Should you print postage at home?

Should you print postage at home for your eBay packages?

Let me be very clear: YES...for God's sake, YES!

The options for printing postage at home deserve more attention that I want to put in a single blog post. With this post, I just want to address the question of printing postage at home.

Why is it better to print postage at home?

1) Using USPS, for any package that is 13 oz or less, you don't even have to go to the post office, you can just drop stuff off in a mail box.

2) Even for things that ARE over 13 oz, a lot of post offices are starting to have bins where you can just drop parcels off (those that have web postage on them, that is)

3) Even if you do have to stand in line at the post office, if your packages already have postage, you just verify they don't have anything hazardous in them, then slide them across the counter.

4) By printing postage at home, you can link postage costs to each parcel - this make accounting much easier - and you can see where you are gaining money/losing money due to postage.

5) Your parcels look a lot more professional with pre-printed postage.

6) You can put your own logo on postage printed at home

7) You don't have to hand address parcels - addresses are spit out along with postage when you print postage from home. If you have a label printer, it's even easier - just slap the label on.

8) If you use delivery confirmation, the confirmation number can be automatically synced with your orders. In other words, you customers can look at their order record and see where their package is en route.

9) If you ever need to pay for a customer returning something to you, you can print a prepaid return postage label and send it to them.

10) If you are unsure what the most economical way to mail something is, you can test the different options right at your computer - saves money!

If you're wondering about whether you should be printed postage at home, stop wondering. You should.