Sometimes time really is money.
Paypal shipping labels gave us 5% to 15% off PO counter rates, were smoothly integrated with eBay, and could be printed at home.
The package could then be dropped into the nearest postbox.
The discounts were nice, and the ease (usually) of use made PP labels an excellent choice, even for the occasional seller.
SnapShip is a Canada Post service. At the moment they have some promotional discounts but they are integrated with Canada Post's Small Business Solutions service (formerly VentureOne).
The discounts are in the 5% off PO counter lists, and most of the information has to be manually inserted. There does seem to be some effort to save the user's information but the recipient's information must be inserted manually every time.
We'll see what the discounts are when the current promotion is over.
It is well worth getting a (free) Small Business Solutions card at your PO. As well as the discounts, some services are only available to SBS customers.
Shippo! is taking over PP's shipping service with eBay.
There are discounts from PO counter prices. yp_dc dennis has been keeping an eye on those for us. Worth looking up all the numbers he has shown us so far. A lot of work and greatly appreciated.
Integration with eBay seems intemittent. Shippo! does seem to be acting on complaints.
Manually filling in fields takes time. Time is money.
You will be asked for your Small Business Solutions number. Part of the integration with Canada Post. Not a problem.
TL/DR
Still in the air.
But even 5% is 5%.
Oh what the heck.
You can use postage stamps to pay for any Canada Post service. And you can buy mint never used postage stamps here on eBay *cough* for greater discounts than any of the above services.
But you will be doing more manual addressing, and your packages will be colourful
