USPS Ship
USPS Ship is a modernized platform enabling commercial package payment, verification, and end-to-end visibility for a wide array of domestic and international products. Mailers submit package documentation, which is compared to physical package attributes from scan data, to determine an accurate postage amount. Charges are then automatically applied to the customer accounts. Convenient online reports and Informed Visibility® Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV-MTR) data feeds are also available to learn more about package pricing and improve documentation quality. From pricing to payment, adjustments, and reports, USPS Ship handles the details so customers don’t have to. To learn more, visit the Guide to USPS Ship.
Archived Presentations
August 28, 2025: USPS Ship Disputes and Refunds: Joint Review
May 22, 2025: USPS Ship Disputes and Refunds: Unused Labels Refund Request
January - March, 2025: USPS Ship Overview, Migration, and Enrollment
January - March, 2025: Overview of Data Feeds and Reports: Manifested Packages
January - March, 2025: Overview of Data Feeds and Reports: Census and Monthly Assessments (Unmanifested and Duplicate Packages)
January - March, 2025: eVS to USPS Ship Comparison and Transition
January 23, 2025 UG2 Presentation
January 15, 2025 MTAC Presentation
January 8, 2025 USPS Ship Overview of Data Feeds and Reports: Census and Monthly Assessments (Unmanifested and Duplicate Packages)
December 18, 2024 USPS Ship Overview of Data Feeds and Reports: Manifested Packages
December 11, 2024 USPS Ship Overview, Migration and Enrollment
December 4, 2024 eVS to USPS Ship Comparison and Transition
November 20, 2024 USPS Ship Overview of Data Feeds and Reports: Census and Monthly Assessments (Unmanifested and Duplicate Packages)
November 13, 2024 USPS Ship Overview of Data Feeds and Reports: Manifested Packages
November 6, 2024 USPS Ship Overview, Migration and Enrollment
October 23, 2024 MTAC Presentation
October 9, 2024 USPS Ship Deep Dive on Data Feeds and Reports for Manifested Packages
September 25, 2024 USPS Ship Deep Dive on Data Feeds and Reports for Manifested Packages
July 31, 2024 USPS Ship Data Feeds and Reports
July 17, 2024 USPS Ship Data Feeds and Reports
June 18, 2024 Migrating and Onboarding to USPS Ship
May 22, 2024 Migrating and Onboarding to USPS Ship
May 8, 2024 Overview of USPS Ship and Migration Process
April 24, 2024 Overview of USPS Ship and Migration Process
Quick Links
- Frequently Asked Questions
- USPS Ship Tech Sheet
- USPS Ship Package Data Feeds
- USPS Ship Data Dictionary
- Enterprise Payment System IV-MTR Data Dictionary
- eVS and USPS Ship Online Report and IV®-MTR Data Feed Comparison
- About MTAC User Group 2
- Outbound Unused Label Refund Request Fact Sheet
- Setting up IV-MTR® USPS Ship Domestic Outbound data feeds
- Informed Visibility PPC Data Delegation Form
- Provisioning Enterprise Payment (EPS) and USPS Ship Data through Informed Visibility® (IV®)
- IMpb
- Parcel Labeling Guide
- Pub 199
- eVS to USPS Ship Migration Tech Sheet
- eVS/USPS Ship Comparison Fact Sheet
Description
USPS Ship leverages upgrades to existing Mail Processing Equipment (MPE) to provide detailed package attributes and the ability to price each package individually. This eliminates manual sampling of packages and other manual processes which expedites processing.
Integration with Informed Visibility® Mail Tracking & Reporting (IV®-MTR) provides enhanced reporting capability utilizing package attributes captured through process.
USPS Ship utilizes the Postal Service’s payment processing platform Enterprise Payment System. An Enterprise Payment Account (EPA) is required for mailers enrolled in Package Platform.
Related Products
USPS Returns
USPS has developed a new verification and payment method for Merchandise Returns Services (MRS) USPS and Scan Based Payment (SBP) customers, called USPS Returns. The current MRS process pose challenges such as reliance on sampling, lack of package-level pricing details, lack of visibility when a returned package travels through the mail stream, and packages held at postage due units before being returned to traditional verification customers. While SBP has limited capabilities for single-piece attribute-based pricing.
Automated Package Verification (APV) System
The purpose of the APV System is to support recovery of postage discrepancies in an automated fashion, and in a way that protects the customer relationship.