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Shipping label template

The big format — 2″ × 4″, ten to a sheet, on the Avery 5163 grid. Enough room for a full address at a size that stays readable once the box is moving.

Shipping label maker — 10 per sheet

Avery 5163 geometry · 2" × 4" · 10 per sheet. Everything runs in your browser — nothing you type is uploaded.

What goes on the labels
Addresses
One address per block, separated by a blank line. 0 addresses detected.
Text size — 14pt
Alignment
Start at label 1
Skip labels already peeled off a part-used sheet. Counts left to right, top to bottom.
Alignment nudge
Across
0
Down
0
If your printer prints slightly high or left, shift the whole grid. Each step is 1/32 inch.
0 labels · 1 sheet
Sheet preview

Showing sheet 1 of 1. Print at 100% / “Actual size” — “Fit to page” shrinks the sheet and every label will miss.

Where to stick it

One label, flat, on the largest face of the box — not wrapped around a corner, not across the tape seam, and not on the bottom. A label that bridges an edge cannot be scanned, and a label over the seam gets sliced the moment somebody opens the parcel. If the box has old labels on it, cover them completely or take them off; two addresses on one parcel is the most reliable way to send something to the wrong place.

Ten to a sheet is a different job from thirty

The 30-up address sheet and this one look like the same product with different numbers, but they behave differently in practice. On a 30-up sheet the constraint is space — you are always trimming an address to fit. Here the constraint is the opposite: there is more room than a domestic address needs, and the temptation is to fill it with things a carrier does not read.

Resist it. A clean five-line address in large type gets handled faster than the same address surrounded by order numbers and handling notes. If you need reference numbers on the box, put them on a second label rather than crowding the delivery address.

Sheets this fits

These products all use the same 2" × 4" grid at 10 per sheet. They differ by printer type, adhesive, and pack size — not by where the labels sit on the page.

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Avery® and the Avery product numbers above are trademarks of CCL Label, Inc. Apollo’s Templates is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Avery. Product numbers are listed only to identify the sheet layout these templates are built to match.

Smaller format
Address labels — 30 per sheet
The 1″ × 2-5/8″ sheet for envelopes and card mailings.
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Start from empty
Blank 10-up label sheet
The same 2″ × 4″ grid with nothing on it, for hand-writing or an alignment proof.
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The box in the shop
Avery 5163 template
What the number covers, and the eight other numbers on the same grid.
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Frequently asked questions

Is 2″ × 4″ the right size for a parcel?
It is the standard half-sheet-adjacent size for self-printed parcel labels and it is what most people mean by a shipping label. It gives you four or five comfortable lines at a size that stays readable on a moving belt. The one thing it is not is a carrier-generated barcode label — those come from the carrier's own system.
Can I put a barcode or postage on these?
No — this maker lays out text only. If you have bought postage online, print the carrier's own label file rather than retyping it here; the barcode has to be reproduced at an exact scale to scan reliably. Use these for addressing parcels you are taking to the counter, for return addresses on outbound boxes, and for internal or courier-collected shipments.
How many lines fit on one label?
Five or six at a comfortable size. A name, two street lines, a city/state/ZIP line and a country line all fit without the type shrinking. The text auto-fits if you go longer, but on a parcel label legibility is worth more than completeness — abbreviate before you let it shrink.
Should the address be centred or left-aligned?
Left-aligned is the convention and it is what sorting equipment and human eyes both expect. Centred looks tidier on screen and is fine for internal use, but for anything going through a carrier, keep it left.
What's the difference between 5163 and 8163?
Printer type. 5163 is the laser sheet and 8163 is the inkjet one; the adhesive and face stock differ slightly but the grid is identical, so one PDF prints correctly on either. The same is true of 5263, 5523, 5663, 5963, 8463, 8663 and 94207.
Ten labels seems few — can I print more at once?
Paste as many addresses as you like and the PDF runs onto more sheets automatically, up to 20 sheets or 200 labels in a single file. For a bigger run than that, split it into batches so the file stays manageable.
Updated through July 2026