Ecommerce Industry News
The US Postal Service confirmed it would no longer be making Regional Rate-sized boxes available to shippers once it does away with the service in January. That means sellers will have to look for alternative […]
Shippo is expanding its ecommerce shipping platform internationally with a new R&D center in Ireland. The new facility will help the company support merchants looking for a global end-to-end shipping solution. In its press release […]
Shippo for Platforms launched Wednesday with Shopify as its first partner. This will allow Shopify merchants expand into new markets more quickly, beginning in Europe, and do so through Shippo’s existing infrastructure. The multi-year partnership, […]
eBay and Etsy have sounded the alarm on USPS package delays, but shipping company Shippo has actually published hard data that shows which services are impacted and by how much. Shippo data from July and […]
Shippo raised $30 million in funding, bringing its total capital raised to $59 million since its founding in 2013. The shipping platform for online merchants also announced it hired Catherine Stewart as its Chief Operating […]
UPS is more aggressively targeting small- and medium-sized online sellers and is leveraging agreements with services like Stamps.com and Shippo as it seeks to gain more share in the ecommerce market. That’s significant considering how […]
UPS is offering shipping discounts to online who use Shippo to manage their multichannel ecommerce orders. The over 35,000 small- and medium-sized businesses that use Shippo now have access to UPS marketplace shipping rates with […]
Shippo added two regional carriers to its shipping web app – AxleHire and CDL. It is part of its strategy to help businesses meet increasing consumer demands for same day, next-day and two-day delivery. Press […]
Shippo launched an improved package-tracking experience for merchants to provide their customers, and merchants can also use it as a marketing tool. Tracking Pages lets sellers customize tracking notifications for buyers, allowing them to make […]
Sellers want to maintain their edge beyond the busy holiday shopping season, and free shipping is one way of nudging customers into converting. Evidence supporting the prevalence of this practice arrived when shipping process technology […]