How to order free shipping supplies from CanadaPost.ca

***Sorry but Canada Postno longer provides those free of charge***Little-known fact:
Canada Post supplies FREE clear-plastic self-adhesive labelpouches(known as Labelopes)for housing printed mailing labels

and FREE plastic 16 x 12"mailing envelopes (known as okay Paks)

to Canadianokay Sellers!!!
Even my local post office did not know this!
There are 2 ways to get them: at your post office or via Canada Post's website.
I consider myself resourceful and geputer savvy, but I had the HARDEST time finding these supplies!First, my post office had no knowledge of such free items. Then, a second post office was able to provide me withLabelopes, but not the okay Pak, and the case was the same with a third post office. I then decided to try to order them on line - well, not an easy task. So I am writing this guide to save fellow Canadian Sellers all the time and efforts I had to deploy to attain this goal.


You will need a Canada Post VentureOnecustomer number, if you do not already have one. EntertheCanadaPost.cawebsite andgo to VentureOne: Savings for Small Business located under the Business sectionand click on "SIGN ME UP NOW!". Fill inthe form to register. You will receive a member's card within 3 to 4 weeks through the mail, but in the meantime, you can ask for your customer number by calling their Help Centre at 1-877-262-5762.

Once you haveyour customer number, you will have to create a UserID and Password.On the CanadaPost.ca homepage, click on Login to Business Centre under theBusiness section:you will then find a placewhere to clickwhen you need a new UserID. Enter your Canada Post Customer Number (no agreement number required) and go on to create your UserID (5 to 10characters)and Password (5 to 8 characters).

You are now ready to shop. Just go again to Login to Business Centre. Once you are logged in, click on "Store - Order Products and Supplies".

You will find the 2 items listed under okay Shipping Supplies - okay Supplies. At the time of this posting, they read as follows:- okay Pak, Product # 533086682, $0.20 (Note: they need to be ordered by multiples of 25)- Int'l Labelope, Product # 520012555, $0.07DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE PRICES!!! THESE ARE FREE. Just enter the quantity you require and add them to your shopping cart. You will see that they show at $0.00 when you view your cart.
I hope this will facilitate your shopping with Canada Post.
GOOD LUCK!