USPS Plans to Open Hubs to Retailers Competing with Amazon
In 2020, when your supplies of milk and butter start to run low, your refrigerator will know to send out a call to the grocery store and, later that day, the Postal Service will show […]
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Coming to a Postal Carrier Near You: New Scanners
The US Postal Service is trying to catch up to UPS and FedEx when it comes to providing customers with delivery status information – something that ecommerce sellers are finding increasingly important. The USPS renamed […]
Poshmark and USPS Fashion an Exclusive Shipping Deal
Fashion shopping app Poshmark and the US Postal Service have embarked upon an exclusive partnership featuring Poshmark-branded shipping labels for their sellers. The new program, called PoshPost now features a shipping rate for buyers of $4.99 on all orders, […]
Ecommerce Shipping: Fast, Free and 7 Days a Week?
Online merchants are already challenged in meeting the expectations of shoppers who wish to get their orders delivered fast and free. Now Amazon and the USPS are adding another standard that online consumers may come […]
Online Buyer Sues USPS for Denying Insurance Claim
A man who ordered tractor parts online for over one thousand dollars has sued the United States of America and the U.S. Postal Service, claiming the USPS lost his package but refused to honor his […]
Financial Services Could Net the US Postal Service $8.9 Billion
Should the USPS get into the financial services business as it searches for additional revenue streams? That’s an idea that the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) proposed in a recent report. The OIG suggests […]
eBay and USPS Cast Doubts on Same Day Delivery Model
There are signs that same-day delivery may not be as winning a model as some had hoped. The USPS suspended one of two pilot programs called Metro Post due to a lack of participation from […]
More on USPS Postage Rate Changes – and Should You Fear Italy?
Online sellers keep a close eye on shipping costs, and this week we’ve been bringing you content about the USPS postage rate changesthat took effect on Sunday. In keeping with the theme of saving time and […]
As USPS Outsources the Counter, Will Ecommerce Packages Be Safe?
In November, the U.S. Postal Service launched a Retail Partner Expansion Program pilot with Staples, an office-products chain-store. Under the pilot program, Staples sells postal products and services at select stores in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California […]
USPS Says No Overall Increase in Priority Mail Rates Ahead
Small online merchants and marketplace sellers rely on the USPS for much of their shipping needs, including Priority Mail. The Postal Service filed its price changes for 2014 with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) last […]