Royal Mail Price Changes: October 2025

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Royal Mail are changing prices for various products from the 6 October including:

Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed

Royal Mail Tracked

1st and 2nd Class Parcels

Royal Mail Signed For Parcels

Full details on https://www.royalmail.com/prices2025

Spoonie_Turtle

Wow, they're really wanting people to use Tracked services over Signed For and even Standard (Tracked being just 5p above standard postage for small parcels and 10p for medium parcels)!

soolin

The price difference between online and over the counter/stamps price is remaining high for parcels.

2KG small price online tracked 24 £4.65  tracked 48 £3.55
over the counter  £5.40/£4.25

medium parcel 2kg is even worse:

online £6.25 £5.35
OTC  £7.80 £6.90

molerat

Note the tracked compensation is dropping to £75 from £150.

soolin

molerat said:

Note the tracked compensation is dropping to £75 from £150.

I missed that one. 

goodfella66

Nice to see large letters not increasing in price

soolin

goodfella66 said:

Nice to see large letters not increasing in price

Thank goodness- the  majority of my business stock is now LL so it keeps it at a fairly reasonable price. I almost wish though that I could use simple delivery for some of the last remaining parcel size items on my business account as it's cheaper and also I don't have to worry about losses or late items.

goodfella66

soolin said:

goodfella66 said:

Nice to see large letters not increasing in price

I almost wish though that I could use simple delivery for some of the last remaining parcel size items on my business account as it's cheaper and also I don't have to worry about losses or late items.

I think that sometimes too. It looks less time consuming as well.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

soolin said:

goodfella66 said:

Nice to see large letters not increasing in price

Thank goodness- the  majority of my business stock is now LL so it keeps it at a fairly reasonable price. I almost wish though that I could use simple delivery for some of the last remaining parcel size items on my business account as it's cheaper and also I don't have to worry about losses or late items.

If eBay make money out of simply delivery I can see it filtering through to business accounts, possible voluntarily to begin with and possibly becoming mandatory in certain categories (may be with certain sellers being exempt, perhaps those who use eBay's fulfilment or are classed as authorised sellers). 

Spoonie_Turtle

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

soolin said:

goodfella66 said:

Nice to see large letters not increasing in price

Thank goodness- the  majority of my business stock is now LL so it keeps it at a fairly reasonable price. I almost wish though that I could use simple delivery for some of the last remaining parcel size items on my business account as it's cheaper and also I don't have to worry about losses or late items.

If eBay make money out of simply delivery I can see it filtering through to business accounts, possible voluntarily to begin with and possibly becoming mandatory in certain categories (may be with certain sellers being exempt, perhaps those who use eBay's fulfilment or are classed as authorised sellers). 

Oh please no, not unless they sort out automatic combined delivery.  It's really cut my buying down of certain things.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Spoonie_Turtle said:

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

soolin said:

goodfella66 said:

Nice to see large letters not increasing in price

Thank goodness- the  majority of my business stock is now LL so it keeps it at a fairly reasonable price. I almost wish though that I could use simple delivery for some of the last remaining parcel size items on my business account as it's cheaper and also I don't have to worry about losses or late items.

If eBay make money out of simply delivery I can see it filtering through to business accounts, possible voluntarily to begin with and possibly becoming mandatory in certain categories (may be with certain sellers being exempt, perhaps those who use eBay's fulfilment or are classed as authorised sellers). 

Oh please no, not unless they sort out automatic combined delivery.  It's really cut my buying down of certain things.

Yeah that is a major downside, won an auction at the weekend, seller had two other auctions I would have bid on as well, before simply delivery I'd have expected to pay 1 postage rate of around £4 (as all 3 items would easily fit as a small parcel) but I have no idea what eBay would have charged (certainly wasn't going to pay 3 x 3.38 P&P) so didn't bid on the other two. 

From the buyers point of view you could offer multi-buy, order volume discount or coupons to encourage bigger orders and just have free P&P but eBay would have to do something to combine the postage correctly, perhaps let the seller pick the label option after the sale?