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glimse@lemmy.world 1 week agoUnless something changed in the past 3-5 years, that is not true. I used to sell a lot on Etsy and eBay and both created a tracking number as soon as you generated the label. If you checked it right away, the USPS site would say they hadn’t processed the package at the post office yet.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 week ago
If it’s not shipped there’s nothing to track.
BigDiction@lemmy.world 1 week ago
lol I can tell you’ve never worked in fulfillment. Whether an order has been shipped is something you need to track.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yes. Of an order has been shipped it will be tracked.
Am i missing a joke or something?
BigDiction@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Okay in any fulfillment operation tracking occurs when an order is placed. You need to know when a label is printed, often when specific items are packed, and when that order leaves the building. Bigger operations will have more steps for the fulfillment chain and delivery if they do that part.
From a customer perspective, even your mom and pop shop doing UPS pickup will create a label with tracking so the customer knows when their shipment has entered the delivery chain.
Am I misunderstanding what you are talking about?