Pitney Bowes and Pirate Ship Team to Offer Free USPS Shipping Software
June 05 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI), a global technology company that
provides commerce solutions in the areas of shipping and mailing,
data, and ecommerce, today announced it has teamed with Pirate
Ship, a leader in free shipping software technology, to help
simplify shipping for ecommerce startups and home-based businesses.
Pirate Ship has fully integrated Pitney Bowes Pure Post service
into its software, enabling clients to seamlessly access a host of
USPS® shipping services through their Pirate Ship account.
“Pirate Ship levels the playing field for small ecommerce
merchants and subscription boxes, offering them the simplest way to
access the shipping discounts they need to compete. We couldn’t do
it without Pitney Bowes,” said Cap’n Bjorn Borstelmann, CEO of
Pirate Ship. “Free shipping software is essential for small
businesses. This new partnership makes it possible for Pirate Ship
to serve hundreds of thousands of small shippers across the
country, backed by the performance, reliability and support of
Pitney Bowes, the most stable USPS partner.”
“We made a strategic decision two years ago that enables
ecommerce platforms to create simpler connections to USPS rates and
services. This is an exciting partnership for Pitney Bowes because
Pirate Ship shares the same goals we have,” said Rajeeb Mohapatra,
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Shipping Solutions,
Pitney Bowes. “We’re excited about helping more ecommerce merchants
simply do more business.”
Pitney Bowes Pure Post service provides merchants with a modern
RESTful web service architecture that makes it easy for customers
to integrate and scale. Pure Post provides compliance, integration
and label generation for merchants looking to leverage the benefits
of USPS shipping, delivery and tracking services. In addition, it
can provide merchants with access to a wide array of ecommerce
logistics services. With Pitney Bowes Pure Post service, developers
and merchants are able to simply do more business.
Pirate Ship provides small startups with the simplest way to
ship items through easy-to-learn cloud-based shipping software. By
using Pirate Ship, merchants are able to import ecommerce orders
from their store or marketplace, quickly print a USPS shipping
label, and then automatically post tracking information back to the
store. Whether a merchant prints just a handful or thousands of
labels a day, Pirate Ship gives them instant access to the cheapest
USPS shipping rates available for no additional cost.
About Pirate Ship
Pirate Ship believes it should be fun & free to buy
USPS-approved postage at the cheapest rates available, which is why
it has offered free shipping software since 2014 with absolutely no
markup, hidden costs, or monthly fees. Hundreds of thousands of
small businesses use Pirate Ship’s fast & modern shipping
software to quickly ship their ecommerce orders. Come aboard and
start shipping in seconds at www.pirateship.com.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global technology company providing
commerce solutions that power billions of transactions. Clients
around the world, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500, rely on
the accuracy and precision delivered by Pitney Bowes solutions,
analytics, and APIs in the areas of ecommerce fulfillment, shipping
and returns; cross-border ecommerce; office mailing and
shipping; presort services; location data; customer
information and engagement software; services; and financing. For
nearly 100 years Pitney Bowes has been innovating and delivering
technologies that remove the complexity of getting commerce
transactions precisely right. For additional information visit
Pitney Bowes, the Craftsmen of Commerce,
at www.pitneybowes.com.
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