WooCommerce Shipping: USPS Media Mail & USPS Library Mail

Devesh Rajarshi
PluginHive
Published in
2 min readApr 12, 2019

Have an E-Commerce store that deals with CDs and DVDs or one that ships out documents and posters? This article covers USPS Media Mail and USPS Library Mail, the ability to ship via USPS Media Mail and USPS Library Mail with the help of for WooCommerce. We will also cover the feasibility to ship Media and Library Mail with StorePep.com WooCommerce and the Multi-Carrier Shipping plugin

The only drawback with Media Mail is that USPS has the right to inspect every shipment that comes through under the tag ‘ Media Mail ‘. Advertisements and other non-media material cannot be shipped via Media Mail because then USPS must return the shipment to the shipper for invalid or insufficient postage.

USPS Media Mail is a domestic service that serves

  • All territories and borders of the U.S.A
  • Shipments from the U.S can be sent to Military and Diplomatic posts, the United Nations, NY and the Federal States of Micronesia.

With USPS Media Mail, packages are not zone based and the cost for shipping will rely on the weight and size of the package. USPS permits the addition of extra services such as Tracking, Insurance, COD and Signature upon delivery for this mode of shipping.

Media Mail will work only while shipping the following items:

These shipments include:

Shipping USPS Media Mail and Library Mail using WooCommerce

The WooCommerce Multi-Carrier Shipping plugin supports the services of USPS, Stamps.com, DHL, FedEx, and UPS. Here, we’ll cover the rate calculation and how to display shipping rates using the plugin in WooCommerce.

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Originally published at https://www.pluginhive.com on April 12, 2019.

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Devesh Rajarshi
PluginHive

Digital Marketing Executive @PluginHive and WooCommerce Enthusiast.