to buy extra insurance.
