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hey guys today we're going to learn how to buy postage online for usps priority mail and if you need any more help with shipping and mailing be sure to hit that subscribe button because we have more content on the way the first thing you'll have to do is go to usps's website scroll down a little bit and you'll see an icon with a printer that says click and ship once you click on that it'll take you to a login page if you don't have a free account you'll have to make one when you log in it'll take you to a page with 5 steps that you will need to fill in step 1 is the return address it will already be filled out with your address and information if you don't want that to be the return address click edit and change it under more actions you can also opt in to have them send tracking information to you step two is the delivery address this is the place you're sending the package to so fill in their address for this batch order section check this off if you're sending identical packages for example you would check this box if you own a business and you're sending 10 small priority boxes with the same item but they're all going to different addresses under more actions you have the option to send the recipient an email once the shipping label is created much like how you get a notification when your item is shipped and if whoever you're sending this package to can't have packages delivered to their address you can select hold for pickup at the post office that way they can pick it up at the post office themselves whenever it arrives step 3 is the shipping date so that's when you're going to drop it off at the post office step 4 is your package's details you'll have to pick whether you want to ship flat rate or by its weight shipping flat rate means sending an item under 70 pounds to whatever distance for one flat rate price most people use it for small and heavy items shipping by weight still means you'll use priority mail but it'll be based on the package's weight and where it's traveling most people use this for large and lightweight items with choosing between the two you'll just have to compare the prices for our package we're going to ship by weight and to get the most accurate weight you'll need a postal scale once you put in your weight a checkbox will appear and it'll ask you if your package is larger than 12 inches if so check the box and input your package's dimensions you'll need to take a ruler and measure the length width and height of your box or package after that calculate the estimated value of everything that's in your box and put that amount in package value this is for insurance purposes step 5 is service type you can choose from usps's priority mail or prior to email express when you select one of them a list will appear with different options within that category as well as how long it'll take to be delivered and how much the postage would be since we used our own box and not an actual priority box we'll pick priority mail choose your own box so insurance is free but it'll only cover up to 50 dollars of your package's value if you want additional insurance you'll have to purchase that like with anything you send using priority tracking is also free at the bottom of the page you'll see that you can add this current label to your cart or add it to the cart and create a new label for another package since we're only shipping one package we'll just add this to the cart you'll be brought to a page that summarizes all the data you just put in it'll also show you the final cost of what you'll have to pay for that label when you're ready to pay click billing information here you'll have the options to pay using a credit card or paypal once you're done entering your payment information click pay and print here is where you can choose how to print your label you can either print the label out with a receipt without a receipt and if you don't have a printer you can choose to print the label at the post office so pick which one you'd like and based on that choose to print labels or save as pdf if you printed your label cut it out and use clear packaging tape to stick it to the box but make sure you don't put the tape over the barcodes sometimes it can create a glare for their scanners i hope this how-to helped now you know how to buy postage online if you have any questions leave it in the comments below and need more help with shipping and mailing be sure to check out some of our other how to's if you enjoyed this video give us a like and subscribe stay tuned for more shipping how to's you