Finally some good news for online sellers on the shipping cost front – UPS announced today it will waive residential surcharges during the 2019 holiday shopping season. Those surcharges are not insignificant, and today’s announcement spells good news for merchants Read more
Last year, mobile app OfferUp added the ability for users to sell classifieds nationwide by adding payment and shipping capabilities. Today, it announced it has integrated with UPS shipping and lowered fees up to 67% on larger items. It reminded Read more
UPS announced on Friday that it is raising a surcharge impacting international imports. Announcement follows: August 9, 2019 Update / International Air-Import Fuel Surcharge Effective August 26, 2019, the International Air-Import Fuel Surcharge will increase by 1.0% for all thresholds. Read more
This year’s UPS benchmark survey sheds light on ecommerce and marketplace trends including which factors are most important to online shoppers. The 2019 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper surveyed 18,000 consumers in 15 countries between December 2018 and January Read more
UPS has begun onboarding customers for its new UPS My Choice for Business service, calling it “the first visibility and tracking solution in the U.S. designed for small and medium-sized businesses.” Later this year, it will add features including delivery Read more
UPS announced a number of initiatives on Monday including a move to 7-day pickup and delivery. The shipping carrier appears to be reacting in part to rival FedEx which in May announced it was moving to 7-day Ground residential delivery Read more
It’s hard to compete with Amazon Prime’s free-shipping program, but retailers who participate in the rival ShopRunner program got a boost today from UPS. The shipping carrier is offering members of the UPS My Choice program a free 1-year subscription Read more
UPS has long sought higher postal rates for packages, but it faced a setback this week when the Supreme Court declined to hear its appeal in a case it brought against the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). Shipware summed up the Read more
Some sellers are reporting problems when sending inventory to Amazon FBA fulfillment centers due to shipping carriers’ practices, and they say Amazon customer service is failing to help them. In a nutshell, FedEx is placing its “Sortation Assist Cover Labels” Read more
Online sellers who use UPS should be aware of possible delays to delivery of their packages on the way to buyers. The shipping carrier announced today that severe weather in Louisville, KY, the home of UPS Worldport, might impact some Read more
