Effective April 26, 2015, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) in multiple places throughout to remove references to the Click-N-Ship for Business™ application. This application is being replaced by a USPS® meter label solution that will inherit most of the current capabilities and features of the Click-N-Ship for Business application, but will no longer support creating labels unless an approved meter, permit, and/or eVS account payment method has been identified.
Additionally, items paid with the USPS meter label solution will be eligible for Commercial Base™ and Commercial Plus® pricing, and we are incorporating this information in the IMM revisions.
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Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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1 International Mail Services
110 General Information
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116 Trademarks of the USPS
116.1 USPS Trademarks in the IMM
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Exhibit 116.1 USPS Trademarks in the IMM
[Delete the entry for “Click-N-Ship for Business.”]
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2 Conditions for Mailing
210 Global Express Guaranteed
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213 Prices and Postage Payment Methods
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213.7 Online Methods
213.71 Online Prices — Commercial Base or Commercial Plus Prices
For selected destination countries, Global Express Guaranteed items qualify for discounted prices (equal to the Commercial Base price or Commercial Plus price) when mailers use one of the following online shipping methods:
[Revise item a to read as follows:]
a. Commercial Base Price: Click-N-Ship service using online postage; registered end-users of USPS-approved PC Postage products using online postage; or a USPS meter label solution using metered postage.
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220 Priority Mail Express International
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223 Prices and Postage Payment Methods
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223.2 Postage Payment Methods
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223.24 Online Methods
223.241 Online Prices — Commercial Base or Commercial Plus Prices
For selected destination countries, Priority Mail Express International items qualify for discounted prices (equal to the Commercial Base price or Commercial Plus price) when mailers use one of the following online shipping methods:
[Revise item a to read as follows:]
a. Commercial Base Price: Click-N-Ship service using online postage; registered end-users of USPS-approved PC Postage products using online postage; or a USPS meter label solution using metered postage.
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230 Priority Mail International
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232 Eligibility
232.1 Priority Mail International Flat Rate Envelopes and Small Flat Rate Priced Boxes
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232.12 Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International
232.122 Availability
[Revise the first sentence to read as follows:]
Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International service is available only electronically by using USPS-approved PC Postage vendors, Click-N-Ship, a USPS meter label solution, Webtools, and Global Shipping Software (GSS) or other USPS-approved software.***
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232.126 Price Eligibility
[Revise the text of 232.126 to read as follows:]
Only items paid with USPS-approved PC Postage (including Click-N-Ship), permit imprint, or a USPS meter label solution are eligible for the applicable Commercial Base or Commercial Plus price for the postage portion of the mailpiece. Customers using a USPS meter label solution to print shipping labels must apply postage from a meter to be eligible for Commercial Base or Commercial Plus prices. Electronically generated customs forms that are not generated with PC Postage, a permit imprint, or a USPS meter label solution (for example, forms electronically generated by Webtools) are charged the retail price.
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233 Prices and Postage Payment Methods
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233.2 Postage Payment Methods
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233.23 Online Methods
233.231 Online Prices — Commercial Base or Commercial Plus Prices
For selected destination countries, Priority Mail International items qualify for discounted prices (equal to the Commercial Base price or Commercial Plus price) when mailers use one of the following online shipping methods:
[Revise item a to read as follows:]
a. Commercial Base Price: Click-N-Ship service using online postage; registered end-users of USPS-approved PC Postage products using online postage; or a USPS meter label solution using metered postage.
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250 First-Class Package International Service
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252 Eligibility
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252.2 Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International
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252.22 Availability
[Revise the first sentence to read as follows:]
Electronic USPS Delivery Confirmation International service is available only electronically by using USPS-approved PC Postage vendors, Click-N-Ship, a USPS meter label solution, Webtools, and Global Shipping Software (GSS) or other USPS-approved software.***
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252.26 Price Eligibility
[Revise the text of 252.26 to read as follows:]
Only items paid with USPS-approved PC Postage (including Click-N-Ship), permit imprint, or a USPS meter label solution are eligible for the applicable Commercial Base or Commercial Plus price for the postage portion of the mailpiece. Customers using a USPS meter label solution to print shipping labels must apply postage from a meter to be eligible for Commercial Base or Commercial Plus prices. Electronically generated customs forms that are not generated with PC Postage, a permit imprint, or a USPS meter label solution (for example, forms electronically generated by Webtools) are charged the retail price.
253 Prices and Postage Payment Methods
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253.2 Postage Payment Methods
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253.23 Online Methods
253.231 Online Prices — Commercial Base or Commercial Plus Prices
For selected destination countries, First-Class Package International Service items qualify for discounted prices (equal to the Commercial Base price or Commercial Plus price) when mailers use one of the following online shipping methods:
[Revise item a to read as follows:]
a. Commercial Base Price: Click-N-Ship service using online postage; registered end-users of USPS-approved PC Postage products using online postage; or a USPS meter label solution using metered postage.
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Although effective April 26, 2015, we will incorporate these revisions into a later edition of the online IMM. The online IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Pricing, 4-16-15
