You can request a refund from USPS® or UPS® for labels you don’t need, or if you made a mistake.
Period for Requesting Refunds: You must request a refund within 28 days of buying the label, but Pirate Ship will automatically request refunds for unused labels if you forget 😉
Auto-Refunds: To read more about our automatic refund process, take a look at our article: How do Auto-Refunds work?
How to request a refund
Video on Requesting Refunds: This quick video guide walks you through requesting a refund for a label:
Refunding a Single Label: To refund a single label, simply click on the label on your Pirate Ship Ship page (or if the label is within a batch, click on the batch first) and find the red "Refund Label" button.
Here's where to find that button:
Refunding Multiple Labels at Once: For batches of labels, you can either refund individual labels inside the batch or the whole thing.
Here's how that looks:
When will I get my refund?
USPS Labels: USPS instantly refunds labels that you have purchased but not yet printed out 🤑
28 Days After Printing: For labels you printed but haven't used, USPS waits for up to 28 days after the refund request has been submitted to verify that the label hasn’t been scanned in.
That said, USPS refunds typically are approved in around two weeks. Once the refund request is approved, the credit gets applied back to your Pirate Ship account balance.
UPS Labels: Refunds for UPS labels are way faster; whether you already printed them or not, they come back to your Account Balance within an hour or so!
Where do my refunds go?
Refunds Go to Your Account Balance: Once USPS and UPS issue refunds, those credits go back to your Account Balance by default. Those funds will then be used automatically against your next purchase(s).
Refunding Your Original Payment Method: If you want to issue the refund back to the original card you used, you can also click the "Refund Credit" button underneath your Account Balance on your Reports page 👍
Here's how that looks:
