USPS offers online option

If you have a computer and Internet access, you also have your very own post office right in your home or office — and it’s open 24/7. USPS.com offers almost as many services as your local brick-and-mortar post office.

If you have a computer and Internet access, you also have your very own post office right in your home or office — and it’s open 24/7. USPS.com offers almost as many services as your local brick-and-mortar post office.

This year, USPS.com Week is March 23-27, and the Postal Service is celebrating by making sure all its customers know how easy it is to conduct postal business online.

For example, shipping packages. You can order free, eco-friendly Priority Mail and Express Mail shipping supplies, print and pay for shipping labels and request carrier pickup right from USPS.com.

You’ll save money, too. When you use Click-N-Ship, you receive free delivery confirmation and shipping discounts — up to 11% off the price you’d pay if you visited your local post office. And the Postal Service doesn’t add fuel surcharges or other hidden fees like residential delivery or Saturday delivery.

But shipping packages is just the beginning. You can file a change of address, request redelivery service or arrange to pick up the mail piece from your post office or have your mail held while you’re out of town on business or vacation.

You can look up a ZIP Code, calculate postage, find a nearby post office, rent a post-office box, and shop at the Postal Store for stamps, philatelic products and retail items, including gifts based on stamp images — past and present.