UPS published a rate update on July 15, 2024, revealing that its surcharge fees will jump twice during the upcoming busy holiday shopping season, first in late September, and again in mid-November. Supply Chain Dive reported that the 2024 holiday Read more
The USPS is discontinuing the medium size tubes for shipping long narrow items effective immediately, but shippers can order them while supplies last. The Postal Service said it based the decision to stop offering the “Dual-Use Priority Mail/Priority Mail Express Read more
eBay advised sellers that the US Postal Service is no longer supporting receipt of any FedEx Ground Economy shipments – the service formerly known as FedEx SmartPost. Effective July 14, 2024, sellers should not drop off their FedEx shipment to Read more
The USPS instituted surcharge fees for long and awkward packages in 2022, and this year, it is proposing changes to the fee structure. Most significantly, it wants to make surcharges zone-based, so non-standard packages shipped across the country would cost Read more
The US Postal Service ended its rewards program last year for the Click-N-Ship service and is now notifying customers that they have until Sunday to redeem any remaining credits from the program. The USPS has been contacting customers by email Read more
The USPS hired Bill Fraine to align its commercial strategy with its network transformation changes, which is a controversial part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Delivering for America plan. Fraine was former president of GXO Logistics’ supply chain division when Read more
eBay employees fielded questions from sellers about international shipping during this week’s eBay for Business podcast episode, revealing some quirks that sellers should understand. In some cases, eBay may charge sellers an international fee even in cases where the buyer Read more
The USPS will pause its efforts to improve ground transportation beginning in August, citing peak season and elections, according to a letter Postmaster General DeJoy wrote to lawmakers on Monday. He sent the letter to clarify what Delivering for America Read more
Reuters reported today that USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy agreed to pause the consolidation of Postal Service’s processing network after mounting pressure from lawmakers. There have been a few areas around the country where consolidation efforts have led to massive Read more
It’s hard to call the Postal Service’s decision to keep many package shipping rates unchanged “good news” in July, since it’s only in recent years that sellers have had to deal with two rate hikes a year. The USPS had Read more
