Endicia Switch to NetStamps
from 30915 Dymo Stamps Labels
Last Updated July12, 2020
Latest announcement from Xytek:
Good news, you can currently transition to NetStamps and still use Xytek’s original approved 30915 compatible labels.
If you still have some of our stamp labels to use up, you will need a Serial Number, before switching over to NetStamps. So email us using an address you have used to order from us in the past and we will send you one. Serial numbers will be included with any new order.
Using Xytek 30915 labels for NetStamps:
Follow the Stamps/Endicia instructions to move your account to NetStamps. If you have a paid account, you will use the Stamps or Endicia website access. If you are being moved from a free Dymo Stamps account, you will download and install a free Endicia NetStamps application. Make sure any current account balance or credits are shown on the new account.
Once you open the app or the website page for stamp printing, input the Serial Number provided with your current order. Select your postage, and print. Note that the stamp information printed using a PC is rotated and in a slightly different format, but still completely acceptable to USPS. Mac users will currently still print the 30915 label as usual.
Make sure to always print a test label before actually printing stamps. If your printer should disconnect from the application, restarting the app restores the connection. Note that if there is a printer problem, misprints, or you run out of labels, that reprinting is now done in the app or on the website, and must be done in the current session, you can not come back later after exiting. See Reprinting NetStamps.
Our view:
Below is our opinion on the previous announcement from Endicia to switch Endicia Dymo Stamps 30915 label users to Stamps.com NetSamps labels.
The announcement of Endicia no longer supporting the Dymo Stamps Application after July 2019, has started for the Free Dymo Stamps users, and now also for the Paid Account users as well. Apparently Mac users will not be affected at this time.
This should not be a problem for our 30915 compatible label users, unless they enforce the new NetStamps Serial Number Code and block older existing user codes. However, this is still not clear at this time, so we can't comment further until more facts are known. It should also be noted that this has nothing to do with USPS.
Not long ago, Stamps.com who sells NetStamps labels, bought out their competitor Endicia, which included Dymo Stamps, so now has the monopoly on printing roll stamps online. The problem will be, if they start to enforce their new code even for paid subscribers, as they previously did unexpectedly for the free Dymo Stamps program users (see Activation Code). This action would be to force users to purchase only their brand labels, that have the special code, at a ridiculously high price for a small two hundred count roll, and manufactured only by them.
Certainly if they try to bully their now large captive audience into something this outrageous, will make for many thousands of angry paying users, triggering many complaints, and even possible federal legal issues. We have already heard from groups representing many thousands of shipping stores, plus many other users, including government agencies, many that have up to a year or more supply of 30915 compatible labels. None of them are happy about this prospect and are already considering what they will do about it.
Time to start hammering on Endicia now. A good place to start is on the Endicia Facebook page. Remember this could have a serious impact on your ability and cost to sell and use on demand roll label stamps. Besides these types of monopolistic bullying tactics are just not right.
Although the format is slightly different, our 30915 compatible labels fit the NetStamps information that is printed and has already been used with NetStamps by other users for years, since no activation code was needed.
In the future, we will adjust our 30915 compatible label format as required, or actually produce a new NetStamps compatible label. However, we would not be able to supply any needed new activation code, which of course would be a problem. As a fallback we are also talking with another postage printing company about adding postage stamp printing using our 30915 compatible labels.
We are trying to get more information about all this now, but so far no reply with clear answers has been forthcoming. We will stay on top of this, and will update this page when we know more. If you have questions or any comments to add, please email.