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Shipping Methods: Parcel shipping carriers
Last updated on Oct 25, 2024
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Overview

As a Marketplace seller, you’re responsible for choosing a carrier method for delivery of your items, unless you choose to ship with Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS). You should use a parcel carrier to ship items of standard size and weight. Below we’ve provided Walmart’s preferred and suggested carriers to use for parcel delivery.

How does it work?

Whichever carrier method you choose, valid tracking information must be provided to Walmart.com customers for more than 99% of your Marketplace orders, per Walmart’s Seller Performance Standards. Walmart’s top preferred carriers are USPS, FedEx and UPS. 

Additional guidelines

USPS

USPS ships to residential and commercial locations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. 

Shipping Method

Dimension & Weight Limits

Ship Speed

Notes

Priority Mail Express

108 inches in total length & girth; 70 lbs. max.

Overnight delivery or 2 days.

Overnight delivery with a money-back guarantee.

Priority Mail

Typically 1-3 business days; plan for 1-4 business days during holidays.

Date-specified delivery.

Retail Ground

130 inches in total length & girth; 70 lbs. max.

Typically 5-7 business days; plan for 6-8 business days during holidays.

Best used for large packages to a commercial location.

FedEx

FedEx ship to residential and commercial locations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico but doesn’t ship to P.O. boxes. Walmart offers lower shipping rates through the FedEx Advantage Program

Shipping Method

Parcel or Freight

Ship Speed

Notes

FedEx 2Day

ParcelAccepted dimensions: Up to 150 lbs. each; up to 119" in length, 165" in length plus girth

2 business days

For information on shipping speed and preparing your package, refer to the U.S. package shipping services guide.

FedEx Express Saver

3 business days

FedEx Ground and FedEx Ground Residential

1-7 business days depending on package origin and destination zip codes.

UPS

UPS ships to residential and commercial locations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. 

Shipping Method

Parcel or Freight

Ship Speed

Notes

Next Day Air

Parcel

1 business day/overnight

Ideal service for shipments that must arrive the next business day such as perishables.

2nd Day Air

Parcel

2 business days

An economical option for shipments that do not need overnight service.

Ground

Either

3-4 business days

Day-definite delivery in 1 to 5 days.

Suggested parcel carriers

Consider these parcel carriers for delivery of Marketplace orders: 

  • 4PX
  • AAA Cooper
  • Canada Post
  • China Post
  • CNE
  • Chukou1
  • Correos de Mexico
  • Deutsche Post
  • DHL eCommerce Solutions
  • DHL Express
  • DHL Global Forwarding
  • DHL Post & Parcel
  • DTDC
  • Equick
  • Estes
  • FDS Express
  • FIRSTMILE
  • FedEx
  • FedEx Smartpost
  • Flyt
  • GLS
  • HIT Delivery
  • Japan Post
  • JCEX
  • JD Logistics
  • India Post
  • Landmark Global
  • Lasership
  • Meyer Distribution
  • OnTrac
  • PostNord Sweden
  • PTS
  • Royal Mail
  • Sendle
  • SF Express
  • Shiprocket
  • Shypmax
  • Sunyou
  • Tusou
  • UDS
  • UPS
  • UPS Mail Innovations
  • USPS
  • Wanb
  • Whistl
  • WIN.IT America
  • Yanwen
  • YDH
  • YunExpress
Notes

FedEx Ground Residential 4-day and 5-day transit lanes are currently operating on a Monday-Friday delivery schedule and will continue to do so throughout the holiday and until further notice.Throughout holiday: FedEx Ground adds one-day transit on some 1-day and 2-day lanes.

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