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Make a shipping label for an eBay, Etsy or Shopify order

The order already holds the address the parcel goes to. Copy that address into the label maker, or export the orders as a CSV and upload the file. Either way you get the label file, and the postage for the parcel is bought on its own.

One order at a time

  1. Open the order and copy the name and shipping address as the buyer gave them.
  2. Open the label maker on the home page and paste the address into the TO block. Fill the FROM block with your own return address, which is the only return address the label carries.
  3. Put the order number in the reference field if you want it printed on the label. The reference and the optional barcode are built from the value you type.
  4. Pick the layout that matches your stock, 4x6 thermal for a roll printer or an Avery sheet, then download the PDF.
  5. Read the address against the order before you print. The form checks the required fields, and for a US address a two letter state and a ZIP of five or nine digits. It does not check that an address exists.

Many orders: export to a CSV

  1. Export the orders from the marketplace, or start from the sample CSV. Rename the columns to the documented set: name, company, address1, address2, city, state, postal, country, phone, reference.
  2. On the CSV tab of the home page, upload the file, choose the layout and the format, and fill in the FROM block. One row is one label. An empty optional column is accepted.
  3. Download the finished file once the batch reports done. The file holds one label per order, in the order the rows appear in the file.

The Free plan takes 10 rows a day per IP address. Pro lifts a batch to 500 labels and Business to 2,000.

What the file is not

The download is the label artwork. It carries no postage, connects to no marketplace and no carrier account, and quotes no rate. Nothing here submits a label to a carrier, marks an order as shipped, or sends a tracking number back to the store. Buy the postage where you already buy it, then print the label file you made here.

Make a label

Makes the label. Does not buy postage.

More: Print a 4x6 shipping label on a thermal printer and ZPL shipping labels for Zebra and Rollo printers.

Blank sheets to test a printer against are on the free templates page.