Domestic Extra Services Price Hikes Effective January 19

Posted on November 20, 2024 by mailomg in Memo 757 // 0 Comments

WASHINGTON, DC — The Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) for Domestic Extra Services price changes to take effect January 19, 2025. The proposed adjustments were approved by the Governors of the USPS this week.

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From the USPS Board of Governors Decision:

Premium Forwarding Service (PFS) prices will increase 6.1 percent on average in 2025. The retail counter enrollment fee will increase to $26 .85. The online enrollment option, introduced in 2014, will increase to $24 .70 . The weekly reshipment fee will increase to $27.80. The reshipment fee for PFS Local, which was introduced in 2019 for P.O. Box customers, will increase to $27 .80.

Prices for Adult Signature service will decrease to $8.40 for the basic service and $8 .65 for the person-specific service.

Address Enhancement Service prices will increase 8.9 percent on average in 2025.

Post Office Box prices will be increasing 5. 7 percent on average, within the existing price ranges.

Package Intercept Service will increase to $18.35.

The Pickup On Demand fee will remain unchanged for 2025, at $26.50. Premium Data Retention and Retrieval Service (USPS Tracking Plus), which was introduced in 2020, will have its prices increase 86.3 percent on average in 2025.

The fee for Label Delivery Service, introduced in 2023 under the Competitive Ancillary Services product, will remain at $1 . 55 for 2025.

Finally, in 2025, the fee for deterring overweight/oversized items found in the system will be increased from $100.00 to $200.00. The upper bounds for the price ranges for Greeting Cards and Stationery and Officially Licensed Retail Products will be increased to accommodate current and future offerings.

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