USPS News & Updates
Last updated October 26, 2026
USPS and Amazon pilot same-day delivery for Amazon packages dropped at postal facilities at midday, starting in two small cities
USPS stretches Ground Advantage delivery to Alaska, Hawaii, and US territories to 10-plus days by moving light parcels off planes
Amazon aims to reach 95% of US ZIP codes with its own delivery network by 2029 after planning for a future without USPS
USPS lost $3.1B to counterfeit shipping labels in two years, and its crackdown wrongly flagged about 2 million paid packages
USPS proposes holiday package surcharges that would stack on top of the 8% transportation increase it imposed in April
eBay tells sellers USPS rates on some Ground Advantage and Priority Mail shipments drop August 22 without giving any figures 124
USPS took in $588M more revenue in the last quarter while handling 55M fewer packages
eBay tells sellers about a $1 to $2 USPS Ground Advantage increase for 3-5 lb packages two days after the rates went up
USPS collects $588M more from packages while shipping 55 million fewer of them, and Steiner says more price increases are coming
USPS misses $22.6M in postage and blocks $6.1M in seller refunds after a coding error broke its package verification system
USPS delays its hazmat handling and $50 noncompliance fees on commercial return-label shipments until February 1, 2027
eBay gives sellers one day of notice that USPS Ground Advantage rates for 3-5 lb packages rise $0.10 across zones 1 through 8
USPS quietly launches Local XChange to let Facebook Marketplace buyers and sellers swap items through smart lockers
eBay confirms USPS Ground Advantage rate drops for 3-5 lb packages are real after sellers across eBay, Etsy, and PirateShip questioned the discounts
DHL eCommerce signs $10B deal with USPS to handle its last-mile delivery
DHL eCommerce signs exclusive multi-year USPS contract worth over $10B for U.S. last-mile parcel delivery, extending 25-year partnership
USPS to round up package dimensions to whole inches and change dimensional weight divisor on July 12 to align pricing with FedEx and UPS
Amazon’s plan to reduce USPS volume by 20% could raise shipping costs and slow delivery times for rural customers and small businesses
An Etsy glitch is charging sellers for years-old USPS shipping adjustments, with some accounts hit for thousands of dollars
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