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Can I use PayPal postage for anything, or does it have to be for an ebay sale?

Thanks!

From what others have said (and used it for) ANYTHING!!!!!! Much cheaper rates as the Commish discovered.

Dan, the only thing it cannot be used for in card collecting is for regular first class mail, i.e. simply putting a stamp on an envelope. But ALL my international TCDB trades are done via PayPal. Apparently you get tracking, or at least some distinguishing ID when you mail internationally. But you don't have to have done anything via Ebay to use PayPal postage.

When on your PayPal overview page, look for a link that says "MultiOrder Shipping" - that's your key to creating shipments WITHOUT receiving money from anyone.

It's how I sent out all my 40th Anniversary events items.

Wow, I've never been able to access that because I don't have a business account. But, I've used the link Robert (bkim) sent me a couple of years ago and it still works!

(I removed the link in this case because I wasn't sure if it linked it to my account.)

I've always wondered how to use PayPal to create shipping labels outside of eBay.  Thanks vrooomed.  I'll use it for now on and also try to remember to put ID's on my shipments.

Goos thread.

Having a PayPal Business account does have it's own perks. Everybody should at least research it, doesn't cost anything.

I have not found any shipping to date that can rival PayPal shipping.

Is it really cheaper? 

2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. and if you use a card, it's 2.7% when you swipe a card or 3.5% plus $0.15 for manually entered transactions. Paypal is not free to use. The fees are added on top of what you pay.

Those fees are only for non-F&F sales paid for via Paypal, no additional fees for shipping labels.  I'd much rather pay $4.33 to ship a 9oz first class package that I can print the label at home and tape to the package + schedule for them to come pick it up than $5.66 + driving to the PO and waiting in line.  There is no catch to Paypal shipping.

OK so you are paying the same as USPS charges. I looked it up 9.oz at the price your quoting "$4.33" is for crossing 8&9 zones with the new system. no money saved it the highest price you can pay.

1 to 2 zones for 9.oz is only $3.82. I wonder are you paying a flat fee of $4.33 for 1 to 2 zones? Is it always $4.33 no mater where it's going?

No additional fees for shipping labels?? Sorry look it up, it reads: The Paypal fee is 2.9% of $4.50 or $0.13 plus a transaction fee of $0.30. These fees apply even if you handwrite the label and pay for postage at the PO counter. < I copied and pasted that from the PP website. No savings. Your pay the same it's added in, but you're using your printer ink and paper plus a transaction flat fee of $.43 Paypal does not work for free no one dose. They should call it "U-Pay-pal" They make billions of dollars a year on their small% no one seems to count when paying, but are always there. Penny's make dollars. And I can call my post office and they come out for free to pick up packages as do all shipping company's do.

The drive to the post office is less than 10 minutes for me, to get there and back home. I have a small satellite postoffice nearby and the line. The most I've seen is 4 people ahead of me with 2 counters always open. Except at lunch time.

I'm trying to find out is it cheaper should I try it? Because everything I look up is showing me it's the same price. Plus printer ink is not cheap and the cost of the label paper is now all on me to pay. Ouch the cost is going up at my end. 

People say it's cheaper but a few minutes of looking things up and doing the math is showing me it's not and if you're paying a flat fee of $4.33 for all 9.oz packages. You're paying more if it's not crossing 8 zones. 8 zones is 1800 miles or more. zone 9 is international pricing. $4.33 is a zone 8 & 9 price you quoted.

https://shippingeasy.com/blog/2019-first-class-shipping-rates-changes/