The USPS has announced bigger, better mailboxes to satisfy the needs of online shoppers. The only question is, are they big enough? The next-generation mailboxes are for sale at The Home Depot (appropriately enough, you can buy them online and Read more
eBay urged sellers to continue selling in Canada as a postal disruption looms, telling them on Friday that there was no need to put their Stores on vacation hold or to end their listings. But eBay sellers reacting in the Read more
Online sellers could see a disruption in shipping when sending goods in and out of Canada thanks to a possible contract dispute between Canada Post and union workers. In fact, Canada Post has warned some of its biggest customers of Read more
The USPS got the greenlight to raise certain rates in August, but they only impact First-Class Mail Parcels (FCMP) weighing between 1-3 ounces. Some online sellers who ship lightweight goods through the Postal Service will be impacted, and eBay informed Read more
Stamps.com is buying yet another shipping service for online merchants, announcing Monday it will pay $55 million to acquire ShippingEasy. It’s the fourth such acquisition for the company since 2014. Stamps.com intends for ShippingEasy to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary Read more
The House of Representatives Oversight committee introduced a bipartisan discussion draft of postal reform legislation. A move to five-day delivery is off the table, it calls for the development of innovative postal and nonpostal products and services, and it address Read more
Shipping solution ShipStation has integrated with Canadian carrier Purolator. ShipStation’s merchants in Canada will now be able to ship to users throughout Canada and around the world using Purolator’s delivery service. With Purolator and ShipStation, online sellers in Canada will Read more
A small number of online sellers are reporting that Stamps.com experienced an issue on Tuesday night in which it accidentally shut down some users’ accounts. Customers who were impacted were initially told their history was lost forever, but later received Read more
eBay’s answer to Amazon Prime during the holiday season in particular is a program called Fast ‘N Free. eBay’s top two executives told a Wall Street analyst this week that it would launch in the second half of 2016 a Read more
The US Postal Service is seeking to raise postage rates in August, but only on very specific types of packages. The agency is requesting the change in order to correct a price anomaly introduced in January. At the time, we Read more
