I need instructions for buying postage/printing a label using Paypal
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Before the board switched to the new software, there used to be instructions in the For Sale section about how to buy postage and then print the labels thru Paypal. I never copied it because I never thought I'd lose it, but today I went looking for it and it was gone. Any help would be wonderful, I can't even think about standing in line for posting a package today!
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Do you have a scale so you can be accurate on the weight?
I just log in to PayPal and then click on "multi-order shipping". (If you don't see it, click on "Merchant Tools" across the top to get to it.) Entering the info is pretty self-explanatory. When you get to the next page, click on "print and pay" to get a drop-down window and click on "print and pay" again. Basically it pays for the postage from your PayPal account, and then you get a window to print out the label. I tape all across the label and along the sides except for the bar code; it's best to leave the bar code untaped so the machine has no trouble reading it. I usually wait until I have the label taped on before getting out of the program, just in case I need to reprint. You can reprint even if you get out, but it's a little more complicated to get back to it.
I just log in to PayPal and then click on "multi-order shipping". (If you don't see it, click on "Merchant Tools" across the top to get to it.) Entering the info is pretty self-explanatory. When you get to the next page, click on "print and pay" to get a drop-down window and click on "print and pay" again. Basically it pays for the postage from your PayPal account, and then you get a window to print out the label. I tape all across the label and along the sides except for the bar code; it's best to leave the bar code untaped so the machine has no trouble reading it. I usually wait until I have the label taped on before getting out of the program, just in case I need to reprint. You can reprint even if you get out, but it's a little more complicated to get back to it.
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I may have added to that thread, but there are others who know a lot more about PayPal shipping who posted. For example, there is a direct link to single shipment postage that saves some clicking, but I just do it the slow way.
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www.paypal.com/shipnow is the direct link. After you log in you will be at the right page to make a shipping label. If you don't have money in your PP account you can use a credit card to pay, that is what I always do as I get points for using my CC.
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The ship now link should work..this morning I couldn't get the multiple click to take Media mail...wound up sending DH to the PO...he said it was a piece of cake. However...next time!! I often need to ship books out and not being able to get media mail is a serious handicap.
Thanks you all for your help
Thanks you all for your help
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