The eBay standard envelope (eSE) is a domestic envelope service with tracking through eBay. This service applies to specific sub-categories of Trading Cards, and also coins & paper money, postcards, stamps, patches, and similar eligible categories, and is only available on the US marketplace. See eBay standard envelope for details, restrictions, and an envelope size template.
Note: This service is limited to items that cost less than $20.00 USD. Shipping and handling charges, and taxes, do not count towards this limit.
To use this service, sellers must:
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Sell in a supported category (for example, not all Trading Card categories are supported)
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Make sure the shippingServiceCode value of
US_eBayStandardEnvelopeis available for the given marketplace (see How to set up shipping carrier and shipping service values) -
Use an eBay-generated shipping label
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Use an envelope that meets the dimension and content requirements (see eBay standard envelope for details and restrictions)
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Send envelopes using the USPS mail
This example uses the eBay standard envelope (eSE) service:
"shippingOptions": [ { "costType": "FLAT_RATE", "optionType": "DOMESTIC", "shippingServices": [ { "freeShipping": "true", "shippingCarrierCode": "USPS", "shippingServiceCode": "US_eBayStandardEnvelope" } ] } ] To set up a fulfillment policy for this service using the eBay RESTful APIs, see Configuring shipping options and the createFulfillmentPolicy method.
