Ebay Basics Seminar Makes Selling Just A Click Away

USPS: It’s quick, easy and convenient

What:
ebay DAY — an introduction to selling via ebay.

When:
Friday, February 8, 2008
Ebay seminar sessions: 10:30 a.m., 12:30 a.m.

Where:
Evanston Post Office / Training Room
1101 Davis St.
Evanston IL 60201

Who:
Postal Service representatives demonstrating selling on ebay

Note:
HOW to REGISTER:
Participants can register for the ebay Day seminars by calling 630-260-5727.

WWW.USPS.COM
One of the most frequently visited federal websites, usps.com, averages one million visitors each day. The five most utilized areas on the site are (in order of popularity):

ZIP Code Lookup
Track N Confirm
Calculate Postage
PO Locator
Postal Store

Additional quick, easy, convenient online services include insurance, carrier pickup, NetPost CardStore, Mailing Online, and the Postal Store.

Story lines:
Business: The Postal Service has a dedicated portal on its website for small business owners — USPS.com/smallbiz. The site offers pricing comparisons for shipping options, supplies, desktop postage, and easy instructions to create postcards and letters to better reach and identify customers.

Consumers: Almost anything you can do at a Post Office you can do online at USPS.com: Find Post Office locations and hours, manage mail delivery while traveling, create printing labels and request a free package pickup.

Contacts:
Tim Ratliff, 630-260-5606, USPS, timothy.d.ratliff@usps.gov

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Please Note: For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at www.usps.com/news.

An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation — 146 million homes and businesses. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.