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The Shipping Smackdown: Where Hot Wings Meet Hot Takes
In Austin, Rick Watson (RMW Commerce) and Nate Skiver (LPF Spend Management) joined Auctane’s Chris Worley for a four-wing gauntlet. Each wing hotter than the last. Each question spicier than…
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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,…
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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…
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4 Ways to Reduce Shipping Costs for Small Business
Finding ways to reduce shipping costs is crucial for all small businesses. There are enough expenses required to run a successful business that you shouldn’t have to worry about paying…
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Cheapest Way to Ship Books: Best Practices, Costs, and Carrier Options
Shipping books doesn’t have to be difficult—or expensive. Between how to ship books, packaging tips, carrier guidelines, and calculating costs, merchants can feel overwhelmed. Whether you’re sending a single paperback,…
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Save Money on Shipping with ShipStation Carrier Services 
Shipping can be expensive. It can be time-consuming. Managing your carrier accounts alongside your selling channels can also be a headache. Simplifying how you select a carrier service for your…
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Cheapest Way to Ship in the UK
The cost and speed of shipping products to their end destination aren’t mutually exclusive. As an online retailer, you shouldn’t be paying the same rates as the general public –…
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5 Ways to Stop Overpaying on Shipping Costs
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” This may be a convenient expression for why you refuse to get rid of your 1994 Toyota Tercel, but it is not good…
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UPS® and ShipStation Offer Discounted Shipping Rates
UPS announced an adjustment to its UPS® Digital Access Program rates. Effective January 1, 2022, customers who sign up for a UPS account through ShipStation will now enjoy discounts of…
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How Do I Calculate Shipping Costs and Determine What to Charge Customers? (2025 Guide)
Discover how to calculate shipping costs for USPS, FedEx, and UPS. Learn to charge customers correctly, reduce fees, and improve profit margins with ShipStation.
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The Cheapest Ways to Ship to the US from Canada
The US is Canada’s largest trade partner by a wide margin. Canada exchanges over $500 billion in goods with the US each year. Because of this close relationship, shipping from…
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FedEx Peak Surcharge, July 2021: What to Expect
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2021 USPS Rates
The USPS has announced their annual rate increase for 2021. The following USPS rate increase is expected to go live on January 24th, 2021. Below you can find the rates…
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5 Facts About the 2018 UPS Rate Change Merchants Should Know
UPS this week announced an increase in shipping rates effective in December 2017. Here’s what merchants need to know about the UPS rate change.
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USPS Announce Rate Change for 2018
As FedEx has already done, the USPS followed suit this week to announce their own rate change that will take effect on January 21st, pending Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) approval.…
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2018 FedEx General Rate Increase
Nearly every year, FedEx General Rate Increase by 4.9% across all weights and zones. Here's what you should know for GRI in 2018.
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ShipStation is now a FedEx® Compatible Solution!
For the last several months we’ve been working very hard on adding new features to ShipStation. Today, we’re happy to announce that ShipStation is now a FedEx® Compatible Solution! With…
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3DCart Shipping Solution
We are pleased to announce that ShipStation now supports 3DCart!  3DCart is a complete eCommerce shopping cart software provider. eCommerce store owners can easily build, edit, and maintain an online store without…
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Use Product Tags to Automate Decisions and Save Money!
We are continuing to enhance the features of the “Products” area of ShipStation and this week we released a feature that can be extremely handy in the process of automating…
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USPS Priority Mail Cubic Shipping Rates Now Available
We are excited to offer USPS Priority Mail Cubic Pricing to our customers! USPS Cubic service is a good substitute for UPS and FedEx ground services. We are now able…
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