When Amazon announced a new shipping service for independent sellers on Wednesday, which it said expanded access to Amazon’s delivery network at competitive rates across the contiguous US, it sounded revolutionary. Small sellers looking for a competitor to USPS, UPS, Read more
The US Postal Service is making it easier to order packaging supplies online by allowing customers to purchase them through the USPS Click-N-Ship online-postage portal. The USPS offers free expedited packaging supplies that can be used to ship Priority Mail Read more
UPS will raise rates 6% in 2024 – or 5.9% on December 26, 2023, to be exact – publishing the news about 10 days after FedEx announced it would raise rates an average of 5.9% on January 1, 2024. UPS Read more
Etsy is offering a new feature that lets UK sellers pay for shipping and have Royal Mail print the labels upon dropping off their packages. “Now, when you buy domestic Royal Mail shipping labels on Etsy, you can present each Read more
FedEx will raise rates 6% in 2024 – or 5.9% to be exact – for FedEx and FedEx Ground, it announced on Tuesday. The rates go into effect on January 1, 2024, so sellers could be hit by higher costs Read more
A federal jury found Devin Ryan Maresca (33, Newcastle, PA) guilty of 10 counts of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft on Thursday, according to prosecutors. A November 2022 indictment alleged that between approximately May 2018 through Read more
In mid-July, Amazon informed sellers about the new USPS Ground Advantage offering but told them it wasn’t yet prepared to offer it through its “Buy Shipping” program, which lets sellers purchase shipping labels on Seller Central. On August 24, Amazon Read more
Some astute sellers discovered the USPS’s decision to roll out Ground Advantage is having an impact on the availability and cost of bubblewrap and certain other shipping supplies, which could impact sellers of fragile goods that must be carefully packaged Read more
As online sellers look ahead to peak shopping season, there’s one issue they won’t have to worry about – the prospect of delivery disruption from a potential UPS strike. On Tuesdays, UPS announced via Twitter that its Teamsters-represented employees voted Read more
The Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) put out a call asking for input on whether the USPS is ready for holiday peak shipping. It’s conducting a preparedness audit, and posted the following announcement on social media site Threads: Read more
