Royal Mail raises parcel prices by up to £1.45 from 5 October

Parcel stamp prices rose by roughly 8% on average. The changes cover parcel, tracked and guaranteed services. First and Second Class standard letter stamps remain at their current prices, as do First and Second Class large letter stamps.

If you sell items and post them, review the postage charge attached to each affected service. Use the new rate for the parcel size and weight you send.

Tracked 48 small parcels up to 2 kilos have the smallest reported rise, at 25p (Herts Advertiser). First Class medium parcels up to 20 kilos have the largest increase.

Sending 10 First Class small parcels weighing up to 2 kilos each now costs £59 in postage. At the previous £5.45 rate, the same batch cost £54.50. The increase adds £4.50 to that batch.

If you charge buyers the previous postage rate, add 45p per parcel to cover the new First Class small parcel price.

Parcelforce Worldwide items needing manual handling may now incur a new £4.15 surcharge per item.

Before pricing your next batch of orders, work through the services you use:

1. Match each Royal Mail parcel to its service, size and weight band.
2. Update saved postage charges using the new price for that service.
3. Check if the manual handling surcharge applies before calculating postage for Parcelforce items.