Blog: Rate Change

It’s official—we’ve entered rate change season! FedEx® released their annual announcement of a rate hike which will go into effect starting on January 4, 2021. The rate change, which is being rolled out in phases, affects ground and air shipments as well as freight. Main takeaways from the...

Rate change season is starting to rev up! On Oct 29, 2020, UPS^® announced the list of services that will be affected by their 2021 rate change, effective on Dec 27, 2020. The list of affected services and increases are numerous. However, what we know of right now is that:

• UPS^® Ground, UPS...

Attention Mailers: The USPS officially filed its proposed price changes with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on October 9. The changes are scheduled to take effect on January 24, 2021.

If approved, the new prices would mean a rate increase on some mail products, but no increase in the...

On Sept. 4, 2020, the PRC approved the temporary rate changes submitted by USPS on Aug. 14, 2020. The change will apply to the rates of some of USPS's competitive shipping products. Right now, the most important information about this rate change is:

• The rate change will apply to the...

On August 14, 2020, the USPS announced that they were going to implement a “time-limited” commercial pricing only rate change for some of their competitive shipping products. Note that retail rates will not be affected.

While surprise rate changes can put stress on your shipping budget and...

The major carrier is increasing rates by 4.9% and adding some shipping fees to watch out for

How much are the rates increasing? 

UPS announced it’s 2020 rate increase last month that will take effect right before the new year on December 29, 2019. This change includes an average increase for...

Prepare your business and find out what rates are changing in the New Year 

Great news for mailers! The USPS^® is keeping stamp prices the same this year. However, you will see increases to Priority Mail^® and Priority Mail Express^®. Read below for all three significant takeaways!    

This...

When it comes to avoiding dimensional (DIM) weight pricing the key is to work smarter, not harder! Dimensional weight pricing is used by the major carriers including the USPS^® to limit the number of large, lightweight packages that take up a lot of delivery space. This pricing model can sneak...