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Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by gllen on Friday February 08, 2013 @07:02PM (#5190883)
Is there a website that will sell a single printable stamp online? I send maybe 2 letters a year, and would gladly pay something ridiculous like 500% markup when I can't find a stamp.
Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by jstreebin on Friday February 08, 2013 @07:13PM (#5190912)
You can curl those with EasyPost! https://geteasypost.com/docs
Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by gllen on Friday February 08, 2013 @07:47PM (#5191015)
Nice! Have you thought of putting "NO MONTHLY FEE" somewhere on the homepage? I missed that part, and pretty much just assumed it because of the other services.

I'm probably not going to figure out the api to print a stamp though. Is a non-api + non-signup version in the works? That's what I'd really want next time I need a stamp.

Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by jstreebin on Friday February 08, 2013 @07:55PM (#5191036)
Oooh good call!

Yes, that's in the works.

But for now you can still use it! Just copy this curl command: https://geteasypost.com/docs#postage-buying Then, replace the To, From, Weight, etc with your own info, paste into iTerm or whatever you use. Once you get a piece back that's right (with that test API key), use your secret API key and buy it for real.

I'll even load your account with $5 to get started. Email me at j at easypost dot co (same to anyone else reading and interested) :)

Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by dsr_ on Friday February 08, 2013 @07:00PM (#5190876)
It's not clear to me why or how this will be better than the five existing services listed at https://www.usps.com/business/online-postage.htm
Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by tommoor on Friday February 08, 2013 @07:09PM (#5190900)
I believe those are consumer focused services, where as EasyPost is designed for developers to integrate shipping and postage into their apps and websites.
Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by jstreebin on Friday February 08, 2013 @07:13PM (#5190908)
Please go use them and it will become clear :)
Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by prakster on Saturday February 09, 2013 @05:19PM (#5194292)
Will help to understand how is this different from https://www.postmaster.io
Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by scalhoun2005 on Friday February 08, 2013 @09:00PM (#5191201)
Do you guys plan on integrating with any of the existing ecommerce platforms?
Re:EasyPost drags the postage stamp into the 21st century by jstreebin on Friday February 08, 2013 @09:11PM (#5191248)
Yes! We're planning on Shopify and Esty apps. Any other requests?

( jarrett at easypost dot co -- if you prefer)