https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/usps-holiday-rate-hike/ Ecommerce Industry News Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:47:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/usps-holiday-rate-hike/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/09/12/etsy-and-pirateship-boast-of-lower-usps-rates-today/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/09/12/etsy-and-pirateship-boast-of-lower-usps-rates-today/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2022 01:47:20 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=228106 Etsy and PirateShip marketed their access to lower USPS rates on Monday, Etsy through an announcement post and PirateShip through an email to sellers. Etsy published an announcement this afternoon titled, “Get new, even cheaper USPS Priority Mail rates on Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/09/12/etsy-and-pirateship-boast-of-lower-usps-rates-today/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/08/11/usps-is-preparing-for-peak-season-but-carriers-are-needed/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/08/11/usps-is-preparing-for-peak-season-but-carriers-are-needed/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2022 02:51:08 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227969 It was a busy week for postal news as USPS peak season looms. The Board of Governors met on Tuesday, the same day the USPS released its financials for the latest quarter. The following day, the Postal Service announced its Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/08/11/usps-is-preparing-for-peak-season-but-carriers-are-needed/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/08/10/usps-hits-holiday-shippers-for-3rd-consecutive-year/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/08/10/usps-hits-holiday-shippers-for-3rd-consecutive-year/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:18:39 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227964 Online sellers will pay an extra 75 cents for each package shipped via flat-rate Priority Mail during the holidays, according to today’s announcement from the USPS. But sellers will pay as much as $6.50 extra per package sent coast-to-coast via Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/08/10/usps-hits-holiday-shippers-for-3rd-consecutive-year/feed/ 4 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/09/21/amazon-warns-of-higher-shipping-costs-during-holidays/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:52:28 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16666 Amazon warned sellers about higher shipping costs during the holidays, pointing to the USPS temporary rate hike that takes effect in October, and sellers responded with their reactions. “Amazon must increase the 3.99 per item or 6.99 to whatever new Read more]]>