Shipping History
USPS describes it as more than a receipt list: “You can track, re-print, request a refund, and more” from the same screen every past label lands on.
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How USPS Click-N-Ship actually works
USPS frames the whole tool as three stages — Prepare, Print, Ship — and every feature it advertises falls under one of those three. This walks each stage using USPS's own wording, read on usps.com on 2026-08-28, without assuming you already know what a Label Broker ID is or why the price online is lower than the Post Office counter.
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Three stages, six clicks
Nothing about the tool is hidden; the account and the printer are the only two things it asks you to already have.
The six steps, in order
These come straight from how USPS itself describes the flow — the Prepare/Print/Ship structure, the features list attached to each stage — on usps.com, read 2026-08-28.
- Create a free USPS.com account. USPS states the account is required “to start shipping,” and it is also where preferences live: package and printing options, a default return address and any reference numbers you reuse on every order.
- Enter the addresses. Your return address and the recipient's, saved from the account where possible so a repeat shipper is not retyping the same fields.
- Set the weight, size and service. Click-N-Ship creates and prints labels for three services — USPS Ground Advantage, Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express — and the weight you enter is what the rate is built from.
- Pay, at commercial pricing automatically. USPS states all users automatically get commercial pricing when they order with Click-N-Ship — no coupon, no business account, no extra step beyond checking out.
- Print the label. The purchase produces a PDF, printed at home on a letter sheet or label paper. USPS's Advanced Label Manager also lets you organize and edit labels in bulk before buying, useful for anyone shipping several boxes at once.
- Ship it. USPS states the last step plainly: “Drop them off at your local Post Office or schedule a free package pickup and USPS will come right to your door.”
What the account remembers for next time
Ship Again
A recurring shipment does not need a new label built from scratch. USPS's own line: “No need to create a new label for recurring shipments, just visit your Shipping History and select 'Ship Again'.”
Business Rate Card
Volume shippers can go further than the automatic commercial tier. USPS describes it as a way to sign up for non-published pricing on Priority Mail, USPS Ground Advantage and their return services.
None of these three change what the tool sells — they change how much retyping a repeat shipper has to do, which is most of what an account buys you here.
No printer, no problem — up to a point
USPS names two routes for a shipper without a home printer, both stated directly on usps.com and read 2026-08-28.
| Route | What USPS says |
|---|---|
| USPS Label Broker Service | “Buy your postage, get a Label Broker ID, and bring it to a Post Office location.” |
| USPS Label Delivery Service | “For a $1.65 fee per label, get a physical shipping label delivered directly to you.” |
Both keep the same commercial rate you would have paid printing at home — the fee, where there is one, covers the delivery of the physical label, not a different postage tier. A closer look at reprinting an existing Click-N-Ship purchase, including the same Label Broker path used for a second copy, is in our USPS reprint guide.
What the tool will not do
Click-N-Ship sells three USPS services and nothing else — no UPS row, no FedEx row, ever, because it is USPS's own checkout. That is by design, not a limitation to fix inside the tool; a shipper who wants those carriers on the same screen as USPS needs a multi-carrier checkout instead. Our Click-N-Ship alternative page runs a live three-carrier comparison on the same box and shows where each carrier wins.
Source
- USPS, Online Shipping with Click-N-Ship — the Prepare/Print/Ship steps, the account requirement, automatic commercial pricing, Advanced Label Manager, Shipping History, Ship Again, Business Rate Card, Label Broker Service and Label Delivery Service. Read 2026-08-28.
USPS revises this page without notice. The steps above are what it described on the date shown; the tool itself is the authority on any change since.
Common questions
How does Click-N-Ship work, in short?
Create a free USPS.com account, enter the addresses and the package's weight and size, pick USPS Ground Advantage, Priority Mail or Priority Mail Express, pay online, print the label at home, and drop the parcel at a Post Office or schedule a free pickup. USPS lays out that same Prepare, Print, Ship order on usps.com, read 2026-08-28.
Do I need a USPS.com account to use it?
Yes. USPS states the first step is to “create a free USPS.com account to start shipping,” and the account is also what stores your shipping preferences, package and printing options, default return address and reference numbers for next time.
Does Click-N-Ship give me a discount automatically?
Yes, without any signup step beyond the free account. USPS states all users automatically get commercial pricing when they order with Click-N-Ship, and a separate Business Rate Card exists for volume shippers who want non-published pricing on top of that.
What if I don't have a printer?
USPS names two named alternatives. Label Broker Service lets you buy the postage, get a Label Broker ID, and bring it to a Post Office to print. Label Delivery Service mails a physical label to you for a $1.65 fee per label, both per usps.com, read 2026-08-28.
Can Click-N-Ship print UPS or FedEx labels?
No. The tool creates and prints labels for USPS Ground Advantage, Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express only, per usps.com. A UPS or FedEx rate for the same box requires a different checkout.