Updated 1/10/2019:

As a result of limited shipping carrier services (USPS, FedEx, UPS) on December 24 and 31, 2018, eBay will automatically protect your Seller Performance, and your late shipment rate will not be impacted. Any defects incurred will be removed and correctly reflected in your monthly seller evaluation.

Original announcement 12/21/2018:

USPS is reminding customers that it will modify its hours of operations during the holiday season.

Post offices will be closed December 25 and January 1.

On December 24, your local post office may have limited hours. Several locations will be open additional hours “as needed” to accommodate higher traffic areas. Please check your local post office for hours of operation.

For more information, please see http://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2018/pr18_099.htm

Regarding late shipping metrics,

eBay does consider December 24 a shipping day.

eBay does not consider December 25 and January 1 a shipping day. Sellers will not receive late shipments for these dates.

What does this mean for sellers? If your local post office closes earlier than normal on December 24, this may impact your handling time and late shipping metrics. For example, if you have a same day handling time, and your daily cut off is 3pm, but your post office has already closed, you may receive a late shipping metric.

You may want to consider changing or extending your handling time so that you do not ship on December 24.

Happy Holidays and thank you for selling on eBay.





