ShippingEasy Launches 2020 E-Commerce Shipping Rate Changes Guide
January 22 2020 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Free, Comprehensive Guide Features Expert
Explanations on the 2020 Shipping Rate Changes and is the Only
Resource E-commerce Merchants Need to Prepare
ShippingEasy, the leading provider of cloud-based shipping,
inventory management, and customer marketing solutions for
e-commerce sellers, has released its 2020 E-commerce Seller’s Guide
to Shipping Rate Changes. This free guide will help online sellers
prepare for and adapt to the 2020 rate changes being rolled out by
all major carriers. These changes went into effect on 12/29/19 for
UPS and 1/6/20 for FedEx, and are scheduled to go into effect on
1/26/20 for USPS. The guide, now in its fifth year of publication,
is one of the most popular assets ShippingEasy publishes throughout
the year.
The ShippingEasy Rate Change Guide provides:
- A Summary of the Rate Changes: A one-page, side-by-side
comparison of each carrier’s changes, highlighting the most
relevant takeaways related to each, and providing links to more
detailed information on the carriers’ sites.
- Tools for Determining the Most Cost-Effective Carrier for a
Given Set of Shipping Parameters: The guide is the only
publication available that provides easy-to-use comparison tables
which allow shippers to quickly determine which carrier provides
the best pricing for a package based on weight, dimensions,
destination zone, and service level; it also points out where there
may be alternative cost-saving services to consider (e.g. USPS
First-Class Package Service®, USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate® or USPS
Priority Mail Regional Rate® boxes).
- Examples of How the Changes Impact Real-World E-commerce
Businesses: Case studies show the changes’ impact on real-world
shipment examples from online businesses in five different product
categories, drawn from ShippingEasy’s proprietary (and anonymous)
shipping data. These examples not only show the impact of rising
rates, but also highlight (where possible) opportunities to save by
considering alternative services and/or carriers.
- An Updated Tutorial Section on Dimensional Pricing:
Dimensional pricing—which can cause a shipping fee to be based on a
package’s dimensions rather than weight for some large, light
packages—has always been a critical concept for e-commerce sellers
to understand. It is more important than ever in 2020 since the
USPS has fully implemented the stricter dimensional pricing rules
it first rolled out in 2019. The guide’s dimensional pricing
section clearly explains the rules and formulas each carrier uses
to calculate dimensional pricing and provides examples using real
products to show the impact this pricing model can have.
“E-commerce sellers have come to expect annual rate increases
from all the carriers as an unfortunate cost of doing business,”
said Rob Zaleski, Head of Brand for ShippingEasy. “Our annual Rate
Change Guide is the only one-stop resource to help them fully
understand the changes. Perhaps more importantly, it’s the only
resource that can help them mitigate the impact of the changes, by
clearly laying out examples of how switching to an alternative
service can reduce the impact of the rate increases or even secure
lower rates in 2020 than rates paid in 2019.”
To better comprehend how the new 2020 rates will influence
shipping operations, and to determine the best shipping solutions
for an e-commerce business, download ShippingEasy’s free 2020
E-commerce Seller’s Guide to Shipping Rate Changes.
About ShippingEasy
ShippingEasy is the easiest cloud-based shipping, inventory, and
customer marketing platform on the market. With ShippingEasy,
online merchants of all sizes can ship fast, with the best rates,
and increase orders. Powerful integrations with leading online
marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Walmart, Shopify, Magento,
WooCommerce and many others, allow customers to manage orders,
automate shipping, track shipments, and notify recipients—in one
easy-to-use platform. Complete with email marketing, customer and
inventory management features, along with our industry-leading
phone, chat, and email support—tens of thousands of online
merchants use ShippingEasy’s award-winning software to ship fast,
manage inventory, and improve customer relationships—all in a
single platform. ShippingEasy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP). For more information, visit
ShippingEasy.com.
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