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eBay's announcement about sellers' shipping performance this coming Friday.

USPS Operations on July 3, 2026 and Your Shipping Performance

As you prepare for the Independence Day holiday, we'd like to share an important update about shipping performance.

Although Friday, July 3, 2026 is the observed Independence Day holiday, USPS will continue delivering packages on July 3.

To help support sellers during the holiday period, eBay will not count July 3 as a shipping day for seller performance. If you have orders with a July 3, 2026 ship-by date, any late shipment defects associated with those orders will be removed automatically.

These defect removals will be completed before the July 20 Seller Standards evaluation, so they will not impact your July seller performance.

If you have orders with a July 3 ship-by date, no action is required on your part. We'll automatically remove any applicable late shipment defects before the July 20 Seller Standards evaluation.

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Additional shipping news:

• Post offices are closed on Saturday, July 4th for Independence Day.
• For Basic and above Store subscribers, today (June 30) is the last day to use your 2nd quarter shipping supply coupon. 3rd quarter coupons drop tomorrow. Access your coupon at Seller Hub > Stores > Subscriber Discounts
• New EU customs duty in effect for low value imports. Read eBay's announcement here.
• USPS July 12 rate changes are fast approaching! No marketplace gives full visibility until the rates go into effect making it difficult to plan. What you can see at this stage is USPS published rates here. Keep in mind the commercial rates will apply to "rural" zips, regardless of any additional discount through eBay and other platforms for higher volume zips. There is a major impact to Ground Advantage packages under a pound - see screenshot above.

https://community.ebay.com/forum/news-updates-57927/topic/usps-rate-update-464092/

USPS pricing has been updated, and you will see lower Ground Advantage rates for most 3–5 lb shipments. These rates are available now when purchasing USPS labels on eBay. 

Smart Ship Tip: Visit the eBay shipping calculator for the latest pricing on all shipping services. Rates are automatically updated when changes take effect.

eBay hosted the monthly webinar today and mentioned a new feature for Seller Initiated Offers (SIO).

If the buyer sees the offer after it expires, there is now an option for them to request the seller re-send the offer.

Today's webinar was about Marketing Tactics and eBay usually posts the replays on their You Tube channel within a couple of days.

If you want to sign up for future webinars and seller events so you can catch these updates live and have the chance to ask questions, do that here.

News: Buyers are now given a 15 min post-purchase grace period to make changes with the intention of eliminating work and pain points for sellers and buyers alike.

When: This roll out started in May, and I believe the roll out site-wide is still in process.

How it works: Buyers now have 15 min post sale to make adjustments to their address or payment method, or to cancel the order outright.*

During that 15 min window, the order will appear on the buyer's purchase history page, but it will not appear on the seller's orders page.

The listing remains active during that 15 min, but it is locked so other buyers cannot purchase. (Educated assumption is other buyers will see an error message if they try to purchase the item during those 15 min.)

- If the buyer ends up cancelling the sale outright, the listing (which is still active) is unlocked as if nothing happened and other buyers can now purchase the item.
- If the transaction is not cancelled in that 15 min window, the listing will end, the seller is notified of the sale, and the transaction will appear on their orders page.
- If the seller uses the out of stock setting or has multiple quantities, then the listing stays active and just the quantity is adjusted after the 15 min window.

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To hear eBay's official announcement from the May 28th Spring Seller Check In:

Go to eBay's page on you tube, search for the video titled "Seller Check-In | Spring 2026" and scroll forward to 16 min 20 sec mark. The video number is TFcXVN5pTKc and the presentation on this change lasts about 60 seconds.

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*ETA: This applies to fixed price purchases, not auctions.