eBay, USPS Partner for Auction Mailings

eBay and the United States Postal Service are set to announce a special flat rate box for items sold through eBay regardless of weight or destination at the company's eBay Live conference this Thursday. The boxes, which will be sold for $7.70, will be treated as regular Priority Mail packages although they will carry the logos of both eBay and the USPS.

Several different shapes and sizes of the boxes will be offered to eBay auction shippers. Flat-rate boxes were already being used by the Postal Service, but Monday's announcement marks the first time the USPS has teamed up with a third-party to provide a special service for that company's customers.