Thermal printers ranked for eBay sellers printing postage labels from eBay or Royal Mail Click & Drop at home, from a few parcels to hundreds.
On eBay you can buy postage through eBay’s own label tool, which offers a 4 × 6 inch (100 × 150 mm) format, or import orders into Royal Mail Click & Drop and print the whole day’s batch in one go. Both routes print on a thermal printer.
If you list on eBay most days and post daily or every other day, the middle pick at about £55 to £85 suits you. Move to the £200 to £260 printer once you pass 100 orders a week.
The criteria that set the order. Commission plays no part.
Our pick for most eBay sellers: print eBay labels or a Click & Drop batch straight onto 100 × 150 mm thermal labels, and keep the cost of each label low.
Typical price
£55to £85
For a busy eBay shop. You get fewer jams on a long Click & Drop batch, which helps when the post office cut-off is close.
Typical price
£200to £260
A cheaper start for a part-time eBay seller clearing a loft. Slower on big batches, but it takes the same labels as the pricier two.
Typical price
£70to £110
Each step in the order you'll need it.
With eBay’s label tool you buy postage on each order and print it straight away, and eBay uploads the tracking for the buyer. Click & Drop imports your eBay orders, and you pick services and print labels for all of them at once.
The Click & Drop label tool is free. You pay for the postage. Set both to the 100 × 150 mm thermal format, so one label roll serves odd items from eBay and the daily Click & Drop batch.
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Pick and pack first, then print. Sort orders in Click & Drop by service so you print Large Letters and parcels in separate groups, and stack the labels in the same order as the parcels on your table.
A batch of 40 labels takes a couple of minutes on the middle printer. The smaller one is slower on big batches and suits ten orders a day more than forty.
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In a batch, labels easily end up on the wrong parcel. Print a packing slip or write the order number on each label, then stick it on as you pack that order.
If a label prints wrong, cancel it in the tool you bought it from. eBay and Click & Drop each have their own process for refunding unused postage, so check their help pages.
Keep a spare 500-label fanfold stack under the desk and reorder when you open it, so you don't run out mid-batch.
Past 100 orders a week, the heavy-duty printer jams less on long runs. Below that, the middle printer is enough and the saving buys label stock.
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eBay’s label tool offers a 4 × 6 inch format, which is the 100 × 150 mm size these printers take, as well as A4.
Yes. Royal Mail Click & Drop connects to your eBay account and imports orders, so you can print a batch of labels at once.
The label tool is free. You pay only for the postage you buy through it.
Compare the services and prices each shows you for your usual parcels. You can use both on the same printer.
eBay labels add tracking to the order for you. With Click & Drop, check its eBay integration settings so dispatch details go back to eBay.
The middle pick. It prints a 50-label batch quickly and takes fanfold stacks, so you reload less often.
