1.0EcommerceByteshttps://www.ecommercebytes.comDavid A Utterhttps://www.ecommercebytes.com/author/david-a-utter/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="v8BiQW0Ogv"><a href="https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2014/06/19/merchants-face-higher-shipping-costs-due-ups-price-change/">Merchants Face Higher Shipping Costs Due to UPS Price Change</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2014/06/19/merchants-face-higher-shipping-costs-due-ups-price-change/embed/#?secret=v8BiQW0Ogv" width="600" height="338" title="“Merchants Face Higher Shipping Costs Due to UPS Price Change” — EcommerceBytes" data-secret="v8BiQW0Ogv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Ecommerce pros shipping bulky but light items as part of their online sales will find changes to their UPS Ground costs soon. UPS announced this week that effective December 29, 2014, dimensional weight will be used to determine rates for ground shipments, similar to how they already use it for domestic and international air shipping. […]