4 Shipping Trends eCommerce Sellers Should Prepare for This Holiday Season
Last year’s holiday season was unlike any we’ve seen before. Long lines on Black Friday were replaced with weekly online deals beginning in October. Concerns…
2021 Holiday Season – 13 Shipping and eCommerce Experts Insights on What We Should Know
We are entering the most important months of the year for small businesses and online sellers as we head into the holiday shopping season. With…
Dispelling The ‘Free and Fast’ Myth is the First Step to a Smarter eCommerce Delivery Strategy
It’s easy to get caught up in the hyperbole regarding the meteoric rise of eCommerce. But for thousands of independent online retailers, the last 12 months have been a rollercoaster, not a procession. Retailers…
US Postal Service Prepares Shippers to Expect Slower First Class Mail Service
The US Postal Service published in the Federal Register its completed plan to slow down deliveries of First Class Mail and Periodicals starting October 1,…
USPS Mail Carrier Carelessly Delivers Package To Roof of Pregnant Woman’s Home
The popularity of video doorbells such as Ring now means that no mail carrier is safe from scrutiny as a USPS worker will find out…
PayPal To Acquire Happy Returns As They Continue To Branch Further Into Commerce
PayPal has traditionally been known purely as a payments platform. But with the recent announcement of purchasing Happy Returns, it is clear that they are…
Q&A With Ryan Kelly From FedEx on How to Make Returns Easier
The 2020 holiday season broke sales records for online commerce as more shoppers decided to purchase online due to the COVID pandemic for health and…
43% of Americans Experienced ‘Porch Pirates’ in 2020
2020 has been a record year for eCommerce due largely to the role of Covid-19 and forcing people to purchase more online. Due to this…
USPS Late Deliveries are Mounting During This Holiday Season as 10 Million Packages a Day are Delayed
With less than a week to go before December 25, the shipping disaster is continuing at an unprecedented pace. According to the latest data from…
USPS Informed Delivery emails now contain ‘delivery service impact’ notice as millions of packages are delayed every day
The US Postal Service in its Informed Delivery emails it sends to subscribers for the first time added a service impact notice, that says, “[the]…