# Mail entry: facilities, drop shipment and appointments Mailers enter business mail at a Business Mail Entry Unit, at a Detached Mail Unit in their plant, or at a facility near its destination.[^1][^2] Entering mail closer to delivery generally earns a lower postage price.[^3] Drops at USPS processing facilities and service hubs need an appointment in FAST, the Facility Access and Shipment Tracking system.[^4] Updated November 5, 2026. 59 sources. ## Questions ### What is a business mail entry unit? A Business Mail Entry Unit is the area of a postal facility where mailers present bulk, [presorted](https://postalref.com/guides/presort.md) and permit mail for acceptance.[^1] It includes dedicated platform space, office space and a staging area on the workroom floor.[^1] PostalPro's District Business Mail Entry Locator gives the contact information for each district's office.[^5] ### What is USPS bulk mail acceptance? Bulk mail acceptance, which USPS calls business mail acceptance, is how USPS receives, verifies and charges postage for business mailings before they enter the mailstream.[^6][^1] The process verifies the mail's preparation and eligibility, assesses its postage and charges the mailer's business account.[^1] It generally takes place at a Business Mail Entry Unit or a Detached Mail Unit.[^1] ### Where do I enter my Periodicals mail? [Periodicals](https://postalref.com/products/periodicals.md) mail usually goes to the Post Office that serves the ZIP Code of the publication's Known Office of Publication.[^7] A publisher may also mail at additional offices, where USPS sets up additional entry permits.[^7] The mail can also be verified and paid for at the entry office, then drop-shipped with a PS Form 8125 or eInduction.[^7] ### What is the difference between Exceptional Dispatch and overnight delivery for Periodicals? Exceptional Dispatch carries copies to nearby Post Offices without another entry authorization; Overnight Periodicals enters time-sensitive issues when the Business Mail Entry Unit is closed.[^5][^8] In both, the mailer carries the copies itself, for local distribution in zones 1 and 2.[^5][^9][^8] Exceptional Dispatch is meant for circulations of no more than 25,000, and Overnight Periodicals for 500,000 or fewer copies a fiscal year.[^9][^8] ### Do I need a PS Form 8125 to drop ship mail? Yes, a drop shipment entered at a plant or delivery unit needs a PS Form 8125, unless the mailer uses eInduction.[^10] The form proves to the entry facility that the mail was verified and paid for at origin.[^11] [eInduction](https://postalref.com/guides/full-service.md) replaces the paper form with electronic documentation, and Exceptional Dispatch needs no form at all.[^12][^10] ### Do I need an appointment to drop ship mail? Yes: a drop shipment to a USPS processing facility or a service hub needs a [FAST](https://postalref.com/products/fast.md) appointment.[^4][^13] So does mail a Detached Mail Unit verified that the mailer carries to a USPS plant.[^14] A drop at a destination delivery unit isn't booked in FAST; any appointment with one is made by telephone.[^4][^14] ### What is a critical entry time? A critical entry time is the latest time mail can reach a USPS facility's platform and still be processed in time to meet service standards.[^15] Every [service hub](https://postalref.com/products/service-hubs-and-facilities.md) has a critical entry time of `1600`.[^13] A critical acceptance time is the matching cutoff for presenting mail for verification and processing that day.[^15][^16] ### What discount do mailers get for entering mail closer to its destination? A destination entry price is lower than the related nonentry price, and generally the closer the entry facility is to delivery, the lower the price.[^3] The mailer gets the lower price because USPS saves transportation and distribution costs.[^3] Mail prepared for a [service hub](https://postalref.com/products/service-hubs-and-facilities.md) and dropped there gets the destination sectional center facility rate.[^13] ## How it fits together Entry is the point or facility where a mailer presents mail to USPS for acceptance and processing.[^17] Acceptance verifies the mail's preparation and eligibility, assesses its postage and charges the mailer's account.[^1] It generally takes place at a Business Mail Entry Unit, an area of a postal facility.[^1] Or it takes place at a Detached Mail Unit, an area in the mailer's own facility where postal employees verify and accept mail.[^18] From there, mail is entered at the local Post Office or taken to a destination entry facility as a drop shipment.[^19] A drop shipment travels on the mailer's own transportation to a facility closer to its destination.[^2] In plant-verified drop shipment, USPS verifies the mail and takes payment at origin before the mailer carries it.[^20] The [Drop Shipment Management System](https://postalref.com/products/dsms.md) consolidates that paperwork for many jobs and locations in electronic files.[^11] [eInduction](https://postalref.com/guides/full-service.md) verifies drop shipment containers with electronic documentation and handheld scanners instead of paper forms.[^12] Destination entry is the deposit of that mail at a delivery unit, sectional center facility or network distribution center that serves its addresses.[^21] A [service hub](https://postalref.com/products/service-hubs-and-facilities.md) is a cross-dock facility that carries mail on to the delivery units it serves.[^22] The closer the facility is to delivery, the lower the price generally is.[^3] The Drop Ship Product, a database available through FAST, tells mailers where to take each mailing.[^2] [FAST](https://postalref.com/products/fast.md) gives postal facilities advance notice of drop shipment and origin-entered mailings, through the appointments mailers make in it.[^23] A critical entry time is the latest time mail can arrive and still meet its service standards.[^15] A Periodicals publication enters at its office of original entry or at an additional entry office.[^19] Mail entered at a Post Office is processed at its entry facility, such as the [sectional center facility](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-processing.md) serving that office.[^17] ## Acceptance at a Business Mail Entry Unit or the mailer's plant A Business Mail Entry Unit is the area of a postal facility where mailers present bulk, presorted and permit mail.[^1] It has dedicated platform space, office space and a staging area on the workroom floor.[^1] A critical acceptance time is the cutoff by which mail must reach acceptance to be processed that day.[^16] A Detached Mail Unit brings acceptance to the mailer: postal employees verify, accept and dispatch mail in an area of the mailer's facility.[^18] In a plant load, USPS accepts high-volume mailings at the plant and carries them directly to the processing destination.[^20] That skips handling at one or more postal facilities, including the local Post Office.[^20] Since November 2014, keeping on-site acceptance or USPS transportation has required preparing 75% of eligible mail as [Full-Service](https://postalref.com/guides/full-service.md).[^14] A [Customer Supplier Agreement](https://postalref.com/guides/presort.md) is USPS's written notice of how a mailer prepares First-Class Mail it enters at origin.[^24] Mailers whose origin-entered mail a Detached Mail Unit verifies may have one.[^24] PostalOne! Transportation Management Systems let a mailer assign trays to surface or air transportation in its own plant.[^25][^24] - **Business Mail Entry Unit**, also called BMEU, BME, PAU, Business Mail Entry, platform acceptance unit: “The area of a postal facility where mailers present bulk, presorted, and permit mail for acceptance.”[^1] - **Critical Acceptance Time**, also called CAT: “Critical Acceptance Time – ‘cut-off’ time by which mail must be received for acceptance and processing that day.”[^16] - **Transportation Management Systems**, also called TMS, PostalOne! Transportation Management Systems (TMS), PostalOne! TMS, PostalOne! Transportation Management System, Transportation Management functions of the PostalOne! System: “provides users with the ability to make surface and air transportation assignments, and to route mail in the mailers own plant.”[^25] - **Business Mail Acceptance**, also called BMA, acceptance, bulk mail acceptance, mail acceptance: “The process of receiving mail from mailers for induction into the mailstream and establishing and maintaining business mailing accounts, verifying the preparation and eligibility of the mail, assessing proper postage, and charging the mailer’s business account with the correct postage for each mailing.”[^1] - **plant load**, also called PL: “An operation in which USPS accepts high-volume mailings at a mailer’s plant rather than a business mail entry unit and provides postal transportation from the plant directly to the processing destination in order to bypass handling otherwise required at one or more postal facilities including the local Post Office.”[^20] - **Detached Mail Unit**, also called DMU, Delivery Mail Unit: “An area in a mailer’s facility where postal employees perform mail verification, acceptance, dispatch, and other postal functions.”[^18] ## Drop shipment A drop shipment moves a mailer's product on private transportation from its point of production to a postal facility closer to its destination.[^2] Its pieces often get a reduced price or discount, depending on the mail class or product.[^2] USPS also offers drop shipment by Priority Mail Express or Priority Mail.[^2] In [Priority Mail Open and Distribute](https://postalref.com/guides/extra-services.md), mailers send other classes of mail to delivery units and processing facilities by Priority Mail.[^26] In plant-verified drop shipment, USPS verifies the mail and takes postage at origin.[^20] USPS employees verify it at a Detached Mail Unit in the mailer's plant or at the origin Post Office's Business Mail Entry Unit.[^27] The mailer then carries the mail to destination facilities.[^20][^27] Mailings that claim a destination entry discount or price typically use it.[^20] An expedited plant load is verification and payment at the mailer's plant, before the mailer carries the shipment to a destination facility.[^28] Outside [USPS Ship](https://postalref.com/products/usps-ship.md), a plant-verified drop shipment of packages must come with a PS Form 8125 whose barcode carries an Electronic File Number.[^29] That number identifies the transmission of the packages' electronic manifest.[^30] A [consolidator](https://postalref.com/products/dsms.md) is a mailing agent who combines plant-verified mailings from individual mailers into one mailing.[^31] It then carries the combined mailing to a destination facility, such as a sectional center facility.[^31] The Drop Shipment Management System builds consolidated loads of palletized mail with electronically created PS Forms 8125-CD.[^2] eInduction does away with the paper PS Form 8125 and the manual check at the entry facility.[^12] > Any container that is not identified as eInduction must be presented with hardcopy PS Form 8125 at a Business Mail Entry Unit or approved Detached Mail Unit where The Postal Service Acceptance Employee must sign and date the form prior to inducting the containers into a postal facility.[^32] **Must.** A container outside eInduction must come with a paper PS Form 8125 to a Business Mail Entry Unit or an approved Detached Mail Unit. There, a USPS acceptance employee must sign and date the form before the containers enter a postal facility. - **expedited plant load**: “An authorized verification and receipt of postage payment for mailable matter at the mailer’s plant, prior to the mailer’s transport of the shipment to a destination postal facility.”[^28] - **drop shipment**: “Typically the movement of a mailer’s product on private (nonpostal) transportation from the point of production to a postal facility located closer to the destination of that product. The pieces in a mailer’s drop shipment mailings frequently receive a reduced price or discount based on mail class or product. USPS also provides drop shipment service for mailings via Priority Mail Express service or Priority Mail service.”[^2] - **Plant-Verified Drop Shipment**, also called PVDS: “A procedure that enables origin verification and postage payment for shipments transported by the mailer from the mailer’s plant to destination postal facilities for acceptance as mail.”[^20] - **PS Form 8125**, also called Form 8125: “This form provides proof to the entry facility that the mail being presented by the mailer or mailer’s agent was verified and paid for at origin.”[^11] ## Destination facilities and prices Destination entry is the deposit of plant-verified mail at a postal facility that serves the mail's delivery addresses.[^21] Mailers enter it at these kinds of facility: - A [network distribution center](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-processing.md), a highly mechanized and automated processing facility formerly called a bulk mail center.[^33] - A sectional center facility, the processing and distribution center for Post Offices in an area defined by the first three digits of their ZIP Codes.[^34] - A delivery unit, where a mailer enters mail for the addresses its carriers serve.[^21] - A service hub, which cross-docks properly prepared mail to the delivery units it serves.[^22] A destination entry price is lower than the related nonentry price, and generally lower the closer the facility is to delivery.[^3] Periodicals and Bound Printed Matter have prices for entry at the sectional center facility or delivery unit serving the address.[^35][^36] [Parcel Select](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-classes.md) has prices for entry at the delivery unit, a designated destination hub or the sectional center facility.[^37][^38][^3][^21] USPS Marketing Mail, called Standard Mail before January 22, 2017, has lower prices for entry at the sectional center facility or delivery unit.[^39][^3][^21][^37] The mailer gets the lower price because USPS saves transportation and distribution costs.[^3] Periodicals, Parcel Select, Bound Printed Matter and USPS Marketing Mail once also had lower prices for entry at the network distribution center.[^3] Since July 12, 2026, presorted and carrier route Bound Printed Matter has been priced by entry at origin, sectional center facility or delivery unit.[^40] Since that date, Periodicals destination entry pound prices are for the sectional center facility and delivery unit.[^35] The price list effective October 4, 2026 has no network distribution center price for any class.[^37] A service hub takes only direct 5-digit and carrier route containers, and mail prepared to its guidelines gets the destination sectional center facility rate.[^22][^13] The Drop Ship Product is the database that tells mailers which facility to take each mailing to.[^2] Its files are on the FAST website, and each service hub's hours of operation are in FAST and the Mail Direction File.[^2][^13] A package's acceptance scan at its destination entry facility. ### PTR Domestic Scan Event `AD` - Extract description: ACCEPTANCE AT DESTINATION - USPS.com wording: Accepted at USPS Destination Sort Facility - What it means: The item has arrived at the USPS destination entry processing facility or post office PTR Domestic Scan Events, October 2026.[^41] - **destination entry price**: “A postage price lower than the related nonentry price for mail that a mailer transports directly to a postal facility. Generally, the closer the facility is to the final delivery, the lower the price. Also called drop shipment price to underscore the act of depositing mail at a postal facility where USPS processes the mail for delivery within the service area of the facility.”[^3] - **Destination Network Distribution Center**, also called DNDC: “The network distribution center (NDC) or other postal facility designated as an NDC such as an auxiliary service facility (ASF) where a mailer enters mail directly.”[^3] - **destination entry**: “(1) The deposit of plant-verified drop shipment mail by the mailer at a postal facility such as a delivery unit, sectional center facility, or network distribution center that serves the delivery address of the mail. (2) A price category or discount for certain types of mail.”[^21] - **Destination Sectional Center Facility**, also called DSCF, destination sectional center facilities: “The sectional center facility (SCF) or other postal facility designated as an SCF where a mailer enters mail directly.”[^3] - **Destination Delivery Unit**, also called DDU: “The delivery unit or other postal facility designated by USPS as a delivery unit where a mailer enters mail destined for addresses served by the carriers of the unit.”[^21] - **Service Hub**, also called Hubs: “If a facility is identified as a Hub, it will serve as a cross-dock facility for destinating volume that is properly prepared and entered at the Hub location.”[^13] ## Appointments and entry times FAST gives a postal facility advance notice of a drop shipment or origin-entered mailing.[^23] Customers register for FAST through the [Business Customer Gateway](https://postalref.com/products/business-customer-gateway.md).[^23] Mailers create appointments that tell USPS where and when to expect pallets.[^42] A recurring appointment is a preapproved drop shipment delivered to a destination facility at least once a week, on the same time and days.[^43] A late appointment is a vehicle arriving more than 30 minutes after its scheduled drop shipment appointment.[^44] > Mailers dropping at both SV and Non-SV USPS Processing Facilities and Hubs must schedule appointments through the Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST) online system.[^4] **Must.** A mailer must schedule a FAST appointment to drop mail at any USPS processing facility or service hub. SV marks a Surface Visibility site: a facility with Surface Visibility scanning, which traces barcoded mail by the piece, container and trailer as it is handled.[^45][^4] The Mail Direction File shows which facilities have it, and the rule applies to both kinds.[^4] Mail a Detached Mail Unit verified that the mailer carries to a USPS plant needs a FAST appointment too.[^14] A drop at a destination delivery unit isn't booked in FAST; any appointment with one is made by telephone.[^4][^14] A critical entry time is the latest time mail can arrive at an induction point and still be processed in time for its service standard.[^15] Every service hub's critical entry time is `1600`.[^13] A publisher on Exceptional Dispatch drops mail at an agreed secure location and keeps a critical entry time.[^9] The last transportation from the origin office that can reach the destination facility by its critical entry time is the last chance dispatch.[^44] - **recurring appointment**: “A preapproved drop shipment mailing delivered to a destination facility with a frequency of at least once a week on the same time and day(s). Mailings must be of a comparable product in terms of mail class, size, volume, containerization (e.g., pallets, pallet boxes), and transportation mode.”[^43] - **late appointment**: “The arrival of a mailer’s vehicle carrying mail that is more than 30 minutes after the scheduled drop shipment appointment time at any destination entry office.”[^44] - **critical entry time**, also called CET: “(1) For mailers, the latest time that a reasonable amount of a mail class or product can be received at the platform at designated induction points in the postal network for it to be processed and dispatched in time to meet service standards (i.e., the latest time when mail can be presented to postal operations of Day Zero processing). (2) For USPS, the latest time that committed mail can be received in an operation and still be processed before clearance time to meet the service standard for mail processing, dispatch, and final delivery.”[^15] - **Facility Access and Shipment Tracking**, also called FAST, Facility Access & Shipment Tracking, Facilities Access and Shipment Tracking, Facilty Access and Shipment Tracking, Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST) system, Facility Access Shipment Tracking (FAST) system: “provides business mail owners, preparers, and schedulers enhanced visibility of their scheduled mailings at each facility.”[^46] ## Periodicals entry A Periodicals publication's office of original entry is the Post Office where its publisher applied for Periodicals mailing privileges.[^19] The publication's Known Office of Publication, its business office, is in that office's city.[^47] Additional entry is presenting the publication at another authorized Post Office.[^48] Periodicals mailers must file mailing forms electronically, with their own software or USPS Postal Wizard.[^5] Exceptional Dispatch is the publisher's own delivery of a Periodicals mailing to a Post Office other than its entry offices.[^49] The entry office's postmaster may authorize it, at the publisher's own expense and risk.[^9] It is meant for local distribution in zones 1 and 2, for publications with a total circulation of no more than 25,000.[^9] Copies may claim destination sectional center facility or delivery unit prices when they meet USPS standards.[^9] Postage statements go to PostalOne! by 11:00 A.M. after each drop.[^9] The Overnight Periodicals Program lets mailers enter time-sensitive Periodicals at a destination Post Office when the Business Mail Entry Unit is closed.[^8] The mailer carries the mail for short-haul local distribution in zones 1 and 2.[^8] Requests go to the Mailing Shipping Solutions Center.[^8] A publication must meet these criteria to be considered:[^8] - Its account holds the funds before each mailing is deposited.[^8] - It mails 500,000 or fewer copies a fiscal year.[^8] - It mails 10,000 or fewer copies per postage statement.[^8] - At least 50% of its mailed copies are at In-County prices.[^8] - It mails weekly or more often.[^8] - It is enrolled in the Alternate Marked-Copy program.[^8] - It sends postage statements and eDoc electronically to a PostalOne! Business Mail Entry Unit office.[^8] > The publisher must file a letter of request for Exceptional Dispatch privileges with the office of original or additional entry where postage is paid.[^9] **Must.** A publisher must ask for Exceptional Dispatch by letter to the office of original or additional entry where it pays postage. - **Exceptional Dispatch**, also called Exceptional Dispatch Program: “The delivery of a Periodicals mailing by the publisher to a Post Office other than the office of original entry or additional entry.”[^49] - **Overnight Periodicals Program**, also called Overnight Drop Periodicals: “allows mailers to enter mailings of time-sensitive Periodicals publications to a Destination Post Office at times when the BMEU is closed.”[^5] - **additional entry**, also called AE: “Presenting a Periodicals mailing at an authorized Post Office other than the office of original entry.”[^48] - **Known Office of Publication**, also called KOP: “The business office of a Periodicals publication that is in the city where the original entry for Periodicals mailing privileges is authorized.”[^47] ## What goes wrong A mailing that enters the mailstream without verification and postage payment through a Business Mail Entry Unit or Detached Mail Unit is a bypass mailing.[^1] A copy of [PS Form 8125](https://postalref.com/products/dsms.md) delays acceptance at destination, which needs the original, signed, round-dated form.[^50] A [service hub](https://postalref.com/products/service-hubs-and-facilities.md) refuses letters and any mailing that needs a bundle sort.[^22] USPS Ship compares where a package is first scanned with the entry facility its manifest claims.[^51] A first scan at neither that facility nor a site downstream of it logs a [Misshipped](https://postalref.com/guides/package-payment.md) error.[^52] USPS Ship then reprices the package as Ground Advantage Full Network and charges the higher of that price and the manifested one.[^52] The charge goes to the shipper's Enterprise Payment Account when the package is delivered.[^51][^53] USPS Ship replaced [eVS](https://postalref.com/products/evs.md), whose customers had to move to it or to USPS APIs by February 2025.[^54][^55] Under eVS, each mis-shipped delivery unit parcel paid the difference between its manifested postage and the USPS Ground Advantage single-piece price.[^56][^57] eVS's Destination Entry Eligibility Report summarized the destination entry packages not deposited at their correct entry facility.[^58] ### PTR Domestic Scan Event `15` - Extract description: MIS-SHIPPED - USPS.com wording: Processing at USPS Facility - What it means: A shipping partner or their agent responsible for transporting the item to USPS dropped it at the wrong USPS facility PTR Domestic Scan Events, October 2026.[^59] Exceptional Dispatch agreements are not guaranteed: they depend most on whether the local office has the staff to accommodate the request.[^10] A denied publisher may appeal to the Director of the [Pricing and Classification Service Center](https://postalref.com/products/pricing-and-classifications-service-center.md).[^10] Exceptional Dispatch may not be used for publications mailed under the Centralized Postage Payment System or plant-verified drop shipment.[^9] ## Index: 21 entries ### Service (1) - [Drop Ship Product](https://postalref.com/products/service-hubs-and-facilities.md#terms) ### Program (1) - [Overnight Periodicals Program](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#periodicals) ### Systems (3) - [Drop Shipment Management System](https://postalref.com/products/dsms.md) - [Facility Access and Shipment Tracking](https://postalref.com/products/fast.md) - [Transportation Management Systems](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#acceptance) ### Files (2) - [Mail Direction File](https://postalref.com/products/fast.md#terms) - [PS Form 8125-CD](https://postalref.com/products/dsms.md#terms) ### Identifier (1) - [locale key](https://postalref.com/products/service-hubs-and-facilities.md#terms) ### Document (1) - [PS Form 8125](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#drop-shipment) ### Facilities (6) - [Business Mail Entry Unit](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#acceptance) - [Destination Delivery Unit](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#destination-entry) - [Destination Sectional Center Facility](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#destination-entry) - [Detached Mail Unit](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#acceptance) - [Service Hub](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#destination-entry) - [Service Hubs and Facilities](https://postalref.com/products/service-hubs-and-facilities.md) ### Terms (6) - [Critical Acceptance Time](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#acceptance) - [critical entry time](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#appointments) - [destination entry](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#destination-entry) - [drop shipment](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#drop-shipment) - [Exceptional Dispatch](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#periodicals) - [Plant-Verified Drop Shipment](https://postalref.com/guides/mail-entry.md#drop-shipment) ## Sources [^1]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=34), PDF page 34: “Business mail acceptance generally takes place in a business mail entry unit or a detached mail unit. … The area of a postal facility where mailers present bulk, presorted, and permit mail for acceptance. … The BMEU includes dedicated platform space, office space, and a staging area on the workroom floor. … The process of receiving mail from mailers for induction into the mailstream and establishing and maintaining business mailing accounts, verifying the preparation and eligibility of the mail, assessing proper postage, and charging the mailer’s business account with the correct postage for each mailing. … A mailing that enters the mailstream without proper verification of preparation and postage payment through a business mail entry unit or a detached mail unit.” [^2]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=73), page 69: “Typically the movement of a mailer’s product on private (nonpostal) transportation from the point of production to a postal facility located closer to the destination of that product. … An address management database containing information that mailers need in order to take mailings directly to network distribution centers, sectional center facilities, area distribution centers, or destination delivery units. … These files are available through the Facility Access and Shipment Tracking Web site. … The pieces in a mailer’s drop shipment mailings frequently receive a reduced price or discount based on mail class or product. … USPS also provides drop shipment service for mailings via Priority Mail Express service or Priority Mail service. … A program that enables authorized users to build consolidated loads of palletized plantverified drop shipment (PVDS) mail from multiple jobs and mailing locations and to create electronically consolidated PS Form 8125-CD, Plant-Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) Consolidated Verification and Clearance — DSMS. … Typically the movement of a mailer’s product on private (nonpostal) transportation from the point of production to a postal facility located closer to the destination of that product. The pieces in a mailer’s drop shipment mailings frequently receive a reduced price or discount based on mail class or product. USPS also provides drop shipment service for mailings via Priority Mail Express service or Priority Mail service.” [^3]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=67), page 63: “A postage price lower than the related nonentry price for mail that a mailer transports directly to a postal facility. Generally, the closer the facility is to the final delivery, the lower the price. … The mailer receives the lower price because of the reduction in USPS transportation and distribution costs. … Periodicals, Parcel Select, and Bound Printed Matter prices for pieces properly prepared and entered by the mailer at the sectional center facility (SCF) or other postal facility designated as an SCF that serves the delivery address on the pieces. … A Standard Mail discount for pieces properly prepared and entered by the mailer at the sectional center facility (SCF) or other postal facility designated as an SCF that serves the delivery address on the pieces. … Periodicals, Parcel Select, and Bound Printed Matter prices for pieces properly prepared and entered by the mailer at the network distribution center or other postal facility designated as an NDC that serves the delivery address on the pieces. … A Standard Mail discount for pieces properly prepared and entered by the mailer at the network distribution center or other postal facility designated as an NDC that serves the delivery address on the pieces. … A postage price lower than the related nonentry price for mail that a mailer transports directly to a postal facility. Generally, the closer the facility is to the final delivery, the lower the price. Also called drop shipment price to underscore the act of depositing mail at a postal facility where USPS processes the mail for delivery within the service area of the facility. … The network distribution center (NDC) or other postal facility designated as an NDC such as an auxiliary service facility (ASF) where a mailer enters mail directly. … The sectional center facility (SCF) or other postal facility designated as an SCF where a mailer enters mail directly.” [^4]: [Guide to eInduction](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-08/375_Guide-to-eInduction_1.pdf#page=18), page 17: “Mailers dropping at both SV and Non-SV USPS Processing Facilities and Hubs must schedule appointments through the Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST) online system. … Mailers dropping at destination delivery units (DDUs) do not schedule appointments. … Mailers can identify if a facility has SV scanning capability by checking the Mail Direction File (MDF) V4 and confirm a Yes is listed in the SV Enabled indicator field. … All mailer shipment appointments will be handled using the same process regardless of the type of facility (SV or NonSV) at which the shipment is being dropped.” [^5]: [Newspaper Mail Preparation & Entry](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2024-12/Newspaper%20Mail%20Preparation%20and%20Entry%20V_2.pdf#page=3), PDF page 3: “You can find contact information at the PostalPro District Business Mail Entry Locator: https://postalpro.usps.com/ppro-tools/business-mail-entry. … The Exceptional Dispatch Program allows mailers to deliver mailings to nearby post offices, at the mailer’s expense and risk, … without an additional entry authorization or additional mailing form filings. … Periodicals mailers are required to file mailing forms electronically using proprietary software or USPS Postal Wizard. … allows mailers to enter mailings of time-sensitive Periodicals publications to a Destination Post Office at times when the BMEU is closed.” [^6]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=32), PDF page 32: “bulk mail acceptance (See business mail acceptance (BMA).)” [^7]: [Newspaper Mail Preparation & Entry](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2024-12/Newspaper%20Mail%20Preparation%20and%20Entry%20V_2.pdf#page=1), PDF page 1: “that services the ZIP Code of your Known Office of Publication (KOP). This is usually where you will bring your mail. … However, you may also choose to mail at additional mailing offices, and USPS will set up additional entry permits at those locations. … Mail must be verified and paid for at the entry office and then drop-shipped by the mailer using a PS Form 8125 or eInduction.” [^8]: [Overnight Periodicals](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2023-10/Overnight%20Periodicals%20External%20V7.pdf#page=1), PDF page 1: “The Overnight Periodicals Program allows mailers to enter mailings of time-sensitive Periodicals publications to a Destination Post Office™ at times when the BMEU is closed. … Overnight Drop Periodicals mailings are transported by the mailer and are intended for short-haul local distribution (Zones 1 and 2) to improve the delivery time of the publication. … Mail 500,000 or fewer copies per fiscal year … All requests for authorizations for Overnight Drop of Time-Sensitive Periodicals must be submitted to the Mailing Shipping Solutions Center at 1-877-672-0007 or email MSSC@usps.gov who will notify: … Periodicals Eligible to be considered as Overnight Periodicals must meet the following eligibility criteria: … Funding for mailings must be in the account prior to deposit of the mailing … Mail 10,000 or less copies per postage statement … At least 50% or more mailed copies at the In-County prices … Mail at a frequency of weekly or more often. … Be enrolled in the USPS Alternate Marked-Copy program. … Electronic submission by the mailer of postage statements and piece-level supporting documentation (eDoc) to a PostalOne! BMEU office.” [^9]: [Exceptional Dispatch](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2023-06/Periodicals%20Exceptional%20Dispatch%20External%20V7.pdf#page=1), PDF page 1: “The provision for Exceptional Dispatch is intended for local distribution (zones 1 and 2) of publications with total circulation of no more than 25,000 and is not to be used to circumvent additional entry standards. … Publishers will drop the mail in an agreed upon secure location and maintain a Critical Entry Time in order to receive timely delivery. … The Postmaster of an entry Post Office™ may authorize a publisher to deliver copies of a Periodicals publication, at the publisher’s own expense and risk, by Exceptional Dispatch to other Post Offices. … Copies of Periodicals publications deposited under Exceptional Dispatch may be eligible for and claimed at the destination sectional center facility (DSCF) or destination delivery unit (DDU) prices if standards in DMM 207.29.0 are met … Postage statements must be submitted to PostalOne! no later than 11:00 A.M. after the Exceptional Dispatch drop occurs. … The publisher must file a letter of request for Exceptional Dispatch privileges with the office of original or additional entry where postage is paid. … Exceptional Dispatch may not be used for publications authorized to be mailed under the Centralized Postage Payment System or under the plant-verified drop shipment postage payment system.” [^10]: [Newspaper Mail Preparation & Entry](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2024-12/Newspaper%20Mail%20Preparation%20and%20Entry%20V_2.pdf#page=2), PDF page 2: “An PS 8125 is required for drop shipments entered at a plant or delivery unit if you are not using eInduction. … However, an 8125 is not required when utilizing Exceptional Dispatch. … Exceptional Dispatch agreements are not guaranteed, they depend on a number of factors; most importantly if the local office has the availability and staffing to accommodate your request. … If the request is denied, you may appeal the decision to the Director, Pricing and Classification Service Center.” [^11]: [PostalPro: Drop Shipment Management System (DSMS)](https://postalpro.usps.com/operations/dsms): “This form provides proof to the entry facility that the mail being presented by the mailer or mailer’s agent was verified and paid for at origin. … The Drop Shipment Management System (DSMS) program allows authorized users to streamline the Plant-Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) process through consolidating PVDS documentation from multiple jobs and mailing locations in electronic files.” [^12]: [Guide to eInduction](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-08/375_Guide-to-eInduction_1.pdf#page=7), page 6: “In doing so, eInduction eliminates the need for paper PS Forms 8125 and 8017 and manual reconciliation at the entry facility. … eInduction leverages existing electronic documentation (eDoc), Intelligent Mail container barcode (IMcb - a barcode with greater data capacity), and handheld scanner technologies to verify payment and preparation of commercial mail containers.” [^13]: [Service Hubs and Facilities Fact Sheet](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-10/ServiceHubsMailPrepandEntry.pdf#page=1), PDF page 1: “FAST appointments will be required for dropping at Hubs, and appointment windows will also vary by facility … The Critical Entry Time (CET) for all Hub facilities will be 1600 … Mail prepped according to the guidelines for Hubs will receive the DSCF rate for dropping at a Hub facility … Hours of Operation will vary by facility, and will be available in FAST and published in the Mail Direction File (MDF) … If a facility is identified as a Hub, it will serve as a cross-dock facility for destinating volume that is properly prepared and entered at the Hub location.” [^14]: [A Guide to Full Service](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2018-03/AGuidetoFullService.pdf#page=11), page 5: “The USPS requires appointments be made using FAST for origin-entered mail verified at a DMU and transported to a USPS plant by the mailer, and for drop ship mail. … Appointments with Destination Delivery Units (DDUs) must be made via telephone. … Starting in November 2014, mailers wishing to maintain their on-site acceptance and/or transportation provided by the Postal Service have been required to prepare 75% of their eligible mail volume as Full-Service Intelligent Mail.” [^15]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=56), page 52: “(1) For mailers, the latest time that a reasonable amount of a mail class or product can be received at the platform at designated induction points in the postal network for it to be processed and dispatched in time to meet service standards (i.e., the latest time when mail can be presented to postal operations of Day Zero processing). … The latest time that mail can be presented to an acceptance unit for verification for Day Zero processing. … (1) For mailers, the latest time that a reasonable amount of a mail class or product can be received at the platform at designated induction points in the postal network for it to be processed and dispatched in time to meet service standards (i.e., the latest time when mail can be presented to postal operations of Day Zero processing). (2) For USPS, the latest time that committed mail can be received in an operation and still be processed before clearance time to meet the service standard for mail processing, dispatch, and final delivery.” [^16]: [A Guide to Full Service](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2018-03/AGuidetoFullService.pdf#page=107), page 101: “Critical Acceptance Time – ‘cut-off’ time by which mail must be received for acceptance and processing that day.” [^17]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=81), page 77: “The point or facility where a mailer presents items or, in some cases, verified mail to USPS for acceptance and subsequent processing as mail. … The mail processing facility (e.g., sectional center facility) that serves the Post Office at which the mail is entered by the mailer.” [^18]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=68), page 64: “An area in a mailer’s facility where postal employees perform mail verification, acceptance, dispatch, and other postal functions.” [^19]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=158), page 154: “(1) To be the point of production or creation of intended mail, whether presented for entry at the local Post Office or taken to a destination entry facility as a drop shipment. … The Post Office where a publisher submits the application for Periodicals mailing privileges for a qualified publication. The publication may be mailed there or at another Post Office for which the publisher holds an additional entry authorization.” [^20]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=168), PDF page 168: “A procedure that enables origin verification and postage payment for shipments transported by the mailer from the mailer’s plant to destination postal facilities for acceptance as mail. … An operation in which USPS accepts highvolume mailings at a mailer’s plant rather than a business mail entry unit and provides postal transportation from the plant directly to the processing destination in order to bypass handling otherwise required at one or more postal facilities including the local Post Office. … An operation in which USPS accepts high-volume mailings at a mailer’s plant rather than a business mail entry unit and provides postal transportation from the plant directly to the processing destination in order to bypass handling otherwise required at one or more postal facilities including the local Post Office. … PVDS is typically used for mailings claiming a destination entry discount or price.” [^21]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=66), page 62: “(1) The deposit of plant-verified drop shipment mail by the mailer at a postal facility such as a delivery unit, sectional center facility, or network distribution center that serves the delivery address of the mail. … The delivery unit or other postal facility designated by USPS as a delivery unit where a mailer enters mail destined for addresses served by the carriers of the unit. … Periodicals, Parcel Select, and Bound Printed Matter prices for pieces properly prepared and entered by the mailer at the delivery unit that serves the delivery address on the pieces. … A Standard Mail discount for pieces properly prepared and entered by the mailer at the delivery unit that serves the delivery address on the pieces. … (1) The deposit of plant-verified drop shipment mail by the mailer at a postal facility such as a delivery unit, sectional center facility, or network distribution center that serves the delivery address of the mail. (2) A price category or discount for certain types of mail.” [^22]: [PostalPro: Service Hubs and Facilities](https://postalpro.usps.com/operations/service-hubs-and-facilities): “If a facility is identified as a Hub, it will serve as a cross-dock facility for destinating volume that is properly prepared and entered at the Hub location. … The Hub will transport mail to the downstream delivery units that the Hub services. … Hubs will accept direct cross-dock containers only of 5-Digit ZIP, 5-Digit Carrier Route (non-FSS zones) pallets, bundles, sacks or containers of Standard, Periodical, Bound Printed Matter, and Parcels. … Hubs will not accept: letters, FSS prepared mail, or any mailing that requires a bundle sort operation.” [^23]: [PostalPro: Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST®)](https://postalpro.usps.com/operations/FAST): “The Facility Access and Shipment Tracking (FAST®) system allows mailers to provide advanced notification of drop shipment and origin entered mailings into postal facilities. … To make an appointment, log in to your FAST account. … To access FAST, customers must register through the Business Customer Gateway.” [^24]: [A Guide to Full Service](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2018-03/AGuidetoFullService.pdf#page=42), page 36: “A CSA is a written notice of First Class mail origin-entry preparation requirements for a commercial mailer. … A CSA may be created for mailers who have their origin entered mail verified at a Detached Mail Unit (DMU). … Mailers with a PostalOne! Transportation Management System can “dynamically assign” handling units (i.e., trays) to transportation routes.” [^25]: [Mail.dat Technical Specifications R65.0.0.0](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-10/USPS_Mail_dat_Tech_Spec.pdf#page=13), page 13: “The Transportation Management functions of the PostalOne! System provides users with the ability to make surface and air transportation assignments, and to route mail in the mailers own plant. … provides users with the ability to make surface and air transportation assignments, and to route mail in the mailers own plant.” [^26]: [Publication 199: Intelligent Mail Package Barcode (IMpb) Implementation Guide for Confirmation Services and Electronic Payment Systems](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-07/Pub%20199_v35_07022026.pdf#page=112), page 113: “Priority Mail Open and Distribute (PMOD) allows mailers to expedite the transportation of other classes of mail to delivery units and mail processing facilities using Priority Mail.” [^27]: [DMM 705: Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems](https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/705.htm): “Mailings are verified at origin by USPS employees assigned to a detached mail unit (DMU) at a mailer’s plant or at the business mail entry unit (BMEU) at the origin Post Office serving the mailer’s plant. The shipments are then released for transportation to destination USPS facilities.” [^28]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=83), page 79: “An authorized verification and receipt of postage payment for mailable matter at the mailer’s plant, prior to the mailer’s transport of the shipment to a destination postal facility.” [^29]: [Publication 199: Intelligent Mail Package Barcode (IMpb) Implementation Guide for Confirmation Services and Electronic Payment Systems](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-07/Pub%20199_v35_07022026.pdf#page=36), page 37: “A PS Form 8125 with a barcode containing an Electronic File Number must accompany all non-USPS Ship Plant Verified Drop Shipments presented for distribution at a postal facility.” [^30]: [Publication 199: Intelligent Mail Package Barcode (IMpb) Implementation Guide for Confirmation Services and Electronic Payment Systems](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-07/Pub%20199_v35_07022026.pdf#page=473), page 474: “Electronic File Number uniquely identifies the transmission of an electronic manifest, and must be unique for a period of 120-days.” [^31]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=51), page 47: “A mailing agent who aggregates mailings into a single mailing, especially plant-verified drop shipment (PVDS) mailings, prepared by individual mailers and cleared at the origin office. … The consolidator then transports the aggregated mailing for entry at a destination facility such as a sectional center facility.” [^32]: [Publication 685: Publication for Streamlined Mail Acceptance for Letters and Flats](https://about.usps.com/publications/pub685.pdf#page=39), PDF page 39: “Any container that is not identified as eInduction must be presented with hardcopy PS Form 8125 at a Business Mail Entry Unit or approved Detached Mail Unit where The Postal Service Acceptance Employee must sign and date the form prior to inducting the containers into a postal facility.” [^33]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=147), page 143: “A highly mechanized and automated mail processing facility formerly designated as a bulk mail center.” [^34]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=205), page 201: “A postal facility that serves as the processing and distribution center (P&DC) for Post Offices in a designated geographic area as defined by the first three digits of the ZIP Codes of those offices.” [^35]: [DMM 207: Periodicals](https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/207.htm): “[7-12-26] The advertising and nonadvertising portions may be eligible for DSCF and DDU pound prices based on the entry facility and the address on the piece.” [^36]: [DMM 266: Bound Printed Matter, Enter and Deposit](https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/266.htm): “Destination entry prices apply to Presorted and carrier-route Bound Printed Matter (BPM) that is deposited at a destination sectional center facility (DSCF)/local processing center (LPC) or destination delivery unit (DDU)/sorting and delivery center (S&DC) as specified below.” [^37]: [Notice 123: Price List (effective October 4, 2026)](https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm): “| DDU | DHUB | DSCF | … Entry at designated center, facility, unit or other equivalent facility. (DSCF = LPC for letters/flats or DSCF = RPDC for parcels, DDU = SDC) … Notice 123 • Effective October 04, 2026” [^38]: [PRC: Mail Classification Schedule through July 12, 2026 (docx, converted to HTML with mammoth)](https://www.prc.gov/sites/default/files/mcs/MCS%20Through%2007122026.docx): “DHub – Entered at a designated destination hub facility, or other equivalent facility” [^39]: [Intelligent Mail® Package Barcode (IMpb) ACS™ Technical Guide](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2024-02/IMpb_ACS_Technical_Guide.pdf#page=3), page 3: “On January 22, 2017, Standard Mail® underwent a name change and was rebranded as USPS Marketing Mail™” [^40]: [Federal Register: New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products (91 FR 33030, Jun 2, 2026)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-02/html/2026-11003.htm): “DATES: Effective July 12, 2026. … Price Restructure for BPM Flats and Parcels Presorted and Carrier Route … This will eliminate the pound pricing and piece prices would apply in weight increments from 1 to 15 pounds based on entry of None (Origin), DSCF, or DDU.” [^41]: [PTR Domestic Scan Events and Descriptions](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-10/PTR%20Event%20Descriptions_October%202026.pdf#page=14), PDF page 14: Event: AD; Extract description: ACCEPTANCE AT DESTINATION; USPS.com wording: Accepted at USPS Destination Sort Facility; Status category: Accepted; What it means: The item has arrived at the USPS destination entry processing facility or post office; Starts the clock: Yes; Stops the clock: No [^42]: [A Guide to Full Service](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2018-03/AGuidetoFullService.pdf#page=44), page 38: “Mailers create e-appointments or stand-alone contents that let the USPS know where and when to expect pallets, to support eInduction and Full-Service validation.” [^43]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=191), page 187: “A preapproved drop shipment mailing delivered to a destination facility with a frequency of at least once a week on the same time and day(s). … A preapproved drop shipment mailing delivered to a destination facility with a frequency of at least once a week on the same time and day(s). Mailings must be of a comparable product in terms of mail class, size, volume, containerization (e.g., pallets, pallet boxes), and transportation mode.” [^44]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=117), page 113: “The arrival of a mailer’s vehicle carrying mail that is more than 30 minutes after the scheduled drop shipment appointment time at any destination entry office. … The final transportation leaving the origin office that can deliver mail to the destination facility in time to make the service standard commitment (i.e., at or before the critical entry time of the destinating facility.)” [^45]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=221), page 217: “A concept using barcode technology that allows the tracing of barcoded mail as it passes through automated and manual processes that scan the barcodes and capture the handling in real time by the piece, container, and trailer.” [^46]: [Guide to eInduction](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-08/375_Guide-to-eInduction_1.pdf#page=53), page 52: “provides business mail owners, preparers, and schedulers enhanced visibility of their scheduled mailings at each facility.” [^47]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=115), page 111: “The business office of a Periodicals publication that is in the city where the original entry for Periodicals mailing privileges is authorized.” [^48]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=11), page 7: “Presenting a Periodicals mailing at an authorized Post Office other than the office of original entry.” [^49]: [Publication 32: Glossary of Postal Terms](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2016-04/pub32_glossary.pdf#page=82), PDF page 82: “The delivery of a Periodicals mailing by the publisher to a Post Office other than the office of original entry or additional entry.” [^50]: [Drop Ship Checklist for Mailers](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2018-02/DropshipChecklistMailers.pdf#page=1), PDF page 1: “Presenting a FORM 8125 COPY will delay the acceptance of the mailing. … Mailers must present the ORIGINAL, SIGNED, ROUND-DATED Form 8125 at the Destination Entry.” [^51]: [Guide to USPS Ship](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-08/Guide%20to%20USPS%20Ship_08042026.pdf#page=8), page 7: “USPS Ship validates the location at which a package is first scanned on any USPS equipment is correct based on the entry discount and entry location claimed in the manifest for any destination entry prices claimed. … Postage for Census, including Census Attribute and Mis-shipped Verification, is aggregated upon package delivery and charged to the EPA.” [^52]: [USPS Ship Misshipped Tech Sheet](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-03/USPS%20Ship%20Misshipped%20-%20External%20Tech%20Sheet.pdf#page=1), PDF page 1: “If the ZIP Code of the first scan event does not match the expected dropship location nor any downstream sites, then a Misshipped error is logged. … When a Misshipped error is logged, USPS Ship will also reprice the package as Ground Advantage Full Network. … The higher of the two prices will be charged, so that the shipper does not potentially receive a discount for a Misshipped package.” [^53]: [Guide to USPS Ship](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-08/Guide%20to%20USPS%20Ship_08042026.pdf#page=7), page 6: “USPS Ship transactions are applied to the customer’s Enterprise Payment Account (ACH Debit or Pre-funded account) on the day the manifest is processed.” [^54]: [PostalPro: Electronic Verification System (eVS®)](https://postalpro.usps.com/shipping/evs): “eVS has been replaced with USPS Ship.” [^55]: [eVS to USPS Ship Migration Tech Sheet](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2025-05/eVS%20to%20USPS%20Ship%20Migration_Tech%20Sheet_05.06.25.pdf#page=1), page 1: “eVS customers must migrate to USPS Ship or USPS APIs by February 2025.” [^56]: [Publication 205 Electronic Verification System (eVS®) Business and Technical Guide](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2024-07/eVS_pub205_July_2024_0.pdf#page=47), page 39: “Parcels deposited by an eVS shipper at an incorrect entry facility are termed “mis-shipped” parcels and are handled as follows:” [^57]: [Publication 205 Electronic Verification System (eVS®) Business and Technical Guide](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2024-07/eVS_pub205_July_2024_0.pdf#page=48), page 40: “Each mis-shipped destination delivery unit (DDU) parcel is charged the difference between the manifested postage and the USPS Ground Advantage single-piece price, as defined in the Domestic Mail Manual.” [^58]: [Publication 205 Electronic Verification System (eVS®) Business and Technical Guide](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2024-07/eVS_pub205_July_2024_0.pdf#page=63), page 55: “Provides a summary, based on manifest data, of the destination entry packages that were not deposited at the correct entry facility according to the Mail Direction File.” [^59]: [PTR Domestic Scan Events and Descriptions](https://postalpro.usps.com/mnt/glusterfs/2026-10/PTR%20Event%20Descriptions_October%202026.pdf#page=7), PDF page 7: Event: 15; Extract description: MIS-SHIPPED; USPS.com wording: Processing at USPS Facility; Status category: In Transit; What it means: A shipping partner or their agent responsible for transporting the item to USPS dropped it at the wrong USPS facility; Starts the clock: No; Stops the clock: No --- Unofficial. 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