Amazon is giving employees a financial incentive to launch a small business – but not as online sellers. It’s giving US employees up to $10,000 and 3 months’ salary to build a package delivery business through its Delivery Service Partner Read more
The USPS reported revenue of $17.5 billion in its quarterly report today, essentially unchanged compared to same quarter last year; a net loss of $2.1 billion; and a similar pattern of declining mail volume and increasing package volume. “First-Class Mail Read more
Amazon is pitching its DSP (Delivery Service Partner) program to its third-party merchants, telling them there’s “never been a better time to own your own business with Amazon as your partner.” (See update below.) Amazon had launched DSP in June Read more
The USPS offers digital marketing solutions to merchants and businesses in some surprising new ways, and the Postmaster General highlighted some of them at a keynote address at this week’s National Postal Forum. “More than 2,000 mail senders are now Read more
Online sellers who use UPS should be aware of possible delays to delivery of their packages on the way to buyers. The shipping carrier announced today that severe weather in Louisville, KY, the home of UPS Worldport, might impact some Read more
eBay sellers will no longer have access to a free version of ShipRush shipping software – but they’ll have the option to pay for a regular subscription directly from ShipRush if they wish to use the more fully-featured version. According Read more
UPS is running some compelling promotions to celebrate National Small Business Week. If you have been thinking about trying UPS, now might be the time to investigate. Among the offerings during the limited time promotion are free pickup service (it Read more
Walmart isn’t taking the news of Amazon 1-day Free Prime Shipping lying down. It hinted in a Tweet that it would do the same – but without requiring a membership fee. “One-day free shipping…without a membership fee. Now THAT would Read more
A new service from Amazon puts a different spin on the term “garage sale.” The marketplace will now offer in-garage delivery to Prime members. The Key for Garage service is made possible through an integration with Chamberlain Group’s proprietary myQ-connected Read more
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) held a special conference this week to discuss postal remuneration – the prices paid to a postal operator (such as the US Postal Service) for the international delivery of postal items, including ecommerce items. It’s Read more
