EASY GUIDE ON HOW TO CREATE SHIPPING LABEL PAYPAL

 

Do you love online shopping or do you run a business online? Well, then you probably come across PayPal most especially today where people are forced to stay at home because of the pandemic. Online or digital transactions are easy and preferred by everyone. When it comes to online shopping, PayPal makes it so much easier to buy a pair of shoes, vintage albums, clothes, and accessories because you can pay them digitally.

PayPal is one of the most popular online payment platforms that will come to your mind when you refer to digital transactions. For online shipping, PayPal allows you to create shipping labels via your printer. By creating and paying for the labels online, you can save your valuable time instead of spending it standing in line at the post office or UPS service center.

How to print a shipping label on PayPal?

Before you can print a shipping label through PayPal, you first must have a PayPal account. In the same manner that if you don't have a USPS account, you also must create one before proceeding in the label-making process.

Step 1: Log in to your PayPal account. You can use your computer, tablet, or phone's web browser to go to https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/summary and log in.

Step 2: Next, click on the "Activity" tab. And find the recent transaction that you wish to create a shipping label PayPal. You can find it in the list of your recent activity. And select the option "Print Shipping Label" on the item's transaction that has been paid.  

After that, you will be redirected to the transaction detail page. Take note that you can only create a shipping label on the paid transaction and cannot proceed with pending payments.

Step 3: Then, fill-out the "Shipping Information" section. In this section, you can choose or change the carriers by clicking the default USPS carrier name.

You will see a drop-down list of carriers available. Also, you can choose the service type or shipping speed, and the package type. Aside from that, you need to enter your package's weight. Also, you can include additional/optional details like tracking and required signatures.

Like the traditional shipping fee, PayPal's final shipping price will vary depending on your package's weight. So be careful when entering the package's weight, it is wrong, you will be charged an extra fee.

Step 4: After filling-out, the necessary information needed in the "Shipping Information" section, click the "Calculate Shipping Cost". You will find it on the right side of the page. Double-check the information. If you need to edit something, you can continue editing the "Shipping Information". To see the updated price, click the "Calculate Shipping Cost" again.

Step 5: After verifying all the information, you can now click the "Confirm and Pay" button.  The amount listed in the shipping cost will be automatically deducted from your PayPal account balance once you click the confirmation button. Next, you will be redirected to the page where you can now print the shipping label.

Step 6: After you see the text saying that the payment has been made, you will now see the button to print your shipping labels. Click that button and then a printing page will pop-up with the details to print.

You can select which printer to use, how many pages you need to print and select what size of paper you will use. You can now print the shipping labels on regular paper or label-paper.  After attaching your shipping label on PayPal on your item, your item is ready for shipping. You can now drop off the package at the Post Office or a UPS store near you.