USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is on a mission to transform the Postal Service and is even throwing out conventions on how it goes about doing so. On Monday, the USPS declared it was ending all ongoing feasibility studies that Read more
It was a busy week for postal news as USPS peak season looms. The Board of Governors met on Tuesday, the same day the USPS released its financials for the latest quarter. The following day, the Postal Service announced its Read more
Online sellers will pay an extra 75 cents for each package shipped via flat-rate Priority Mail during the holidays, according to today’s announcement from the USPS. But sellers will pay as much as $6.50 extra per package sent coast-to-coast via Read more
Amazon launched a courier-like service in major US cities on Monday. Prime members can shop from four retail stores: PacSun, GNC, SuperDry, and Diesel – and receive their items the same day. Amazon lists retail chains Sur la Table and Read more
Driven to boost revenue, the USPS is running a pilot program to rent space to the California Department of Motor Vehicles for self-service kiosks in Post Office lobbies. The Postal Service recently extended the pilot program that began last fall, Read more
ShipBob is offering a new solution to merchants who use its fulfillment service designed to simplify some of the complexities of international selling while reducing customs delays. ShipBob’s Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) solution is designed to eliminate surprise fees and Read more
FedEx Ground and UPS announced plans to offer Sunday delivery in 2019, but now FedEx Ground is pulling back in some locales as some indie delivery contractors give FedEx Ground until Black Friday to address concerns they called dire for Read more
An article in Linn’s Stamp News on Friday had online sellers scrambling to find out if they would lose postage discounts when they purchase USPS labels on online marketplaces and postage providers. Amazon told EcommerceBytes on Saturday that the end Read more
Amazon announced on Friday it would begin delivering packages to customers in College Station, Texas by drones later this year. The news follows on the heels of its announcement last month that it would offer drone delivery to customers in Read more
Auctane is offering its ShipEngine solution to merchants in the UK, it announced this week. The multi-channel, multi-carrier API platform is now available in the UK and will become available in France and Germany later this year. Auctane owns a Read more
