@pjcdn2005 wrote:
I would like that too but I don't think that it will be changing as I don't think it is considered 'broken'. The rates we get now when going directly to PP are the small business rates. If you print a label on the CP snap ship site which also has the small business rate there is no light packet option there either so I suspect CP does not want to push that service on some sites.
That would be correct. It is a negotiated service that is only intended for specific partners just as USPS e-packet is. That agreement is in place with an ebay agreement, not a paypal agreement. Technically CP could offer the service on snap ship as they offer it through the post offices, but they may not be willing to give up the extra revenue. I always found it strange it was presented as a service with some exclusivity and volume commitments when you could readily access it at the post office.
Paypal is getting out of the postage resale business from the looks of how they have structured things. It looks like if anything continues on their side it will just be a pass through to the Canada Post API using the contract rates of the paypal account holder, hence the previous prompts for a CP account number and the sign up process. The ebay to paypal workflow is in place to pass EBay's CP account info through the API. Technically there is no reason why they couldn't default to that account's credentials when a paypal transaction is linked to an ebay transaction and have you print directly on the paypal site without going through ebay first, but that wouldn't make sense moving forward when the two officially separate. Short term problem anyways as ebay transactions will be able to be imported through Shippo.
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