Click-N-Ship (a USPS product) and other authorized PC Postage providers such as eBay (Pitney Bowes), Endicia.com, Stamps.com, and Pitney Bowes provide customers with different online postage payment options for added convenience. Postal Service employees should be aware of the unique characteristics of online postage payment methods.
During the holidays, many customers will use — some for the first time — the Postal Service’s Click-N-Ship service to ship their packages. It is important that employees know the following:
3. What to do if you suspect a Click-N-Ship label is counterfeit.
The Click-N-Ship Web page at http://blue.usps.gov/cnsblue contains Service Talks on how to properly identify Click-N-Ship labels; click on Service Talks in the left navigation bar of the Web page. Please ensure the talks are given to retail employees and posted on employee bulletin boards.
Also see the article titled “Online International Shipping Enhancements and Forms Field Information Kit” in Postal Bulletin 22207 (5-24-07, pages 6–11). The kit includes detailed information and samples of online international shipping labels with customs forms. Please print out this information for future reference.
Some businesses do not wish their customers (addressees) to see the amount of postage paid on a particular item. The Postal Service allows customers who produce postage labels through Click-N-Ship or another authorized PC Postage provider to print labels without reflecting the amount of postage in numeric format, similar to nondenominated postage stamps. On these labels, the postage amount paid is imbedded in the information-based indicia (IBI) barcode.
