How to ship a domestic package via USPS

Where to mail your box depends on its size and where you live. You can request free package pickups, drop small packages in a blue collection box, visit the Post Office®, or leave your box with an Approved Postal Provider®.

Packages can be sent using Priority Mail Express®, Priority Mail®, First-Class Package Service-Retail™, USPS Retail Ground®, and Media Mail®.


If your package weighs less than 13 oz, you may use postage stamps and do one of the following:

Put it in your mailbox for carrier pickup.
Drop it in a blue collection box or lobby location.
Request a free pickup.

If your package weighs more than 13 oz and you’re using postage stamps, you must take it to a Post Office retail counter to send it.
NOTE: If you put it in your mailbox for pickup service, the carrier will leave it. If you drop it in a blue collection box or lobby location, it will be returned to you.

With USPS.com, your Post Office™ is where you are. To start Click & Ship, sign into or sign up for a free USPS.com account. Then you can enter your package details, pay for postage, print your shipping label, and schedule a free package pickup. It's that easy to Pay, Print & Ship®!


You will need to create a USPS.com Account to print shipping labels.


Your account can also

request a Package Pickup,

buy stamps and shop,

manage PO boxes,

print custom forms online,

file domestic claims,

and set a preferred language.


After login to you account, follow the guidance and fill out the form. Then add the shipping label to shopping cart and check out. Your shipping label is ready for print and download.

Once your item is packed and ready for mailing and your shipping label with postage is printed, you can ship your prepaid package from home USPS package pickups.

You can leave your package in your mailbox if it fits or leave a note in your mailbox telling mailman where the package.

you can schedule a free Package Pickup right from your front door, so you really never have to leave home. Package Pickup during regular mail delivery is free regardless of the number of items scheduled for pickup. USPS usually picks up your package on the next delivery day or another designated day.


If you need your package picked up on a specific day at a specific time, you can request it for a fee.

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