eBay Listing Tool Missing USPS First Class Shipping Option?

Liz Morton
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eBay is pushing more users into the latest iteration of the Unified Listing Experience, but some sellers report they no longer have USPS First Class Shipping as an option in the new listing tool.

I'd seen multiple reports on this, but had been unable to replicate the issue myself - when I try the new listing tool it does show first class shipping under the Standard Shipping section and/or if I search for it where it says "find a shipping service."

However, other sellers reported that wasn't the case when they attempted to create a listing.

It looks like it may be an intermittent issue for some sellers or possibly a delay in showing all options.


If you're running into issues with not seeing certain shipping options in the new listing form, make sure you have weight and dimensions filled out completely and that the values are within the allowed range for the shipping options you're looking for.

The shipping part of the new listing tool appears to be dynamic - meaning rather than showing a static list of all possible shipping options, it is instead looking at item data to determine which shipping options the item would be eligible for and only showing those options.

USPS First Class Mail has strict weight and size limits, so in order for eBay's listing tool to determine if the item qualifies, it needs to know the weight and dimensions. If you leave those fields blank, it appears it cannot determine if the item qualifies, so it excludes that option.

It also appears eBay my be proactively blocking Media Mail from being display as an option in categories where they believe Media Mail does not apply.


Are you having problems with eBay's new listing experience? Let us know in the comments below!

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Liz Morton is a 17 year ecommerce pro turned indie investigative journalist providing ad-free deep dives on eBay, Amazon, Etsy & more, championing sellers & advocating for corporate accountability.


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Avatar Placeholdercwi15 hours ago
  1. Start building out the brand and promoting the heck out of Canadian sellers to our domestic market. Work with Federal/Provincial level governments in the push to build a strong presence here in Canada.

  2. Add other calculated shipping options than Canada Post UPS/FedEx for domestic shipping - partner with couriers nationwide, leverage agreements and software integrations with courier reseller platforms such as Stallion Express. Build out a crowd sourced network using national/regional retail locations as drop points for rural regions, leveraging transport networks to move packages to courier pickup points, akin to the UK courier model but adapted to the Canadian realities.

  3. Create a centralized international shipping clearing house to aide micro businesses with affordable shipping rates and customs clearance to avoid pitfalls and complexities (akin to US eIS).

  4. Bring features forward to the platform from other localizations, such as prepaid best offer acceptance, etc.

Avatar PlaceholderMotif123421 hours ago
Great article. I believe I have been caught up in this situation. I bought a small item on ebay from a private seller and paid £2.70 postage. They used the ebay labels system. It was tracked through royal mail. I was then asked by royal mail to pay an extra £3.50. I did this, as I wanted the goods and thought maybe the seller had forgotten the postage- human error, which i could get back. It wasn't the sellers fault or mine, but something between ebay and royal mail. Never had that problem in 4 years on ebay with 100 per cent positive feedback for myself. This happened between the 27th April and 7th May 2025. I asked for a refund for postage from ebay, offering all the details and they have refused. To add to the insult, I paid buyer protection, which is useless.
Avatar PlaceholderNone Such2 days ago
Hopefully this provision will survive through the Senate. I had previously written my Senator to support, unfortunately he responded that he does not support because repeal would add to deficit.