Shippo is expanding its ecommerce shipping platform internationally with a new R&D center in Ireland. The new facility will help the company support merchants looking for a global end-to-end shipping solution. In its press release announcing the news, Shippo touted Read more
eBay sellers recently reported that some USPS postal carriers had begun limiting the number of packages they would scan upon pick-up to five. Leaving some packages unscanned is problematic for sellers who must prove to customers and to marketplaces that Read more
The USPS delivered the second in a series of talking points for employees to help them explain to others the Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s “Delivering for America” 10-year plan. The USPS sent the 6-by-4-inch postcards to employees focusing on its Read more
The USPS ordered 50,000 next generation delivery vehicles for $2.98 billion (that’s an average of $59,600 each). Twenty percent of them will be battery electric vehicles (BEVs), rather than the 10% it had initially planned to order. Postmaster General Louis Read more
The US Postal Service is now offering its new USPS Connect Local service in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware as part of a nationwide rollout that began last month, it announced today. EcommerceBytes confirmed that eventually, the Read more
Descartes integrated ShipRush with its warehouse management systems for a unified offering for ecommerce customers. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes companies should be adopting technology solutions to help scale their fulfillment operations, keep pace with sales growth, and meet their delivery Read more
Google launched a tool for delivery companies to help get merchants’ packages to shoppers’ doorsteps more efficiently. The “last mile” in package delivery has always been a challenge (that’s why major carriers have residential-address surcharges), and it’s one that Amazon Read more
The USPS is instituting stiff new surcharge fees on April 3rd that will devastate sellers of certain types of goods. eBay and Etsy sellers who had held out hope the marketplaces would be able to negotiate a deal with the Read more
Today, the USPS responded to criticism from PostCom and others in a filing available on the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)’s website. We hadn’t noticed until Save the Post Office (@savethepo on Twitter) tweeted the following: “In a filing today the Read more
Costs are rising, and the ecommerce industry is no exception. We thought we’d catalog some of the rates that are going up in 2022 including online marketplace fees and shipping costs. Keep in mind that what isn’t included are costs Read more
