Shipping issue - issues with buying a shipping label from Canada Post within Ebay
Summary: blacksheepnorth initiated a discussion about experiencing issues when trying to buy shipping labels for Canada Post within eBay, receiving a message about system problems. Several participants, including flipistics and mrdutch1001, confirmed similar experiences, noting ongoing problems potentially related to scheduled maintenance or weekend issues. lotzofuniquegoodies mentioned processing a shipment without issues using an alternative service, Shippo, while mufferawjoe64, mindbender3, and asmok continued facing problems, suggesting it might be due to the holiday. Some participants, like aramatic and msau4301, recommended using Shippo or Canada Post's Snap Ship, with discussions about different pricing and setup processes. By the end of the conversation, it was suggested to link a Canada Post account for discounts, and it appeared some were able to resolve their issue using these alternative methods, although the original eBay issue persisted.
Hey folks,
I searched and nothing came up, so wondering if anyone is having any issues buying labels within eBay for Canada Post? It started last evening and hasn't cleared up. Or has anyone had this issue before and know how to clear it up?
This is what I'm getting when I try to buy a label:
"Please be aware that CANADAPOST is experiencing issues at the moment. We apologise for any inconvenience and if affected, ask that you try again later. Veuillez prendre note que CANADAPOST rencontre actuellement des problèmes avec ses systèmes. Nous vous prions de nous excuser de ce désagrément et nous vous invitions à réessayer plus tard."
Thanks!
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tilallr1
·3 years agoAnyone have any sort of update of this? Looks like the service is still down.
mrdutch1001
·3 years agoAs of current time, problem still exists and unable to process Canada Post shipping labels through eBay. My course of action was to do labels through Canada Post Snap Ship which gives same discount as eBay...and all went well with Snap Ship> no problems, no issues...The only only drawback is that one cannot use the eBay pending funds to purchase shipping labels...Credit Card only.
nhl_automotive
·3 years agoI've been having the same problem with Fedex all day. Took at least 3 attempts before I was able to generate a label for all of my sales.
asmok
·3 years agoI'm still having the same issue since Saturday. Trying to ship within Canada and don't have an option to select CP in Shippo.
msau4301
·3 years agoI printed several labels today through Shippo without a problem. I'm not sure how you go to Shippo, but I go directly from the Purchase Shipping label (under orders) here on eBay, when you get to the page where you can buy your label through eBay site you should see on the top right corner (in a very small font, hard to see!) "Go to Shippo", if you go to Shippo from that link all of your eBay sale information, customs if needed, size and weight of package, etc. should carry over (though you can still make adjustments there if needed) and it should give you several choices from lowest price to highest of Canada Post services (default goes to lowest but easy to change to the service you want).
You need to have set up an account with Shippo but also there is a "Sync Orders", make sure that has been done and everything should carry over for you from eBay to there (at one point all eBay labels went through Shippo which is why I set my account up several years back).
I noticed the warning about Canada Post on the eBay labels page showing but when I clicked Go to Shippo, everything was fine and printed up normally.
Hope it works for you (and everyone having problems) soon!
nhl_automotive
·3 years agoIsn't Shippo more expensive? I mean it says 80% discount when buying Fedex labels through Ebay and when I go to Shippo it says 43%.
msau4301
·3 years agoI've not used Shippo for FedEx, only Canada Post so I can't address that. But for Canada Post, for me anyways, it is cheaper with Shippo (and I like that they bill you every $100 instead of every transaction). I have my Canada Post business account attached though and I think I'm at Level 3 which I know is a big help. The biggest savings I find is with Tracked Package USA, I think it is part of Shippo's deal with USPS. That's where I find the best savings anyways.
trist_won
·3 years agoasmok
·3 years agoThanks. Looks like I need to Connect Carrier Account and create an account with Canada Post before I can generate labels.
msau4301
·3 years agoIt is worth doing, it is free to join and an extra bonus to having a Canada Post account (in addition to discounts increasing the more you spend) is you will be able to take advantage of "Free Tuesdays" in October, where you get a code for one free shipment each Tuesday, assuming they do it again this year. Last October it was double promo where you got one free within Canada and one free to US!
trist_won
·3 years agotrist_won
·3 years agotrist_won
·3 years agoaramatic
·3 years agoI've just used Shippo instead to create a Canada Post label. Just as cheap as using eBay and the insurance is far cheaper. And the local Canada Post retail outlet is open 11 am - 3pm today, so not everyone connected with CP is off.
mindbender3
·3 years agoStill getting the same error message. Very frustrating indeed. I doubt that this is being worked on at all considering that Canada Post staff have the Easter long weekend off like many of us. I would not expect a fix until Tuesday.
mufferawjoe64
·3 years agoI'm getting the same error messages for Canada Post through ebay. It started Sunday afternoon and Monday at 9.30 am, it's still showing errors. I guess I'll just try later. Maybe the Easter Bunny nibbled into the system. Also Easter Monday is a holiday at Canada Post so we may be waiting even more.
lotzofuniquegoodies
·3 years ago@blacksheepnorth
As of 1:32 PM everything was running fine. It could have been an issue between eBay Labels and CP directly. I processed a shipment mid afternoon with Shippo with no issues.
https://status.canadapost.ca/
-Lotz
mrdutch1001
·3 years agostill not able to print CP labels through eBay...so I guess will be waiting until Monday-Tuesday...
lotzofuniquegoodies
·3 years ago@mrdutch1001
It's currently showing a service disruption (CP) that they are working on. As per ALWAYS eBay ca status page, everything is perfect.
-Lotz
blacksheepnorth
OP3 years agoI was able to print them through the Shippo site. That didn't include the discount, so I hope they fix it soon.
mrdutch1001
·3 years agoYes, I realize Shippo is working for those who use Shippo...I do not use Shippo(have never used Shippo and it is my preference not to do so..).
pjcdn2005
·3 years agoI always see the same discount on Shippo as on eBay. When you signed up on Shippo did you enter your CP small business account number?
blacksheepnorth
OP3 years agoThanks for pointing this out. I went back through my settings and this seems to have fixed it. Much appreciated.
mrdutch1001
·3 years agoyes, earlier today, there was indeed a problem with labels...after 3 attemps gave up and will now likely just wait it out, as as this is something that often occurs on holidays and weekends!
flipistics
·3 years agoI'm not sure about right now, but there's a scheduled outage starting Saturday night at 9pm until Sunday morning at 9am. Maybe someone got the dates mixed up.