eBay Advises Sellers on July 4th Holiday Protections

Insight summary

• •Independence Day 2026 falls on Saturday, July 4, with the USPS observing the holiday on the actual date by closing post offices and halting mail deliveries on that day.
• •USPS will deliver packages and keep post offices open as normal on Friday, July 3, 2026.
• •eBay announced it will not count July 3, 2026, as a shipping day for seller performance metrics.
• •Late shipment defects for orders with a July 3 ship-by date will be automatically removed by eBay.
• •Defect removals will be completed before the July 20 Seller Standards evaluation and will not impact July seller performance.
• •Sellers with July 3 ship-by dates do not need to take any action for the defect removals.
• •The announcement was posted on the eBay Shipping Announcement board to support sellers during the holiday period.