USPS Proposed Temporary Price Adjustment for the 2025 Peak Holiday Shipping Season
On August 8th, 2025 the United States Postal Service filed noticed with the Postal Regulatory commission (PRC) for a temporary price adjustment for some package services during the 2025 peak holiday season. Pending favorable review from the PRC, these changes are scheduled to take effect at midnight October 5th, 2025 and will remain in place until midnight on January 18th, 2026.
These proposed changes will only affect certain retail and commercial domestic competitive parcels. No other products or servers will be affected during the temporary adjustment. Detailed below are key competitive shipping services that will experience a change:
- USPS Ground Advantage (retail & commercial)
- Priority Mail (retail & commercial)
- Priority Mail Flat Rate (retail & commercial)
- Priority Mail Express (retail & commercial)
- Priority Mail Express Flat Rate (retail & commercial)
This temporary price adjustment is to help cover extra handling costs to ensure a successful peak season, and is a strategic part of the USPS Delivering for America 10-Year Plan. For the full list of price tables please visit the USPS here.
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Published at: 08/19/2025
Lucas Bingham is the Product and Business Development Specialist at FP Mailing Solutions. He has been with FP since 2017 and spends the bulk of his time working on FP’s digital solutions. When not at work Lucas enjoys being outside and spending time with his wife and two puppies, Clark and Nova.
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