Thursday, March 14, 2013

UPS useful to Ebay sellers at all?

Today's announcement regards a continuation of Ebay's relationship with UPS.  Apparently there was a plan to discontinue.

I'm always hopeful that UPS might be useful to me, so I went to check it out.  Apparently, here's as good as it gets:

Example Savings
Here is the cost for a four pound package shipped via UPS Ground from New York to San Francisco compared to Priority Mail and Parcel Post.


Commercial Address    Residential Address
UPS Ground** $9.64 UPS Ground** $12.39
USPS Priority Mail $15.46 USPS Priority Mail $15.46
USPS Parcel Post $12.09 USPS Parcel Post $12.09


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You see the problem.
As good as it gets is still higher than USPS, unless you're shipping to a commercial address.
I mostly don't ship to commercial addresses.
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2 comments:

  1. OlegMarch 15, 2013 at 4:06 PM

    For business sellers it makes sense as they can get custom discount UPS rates. Also, in last 6 years USPS damage/INR = 5%; UPS = 0.001%.

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  2. sg51March 17, 2013 at 10:54 AM

    Ok.

    Over my most recent 1000 or so USPS packages,
    INR: 0.
    Damage requiring compensation: 3.

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