It sounds like a joke along the lines of, where can I find the bathroom scale? (the bathroom, of course). But the U.S. Postal Service isn’t joking when it asks “How much does a 1-pound box weigh?” in a new Read more
As the USPS gets ready to lower commercial rates for Priority Mail packages next month, UPS and FedEx expressed some concerns. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) referenced those concerns in its order Friday approving the rate changes to Priority Mail Read more
The United States Postal Service is raising rates for Priority Mail when purchased at the Post Office. But, it is lowering rates for those who purchase Priority Mail postage online, a further incentive for merchants to print labels online. The Read more
Google Shopping has launched a new tool for online merchants that it says will help boost conversions by removing some of the potential for confusion over shipping costs. As part of its Merchant Center, Google addressed what they cited as Read more
The U.S. Postal Service ended the June 30, 2014, quarter with a net loss of $2.0 billion, compared to a net loss of $740 million for the same period last year. The agency said revenue continued to improve as a Read more
The USPS will resume its consolidation of mail processing centers after Phase 1 saw the closure of 141 mail processing facilities in 2012 – 2013. The only positive for online merchants – Phase 2 will begin after the 2014 holiday Read more
Etsy is rolling out a new process for marking orders as shipped, an important feature for marketplaces so they know when the seller has shipped an order. One major change – the new marked-as-shipped feature will now send a notice Read more
The U.S. Postal service has a big problem: aging delivery trucks and no money for capital expenditures. The aging fleet of delivery trucks is a major concern – some vehicles are 27 years old. The USPS Office of Inspector General Read more
A spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service told EcommerceBytes that a database migration on the agency’s Click N Ship website on July 16th was the cause of technical issues that online sellers experienced, and she extended an apology to customers. Read more
Sellers are reporting major technical problems with USPS Click N Ship, a service they use to print online postage, with one avid user calling the glitches “the biggest ecommerce story of the month.” Last week, the service had an outage, Read more
