Postmaster General Megan Brennan called on Congress to enact legislation to help the Postal Service after releasing the agency’s second-quarter financial report last week. She called the agency’s challenges “serious but solvable.” Brennan testified before the House Oversight and Government Read more
The USPS failed to meet all of its performance goals in Fiscal Year 2015, but a spokesperson told EcommerceBytes the agency is committed to doing better in FY 2016 and has already made substantial progress. The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Read more
The USPS is testing advertising on the back of paper receipts. Supermarkets and retailers have begun adopting this practice, placing ads on the back of the receipts they issue, often for local businesses. In the case of the Postal Service, Read more
Email marketing can be very effective, especially for online merchants who communicate regularly with their customers – after all, these are people who have purchased from you before. One way to build your marketing list is to capture customer data Read more
It’s obvious to small sellers that they are at a disadvantage when it comes to shipping costs, but the Wall Street Journal quantified the issue for its readers this week in an article titled, “”Free” Shipping Crowds Out Small Retailers.” A chart Read more
The appeal of the ecommerce market has not been lost on global tech firm Pitney Bowes. Known about a century ago as a maker of postage stamping technology, the company just unveiled a cutting edge collection of services bundled under Read more
Etsy has added FedEx to its shipping labels program so that sellers can purchase and print FedEx shipping labels directly on Etsy. The company also had a confession to make about shipping. FedEx Integration “A direct integration with FedEx means Read more
Online sellers who rely on the USPS to pick up packages from their location were disappointed recently to find the service curtailed. As a reader told EcommerceBytes, “USPS apparently has discontinued scheduled pick-ups unless the sender has at least one Read more
Postal carriers could get help hauling heavy packages, according to a report in the Mirror. Germany’s Deutsche Post is testing robots to help with the increase in packages. “Clemens Beckmann, head of innovation at Deutsche Post, told Reuters: “Robots could be Read more
The USPS was forced to lower postage on Sunday for market dominant rates including the cost of a First Class stamp (from 49 cents to 47 cents). While most USPS shipping services used by online sellers are considered competitive and Read more
