Domestic Competitive Products Pricing Changes – Effective January 17, 2016

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Domestic Competitive Products Pricing Changes – Effective January 17, 2016

18692441_BG1The USPS has put into effect the price changes for January 2016. There are no changes to first class mail or standard mail.  But if you are mailing anything other than a letter or a flat, you will be affected.

Heres a quick breakdown of the changes.  Click here to read the full document on these pricing changes.

The Postal Service will revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), to reflect changes to prices and mailing standards for the following competitive products:

  •  Priority Mail Express¬Æ.
  •  Priority Mail¬Æ.
  •  First-Class Package Service¬Æ.
  •  Parcel Select¬Æ.
  •  Standard Post‚Ñ¢.
  •  Extra Services.
  •  Return Services.
  •  Mailer Services.
  •  Recipient Services.

Overall, Priority Mail prices will increase 9.8 percent. Priority Mail will continue to offer zoned Retail, Commercial Base, and Commercial Plus pricing tiers.  Retail prices will increase an average of 8.6 percent.

Commercial Base prices offer lower prices to customers who use authorized postage payment methods. Commercial Base prices will increase an average of 9.4 percent. Commercial Base pricing offers an average 13.9 percent discount off retail prices.

The Commercial Plus price category offers price incentives to large volume customers. Commercial Plus prices will increase an average of 13.3 percent. The Postal Service is proposing this increase to bring Commercial Plus prices within three percent of Commercial Base prices as part of a pricing strategy with the long-term goal of eliminating the Commercial Plus price category to reflect the industry standard of publishing only one set of commercial price tables.

Overall, First-Class Package Service prices will increase 12.8 percent. The Intelligent Mail® package barcode (IMpb) will continue to provide free USPS tracking and confirmation of delivery with these parcels. The Postal Service will discontinue First-Class Package Service Commercial Plus pricing and restructure First-Class Package Service commercial parcel prices to simplify this product offering.

Parcel Select Destination Entry prices will increase an average of 4.9 percent and Parcel Select Ground (formerly Parcel Select Nonpresort) prices will increase an average of 1.9 percent. The Postal Service will rename Parcel Select Nonpresort as Parcel Select Ground. No changes to the product features or mailing standards are being made as a result of this change.

Overall, Standard Post prices will increase an average of 10.0 percent. The Postal Service will rename Standard Post as Retail Ground. No changes to the product features or mailing standards are being made as a result of this change.

View the Full List of Pricing Changes

In addition to price changes, there are also changes to the DMM.

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