ShipStation, the leading web-based ecommerce shipping solution, announced today that it has hired former Civitas Learning Chief Architect and VP of Data Engineering Tom Warmbrodt as its Chief Technology Officer and Jud Harris, former Chief Technologist at Amplifier, as Director Read more
Shipping Easy launched a new guide to help online sellers better evaluate and leverage shipping insurance. According to the company, shipping insurance is more complicated than it needs to be and is often ignored, despite its affordability. With over 5% Read more
It may come as a surprise to learn that postal services from around the world are openly wondering if Amazon is friend or foe. It’s normal for online merchants to have mixed feelings about Amazon – it can be a Read more
Sellers who read about Amazon’s Small and Light FBA program last year might have been turned off by some of the restrictions that have since changed. This week, Bloomberg wrote an article about the program that contained some confusing points, Read more
Online sellers generally don’t think of Pitney Bowes as a tool for printing USPS shipping labels for their ecommerce packages – unless they are large enterprises – but this year, that’s starting to change. The company expanded its coverage beyond Read more
Congress let the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) know that it’s keeping an eye on the issue of “Fair Competition in International Shipping.” The Subcommittee on Government Operations sent a letter to the PRC chairperson last week requesting that it take Read more
UPS is testing a new service that could prove popular with smaller online sellers who tend to favor USPS. According to EcommerceBytes 411, the UPS Simple Rate service offers flat-rate pricing, but is only available to a small number of Read more
A tool for online merchants called ShippingEasy is expanding to offer an inventory management platform. Advancing to a more integrated platform was a natural progression for the company, ShipingEasy CEO Katie May told EcommerceBytes. It’s part of a broader strategy Read more
UPS will raise rates effective December 26, 2016 by nearly 5% for services commonly used by online sellers. Each year, UPS and FedEx raise rates – in fact one recent study claimed the two companies have raised rates in lockstep Read more
Sellers shipping to Canada and all Canadian-based sellers can breathe a sigh of relief after a summer of uncertainty when it comes to package delivery. But while new developments in the labor dispute with Canada Post will take sellers through Read more
