The Postal Service™ Delivery Instructions offering makes it easier for consumers and businesses to fit package deliveries into the day.
That’s because instead of receiving the package in person, customers with www.usps.com accounts can ask their USPS® carriers to leave the package at a different domestic address on the same carrier route for free, or at an address outside the carrier route for the cost of postage.
They can also request that the package be held for pickup at a Post Office™ as well as upgrade their shipments to Priority Mail Express® or Priority Mail®.
Recipients can also ask the Postal Service to leave their packages at a specific location, such as a front or back door, or garage or porch.
To use the tool:
n Enter the relevant USPS Tracking number(s) under the “Quick Tools” section of the site.
n Click on the “Delivery Instructions” tab on the right side of the page and follow the instructions.
— Shipping Products and Services, New Products and Innovation, 3-3-16
