Guides for Card Sellers Who Ship Envelopes

The Delivering for America restructuring, network consolidation, and what it means for letter mail in 2026.

First-Class Forever® Stamps increase from $0.78 to $0.82. What it means for PWE sellers and how to make every envelope count.

Packages under 1 lb to rural ZIPs now billed at the 15.99 oz rate. What changed, who's affected, and what to do about it.

What an IMb encodes, how Informed Visibility works, why scan coverage varies, and what scan events mean for your shipments.

How to respond, what scan data proves, and when to issue a refund vs. push back with evidence.

Cover PWE orders against non-delivery. Small per-order fee on first scan, up to $25 payout for orders that don't deliver.

Selling outside TCGplayer? Upload a CSV with your buyer list and get full USPS mailstream tracking on every envelope.

Why TCGplayer PWE orders have no tracking numbers, and how IMb barcodes give sellers real mailstream visibility.

If you can export orders to a CSV — from eBay, Whatnot, Mercari, or anywhere — you can track every envelope.

Both tools serve card sellers, but they solve different problems. An honest breakdown of what each does well.

Why PWE mail has no native tracking, how IMb barcodes fill the gap, and what sellers can see in the USPS mailstream.

What Scan Rate and Delivery Rate measure, how they're calculated, and how to read them together.

Every address result explained — barcode generated, not found, missing unit, validation unavailable — and what to do for each.

Short walkthroughs of the full workflow — processing your first job, reading address results, and understanding your dashboard.