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James Messer
James Messer is a copywriter specializing in shipping, logistics, and ecommerce.
Best Shipping Options in Canada
Finding the best shipping options for shipping your parcels domestically or internationally doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, once you figure out which services work best for local deliveries,…
Scale Your Business Internationally with GlobalPost
International shipping is your business’s key that unlocks more customers around the world. However, cross-border shipping can be a hurdle many growing businesses have a hard time clearing. Luckily, reaching…
The Cheapest Way to Ship Packages in 2025
Looking for the cheapest way to ship a package in 2025? This guide breaks down the most affordable shipping methods by size, weight, speed, and destination. Explore USPS, UPS, FedEx,…
Porch Pirates: How to Deter Package Theft
Porch pirates are an increasingly common problem for retailers and customers alike. Learn what you can do to increase the chances of delivery. Whether you’re shipping or shopping, you can…
How to Sell and Ship Car Parts
Running an automotive business requires wrangling in a lot of moving parts. You may have parts for 100s of models and makes of vehicles of every size. Add navigating multiple…
Holiday Shopping Trends Report for 2023
ShipStation, in conjunction with Retail Economics, has created your guide to holiday shopping trends for the 2023 holiday shopping season. With insight from over 8,000 shoppers and merchants from major…
Ecommerce Returns: How Shopify Merchants Can Drive Revenue Through Returns
For years, ecommerce returns have been painted in a negative light. But today, with technology like Return Rabbit, businesses selling on Shopify can tap into their returns management processes and…
Avoid Surprise Customs Fees Shipping to Canada with GlobalPost’s Canada DDP
All shipments bound for Canada over $20 CAD (including shipping cost) are subject to duties and taxes. Typically, these fees are collected from the recipient upon delivery. These added costs…
Product Bundles: How to Ship Bundled Items
When you sell products that contain items bundled together, kits, or other items that consist of multiple items and SKUs, fulfillment can be challenging. ShipStation Product Bundles allow you to…
ShipStation’s Order Details Page: A Better Shipping Workbench
Get ready! On February 1, the new Order Details interface will be rolled out to all ShipStation accounts. Based on valuable feedback from customers like you, the ShipStation team has…
5 Reasons You Need an ERP System
Scaling operations for your growing business requires good platforms. This is where an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system comes in. Too frequently, businesses work across multiple platforms, interfaces, and have…
How to Make Shipping Insurance More Efficient
Protecting shipments against damage and theft is necessary. Regardless of whether you or your customers want to shell out a little extra money, there’s just some things you can’t avoid.…
The Two Best Ways to Grow Your Business: DHL Express and ShipStation
As the world’s largest express global delivery provider, DHL Express has more experience shipping to more international destinations than any other carrier. Shipping to over 220 countries and territories, their…
What is a 3PL Provider?
Experiencing tremendous growth in your business? No need to panic and rush into expanding your warehouse space or hiring a whole new team of employees just yet. If peak season…
How to Prepare and Ship a Package
To ship a package you really just need to make sure that the package is accurately weighed, sized, and packaged. If the parcel uses a service that allows for its…
Standard Shipping: What It is and How to Offer It
As a business owner, you have to provide your customers with reliable and cost-effective shipping options. This can be the difference in whether or not they choose to shop with…
How to Choose an ERP System
As your business grows, the systems you use also have to expand with it. Some platforms and solutions you use serve a single function and they can be difficult to…
ShipEngine Introduces DDP for Shipments to Canada
If you ship to Canada using USPS, you can prepay customs on behalf of your customers—thus creating a smoother customer experience. Replace surprise charges or returned goods with increased customer…
USPS Media Mail Rates & Rules for 2025: What You Need to Know
Media Mail® remains one of the most cost-effective ways to ship educational and media materials in the U.S.—especially for books, recordings, and printed media. If you’re running a small online…
The Cheapest International Rates and Shipping Services
One of the hardest parts of shipping internationally is choosing from all of the great services available. While it can be confusing to know which one will offer the best rates,…