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02-23-2010, 10:44 AM
Someone shared this helpful info with me awhile back, and I find a lot of people don't know how to do it, so I thought I would post instructions here. This works for ANY label, you can use it for payments made with no fee paypal or you can use it to send Great Grandma something, it doesn't require a paypal payment to have been made. I NEVER go to the post office anymore, and it saves me so much time!
Ok, after you log in to paypal, there is a place on the far right that says MULTI ORDER SHIPPING. Click it, it will open a new window, and eventually pop up a box with the option of IMPORT or CREATE. Click create. Then a box comes up, you just add in the shipping address, return address, weight and how you want to send it. I use media mail (for books and cds, it is usually the cheapest option, unless it is under 13 ounces, in which case you can send it first class), and for media mail, you only have to put in the weight by pound, so you don't need an exact scale. I do use a 5 pound scale. If my package weighs more than that, I weight each book individually and add up the weights.
Fill in that stuff, then you click SAVE AND CLOSE, then click the PRINTER icon in the top left corner, then click PRINT LABELS. It assigns tracking numbers and all that, you just print, tape it to the package, and set it out for pick up. In some places, you do have to specify on there that you want CARRIER PICKUP. My carrier does that daily, he comes to our door to deliver mail, but if the package won't fit in your mailbox, you have to specify carrier pickup, I think it is on the far right in there somewhere, I have not used it before. Maybe someone else will chime in on that.
I hope this helps! It is a bit of a learning curve, but really it is SO easy once you get the hang of it. You can add insurance, too, if you want. ANd delivery confirmation is included for only 19 cents (it is not optional). I NEVER go to the PO anymore!
Ok, after you log in to paypal, there is a place on the far right that says MULTI ORDER SHIPPING. Click it, it will open a new window, and eventually pop up a box with the option of IMPORT or CREATE. Click create. Then a box comes up, you just add in the shipping address, return address, weight and how you want to send it. I use media mail (for books and cds, it is usually the cheapest option, unless it is under 13 ounces, in which case you can send it first class), and for media mail, you only have to put in the weight by pound, so you don't need an exact scale. I do use a 5 pound scale. If my package weighs more than that, I weight each book individually and add up the weights.
Fill in that stuff, then you click SAVE AND CLOSE, then click the PRINTER icon in the top left corner, then click PRINT LABELS. It assigns tracking numbers and all that, you just print, tape it to the package, and set it out for pick up. In some places, you do have to specify on there that you want CARRIER PICKUP. My carrier does that daily, he comes to our door to deliver mail, but if the package won't fit in your mailbox, you have to specify carrier pickup, I think it is on the far right in there somewhere, I have not used it before. Maybe someone else will chime in on that.
I hope this helps! It is a bit of a learning curve, but really it is SO easy once you get the hang of it. You can add insurance, too, if you want. ANd delivery confirmation is included for only 19 cents (it is not optional). I NEVER go to the PO anymore!