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Blog posts tagged with "shipping"
The letter of the law: helping law firms overcome shipping and receiving challenges
Law firms can enhance efficiency and reduce costs by adopting Pitney Bowes legal package tracking solutions, which streamline certified mail handling, automate client billing, and ensure full chain-of-custody for sensitive documents.
Automated shipping for ecommerce: Benefits, challenges, and how ShipAccel streamlines your shipping process
Discover how automated shipping improves efficiency, reduces errors, and saves costs for ecommerce businesses. Streamline your shipping process today!
The ultimate guide to USPS return receipts: Types, benefits & when businesses should use them
Learn how USPS Return Receipts help businesses in legal, finance, government, and compliance sectors ensure proof of delivery for important documents.
Proof of delivery for businesses: Reduce risk, improve tracking & stay compliant
Discover why Proof of Delivery (POD) is essential for businesses in ecommerce, legal, and healthcare. Learn how it protects shipments and boosts satisfaction.
Priority Mail® is actually shipping, not mailing
Priority Mail<sup>®</sup> is actually shipping, not mailing
What is Certified Mail® and how it works with USPS®
Learn how USPS Certified Mail provides senders with definitive proof of both sending and delivery by way of a tracking number and signature in this blog.
The ultimate guide to Media Mail: What businesses need to know about USPS' affordable shipping option
Discover how USPS Media Mail can help businesses save on shipping costs for books, DVDs, and educational materials with affordable rates and easy guidelines.
What makes a good box?
Business shipping is a careful balancing act between your needs and the customer experience. How do you choose the right box? Every industry — and every business — has different needs.
Maximize profits with strategic shipping rules powered by data analytics
Shipping analytics can help your organization prioritize cost-effecting shipping methods through automated shipping rules.
Friends don't let friends print meter tape to ship
Learn how printing shipping labels can be much more cost effective than printing meter tape from your mail machine
UPS SurePost Delivery Changes: What You Need to Know
Learn about UPS SurePost changes, including rate increase & delivery shifts. Discover alternatives & cost-saving tips with Pitney Bowes multicarrier solutions.
Debunking Myths: Essential Carrier Changes and Shipping Strategies for 2025
Uncover the truth behind 2025 shipping myths and carrier changes. Learn strategies to optimize costs and stay ahead with Pitney Bowes.
Shipping and handling: The ultimate guide
Shipping and handling can be challenging to navigate for eCommerce businesses. Use this guide to calculate fees and manage shipping and handling processes.
Take command of your shipping: 7 game-changing ways to save
If you’re shipping to and from a dozen different locations every day, it’s crucial to have as much relevant information as possible. That’s where analytics come in.
Proceed with caution: 3 shipping mistakes to avoid
Shipping needs differ depending on the size of the company and the scope of its delivery operations, but enterprise shipping is typically the most complex. Simplify enterprise shipping by avoiding these common mistakes.
Shipping dealbreakers: 3 signs it’s time to drop Stamps.com Enterprise
Find out how PitneyShip® offers a superior enterprise shipping experience—no deal breakers included.
2024 Pitney Bowes Top Viewed Content
Celebrate Pitney Bowes' top content of 2024, from must-read blogs to insightful webinars, all helping you stay ahead in shipping efficiency and cost savings
The cheapest ways to ship packages
Learn the cheapest ways to ship your packages with USPS, FedEx or UPS depending on your package size and weight in this guide.
Enterprises are sitting on a mountain of shipping and mailing savings
Businesses constantly face the dual competing pressures of trying to manage costs while also maximizing their spend, attempting to thread the needle between these two needs so they either meet or come under budget. This has only been further exacerbated by the current business climate, where increased remote work has created a decentralized work environment that makes it even harder to control costs.
How SMBs Can Improve Margins Leveraging ShipAccel Solutions
Learn how SMBs can improve profit margins with ShipAccel's S.M.A.R.T. strategies, including savings, cost management, rate optimization, and tech solutions.
Eco-friendly Shipping: Sustainable Shipping and Packaging Tips for Your Business
Pitney Bowes has a long history of leadership in shipping. It also has a longstanding commitment to environmental stewardship — a commitment it extends to employees, clients, partners, and customers.
Managing the high cost of peak shipping
Carriers are raising shipping rates and adding surcharges in preparation for peak seasonal shipping. How can your business prepare for — and manage — the financial toll of peak shipping?
Simplify Shipping with ShipAccel
Learn how ShipAccel can help your ecommerce business maximize shipping efficiency and save on shipping through discounted or cheaper shipping rates.
Overcome these top 3 business challenges with shipping software
Your complete guide to navigating shipping and mailing
The hidden costs of shipping: understanding the total cost of delivery with Kevin Hernandez
The cost you pay for postage is far from the only cost associated with getting your package to its destination. Let’s look at some of the surcharges and fees associated with the total cost of delivery.
The ins and outs of shipping discounts with Christine Fede
Shipping discounts can save your business a significant amount of money. But understanding the different types of discounts and how to get them is crucial.
15 Insider Shipping Tips
15 insider shipping tips and tricks from our live webinar, hosted by Sean Kane, director of channel enablement and strategy at Pitney Bowes.
Save big with discounts on UPS shipping rates through PitneyShip®
UPS offers discounted rates on popular shipping services, up to 88%. With Pitney Bowes, start saving on shipping today.
USPS Ground Advantage: A Guide
Learn about USPS Ground Advantage, offering delivery between 2-5 business days, and how it differs from USPS first class and priority mail here.
How to Calculate Online Seller Shipping Costs: A Guide
Discover how to calculate shipping costs for your online business with shipping calculators as well as strategies for saving on e-commerce shipping here.
USPS Priority Mail® vs Priority Mail Express®: A Guide
USPS Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express are both great shipping options, but which should your business choose? Learn the differences in this guide.
International Shipping Guide: How-To and What to Know
Understand how to ship internationally, what factors to consider when shipping internationally, and rates from providers like USPS, UPS and FedEx here.
What is standard shipping?
Learn about standard shipping and how it compares to express, ground, and international shipping as well as delivery times in this 2023 guide.
2023 USPS Flat Rate Envelopes: What types and rates are there?
What is USPS flat rate shipping and how do prices for envelopes in 2023? Learn the types of envelopes available for flat rate shipping and price here.
USPS Priority Mail Cubic: What is it?
What is USPS priority mail cubic shipping, what packages can you ship and what are the prices for it? Learn more in this Pitney Bowes guide.
USPS Flat Rate Shipping Guide: Boxes, Envelopes and Pricing
Discover how USPS flat rate boxes and envelopes can save ecommerce businesses money, improve order fulfillment, and simplify shipping costs.
Flat rate shipping prices for small vs large boxes
What is flat rate shipping and how do prices vary between small vs large boxes? Learn pricing by box size and provider here.
Two-day Shipping Options Guide: UPS, USPS, FedEx
Compare 2 day shipping options from UPS, USPS and FedEx in this guide and improve your shipping approach today.
The cheapest ways to ship internationally in 2023: A guide
Looking for the cheapest international shipping rates? Read this guide and learn the best prices from USPS, UPS, FedEx & DHL here.
How to Calculate Shipping Costs: A Guide
Calculating shipping costs helps you offer the best shipping experience to your customers and your business growth. Learn how get estimates here.
USPS shipping rates increase July 2023 – Weight Charts & More
USPS is increasing their shipping rates in July 2023. Learn how that will impact shipping by weight and postage rates here.
Guide to the cheapest shipping options for small business
Shipping costs for small businesses can be pricy and keeping costs low can your business grow. Learn the cheapest shipping options in 2023 here.
Everything to know about UPS 2023 shipping rate increases
UPS has adjusted their shipping rates in 2023. Learn how that will impact your shipping by weight and postage rates here.
Everything to know about FedEx 2023 shipping rate increases
Learn more about the FedEx shipping rate increases for 2023 and 2024 and how that will impact ground and shipping rates here.
Shipping discounts available from UPS, USPS and FedEx
Utilize shipping discounts to decrease your business expenses. Save on shipping rates with USPS, UPS and FedEx.
Managing Shipping and Mailing Costs in 2023: 9 Insights With Mark Eisenberg
Shipping and mailing costs are rising across the board in 2023. Sound shipping strategies will go a long way toward effective cost management.
A Culture of Innovation: The Right Thing the Right Way
Pitney Bowes is a global shipping and mailing company focused on providing technology and logistics solutions to streamline and improve business shipping operations.
Streamline shipping with the right software solution
For secure, accessible, on-time data and a streamlined operation, manage your company’s shipping strategy from the cloud.
Package pickup: What services do different shipping carriers offer?
Every shipping carrier offers package pickup, but are there any differences in terms of time and cost savings? Learn more about your options in this blog post.
What you need to know about shipping insurance for eCommerce
Do you really need shipping insurance? Here are some reasons why additional security for your packages may be right for your business.
USPS vs UPS vs FedEx: How you can get the best shipping rates
So many factors go into choosing a shipping carrier, from cost, rates, prices, speed and more. Determine whether your business should work with USPS, UPS or FedEx.
Flat Rate shipping: Rates, prices and how it works.
What is flat rate shipping and how does it work? Learn more about the different shipping options available for your business.
The State of U.S. Shipping
In a global economy, shipping information is often presented in a global context, but U.S. companies have a vested interest in the state of domestic shipping.
Expedited shipping: The ultimate guide to shipping products faster
When standard shipping speeds aren't fast enough, expedited shipping offers accelerated delivery. There are plusses and minuses to accelerated delivery meaning they may have higher shipping costs but often offers the predictability of delivery-rate guarantees. Depending on the carrier, services such as express shipping, two-day or next-day delivery are some of the expedited shipping alternatives.
Which UPS shipping option should I choose?
Shipping for business is more than getting packages where they need to go. Finding the best UPS domestic and international shipping rates for your budget and timeframe keeps costs to a minimum without sacrificing business goals.
Overnight Shipping: Comparing Speed, Cost and How it Works
Carriers like UPS, USPS and FedEx offer overnight shipping options. Here, we'll talk about how overnight shipping works, and compare speed and costs.
End-to-end shipping control for enhanced efficiency
Simplified, centralized shipping control adds value to the customer experience with reliable, on-time delivery. Customer satisfaction drives loyalty, and when customers have shipping options and current tracking data at their fingertips, your company delivers a more satisfying experience.
UPS® Ground vs. USPS® Priority Mail® vs. FedEx® Ground: Which service is best?
Compare shipping rates for UPS Ground vs. FedEx Ground vs. USPS Priority Mail. See examples and determine which option is best for your business.
Smart Strategies for Seasonal Shipping Success
Holiday shipping challenges aren’t reserved for ecommerce. Seasonal parcel volume spikes and carrier peak increases affect every shipper. How will your business manage the busiest shipping season of the year?
Shipping Technology: Simplify Your Seasonal Strategy
Black Friday and Cyber Week are just around the corner. Get ready with a streamlined seasonal strategy supported by the latest shipping technology.
3 Steps to Holiday Shipping Success
Holiday shopping — and shipping — starts earlier every year. Get ready to deliver a successful season with these three steps and state-of-the-art shipping solutions.
Holiday Peak Rate Increases with Savings Tips from Tom Hazel
Nobody knows the ins and outs of shipping rate increases — or has more insight into their impact — than Tom Hazel, Pitney Bowes VP of Carrier Solutions, North America.
Simplify your carrier payments in 3 easy steps.
Simplify your shipping payments. Switch to carrier payment options in 3 easy steps.
Simplify your shipping bills.
Tired of staring at a huge stack of bills from FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL and other carriers? Then it’s time to take control of your shipping payments. Learn how our carrier payment options may greatly simplify your AP process.
UPS SurePost® vs. UPS Ground®: How to choose the right option
Exploring UPS shipping options? We’ll explain the difference between UPS SurePost® and UPS Ground® so you can decide which service is best for your business.
Smarter Receiving: Technology for Inbound Package Management
Shipping and receiving grow increasingly complex with the scale of an operation, but complex doesn’t have to mean complicated. There are intelligent software solutions that track inbound package and asset from arrival to delivery.