Raising rates is inevitable when a company is trying to increase profits and shareholder value. When companies like UPS and FedEx raise their rates on their shipping services, there are many understandable factors they take into consideration besides their stock prices. Inflation, increased fuel costs, increased competition, and increased general overhead all play a part. We understand these reasons and pay for the raise in service fees. However, when ancillary service charges are raised it is not [...]

Shipping insurance for Etsy sellers is now available using the new ShipSaver for Etsy application. U.S. based Etsy sellers that have a PayPal account can purchase discounted shipping insurance coverage for your outbound shipments. What is it? ShipSaver offers shipping insurance coverage for shipments sent via the USPS, FedEx, and UPS. It is a web based application that allows you to insure your shipments directly from your computer. How does it work? ShipSaver pulls all [...]

We have just issued an update to our  eReport for FedEx Ship Manager program. The new version number is 2.7. ————— Whats New? – General bugfixes – New code base ————— If you are a current eReport for FedEx Ship Manager user, you can click on the “Check for Updates” button to update the program. More details about the program are can be found here: http://www.shipsurance.com/ereport_shipmanager.asp

We are always asked the same question: Who is better, FedEx or UPS? It is impossible to give a clear answer as both offer tremendous services and the claims we process are evenly distributed. Using industry data, Package Fox has come up with a great graphic that compares the two shipping giants by the numbers. See below.

First Class Mail & Media Mail to get more expensive. Commercial Base Prices are introduced to add an incentive to online postage printing.

We have just issued an update to our  eReport for UPS WorldShip program. The new version number is 2.4. ————— Whats New? – General bugfixes – New code base ————— If you are a current eReport for UPS WorldShip user, you can click on the “Check for Updates” button to update the program. More details about the program are can be found here: http://www.shipsurance.com/ereport_ws.asp

Declared Value Rates increasing to $0.75 per $100. The time has just about arrived. FedEx and UPS are raising their rates on their services effective January 3rd, 2011. Their shipping rates are increasing as well as their rates for auxiliary services, such as declared value. The declared value costs, also mistakenly called insurance cost, is increasing by 7%.