For Canadian buyers planning to purchase from USA - USPS price increases
Summary: lotzofuniquegoodies shared an announcement from the USPS regarding rate and service updates effective July 12, 2026. Key changes include no rate increases for eBay Labels under one pound and unchanged rates for packages over one pound. Media Mail rates will decrease by 1.8%, while Priority Mail rates remain unchanged. Dimensional weight calculations will change with updates to the DIM divisor and rounding logic. This is expected to lead to shipping price increases for purchases from US sellers, affecting Canadian buyers.
FYI. This announcement was just posted on the dot com board.
https://community.ebay.com/forum/announcements-57928/topic/usps-rate-and-service-update-466150/
Info to note:
The United States Postal Service has announced rate and service updates effective July 12, 2026. We’ve highlighted the updates to eBay Labels below.
📦 Updates to USPS Mail & Shipping Service Pricing
Ground Advantage: although USPS is changing how it prices packages under 1 lb, the good news is eBay Labels will continue to offer the same four weight tiers with no rate increases at this time. Rates for packages over 1 lb are also unchanged.
Media Mail rates are decreasing by an average of 1.8%.
Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express have no rate changes.
Policy Updates: Hazmat Shipping & DIM Measurements
Dimensional Weight Updates: USPS is changing both the DIM divisor and the rounding logic to calculate dimensional weight. The DIM divisor is changing from 166 to 139 and measurements will be rounded up to the next whole number. Ground Advantage Cubic and Priority Mail Cubic will continue to round to the nearest quarter inch.
Cubic pricing eligibility is expanding, with the maximum allowable dimensions on any side increasing from 18 inches to 22 inches for both Priority Mail and Ground Advantage.
Will mean expect to see shipping price increases for purchases from US sellers. This will include item purchased thru eIS. And bare bones in the way of discounts for intl shipping. (3% to 5%)
US tool. https://www.ebay.com/shp/calc/rates
This can be more penalizing to buyers if sellers are substantially inflating package measurements and don't, as a matter or routine refund on shipping.
