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Sometimes historical forces will affect what and where you’ll be able to mail.  In 1963, mail service was cancelled between the U.S. and Cuba, and mail was sent indirectly through countries such as Mexico and Canada. However, direct mail service has been restored officially by the USPS as of March 16, 2016, thanks to the […]

You have an international order to go out and the delivery address you’ve been provided by your customer includes foreign characters such as 青岛市5号楼，8号室, or Не́вский проспе́кт, or רחוב דיזנגוף.  What’s your next step? The first thing to know is that the Stamps.com software only accepts delivery addresses written with Latin/Roman characters, in order to […]

Whether you’re sending a package to Puerto Rico or a flat to Guam, Stamps.com makes it easy for you to send your mail to all U.S. Territories! The first thing to remember is that U.S. Territories are considered domestic mail, so you would use the Stamps.com domestic sections for sending mail to these locations.  Due […]

We hear you – managing returns is frustrating. It can feel complex, time consuming, or even like the death of a sale. That said, 60% of shoppers who make at least one return to an online store, a whopping 95% of them will purchase from that store again if the return experience is positive. Moreover, […]

With Dimensional (DIM) Weight being applied for all UPS and FedEx Ground packages, USPS Priority Mail Regional Rate Boxes provide a cost effective option to ship products across the U.S.  The USPS provides three different types of Priority Mail Regional Rate Boxes:  Box A with a weight limit of 15 lbs., Box B with a […]

Personalizing your mail is a great way to create a strong first impression on your customers and Stamps.com’s powerful Graphics feature can make that happen for you! With the Stamps.com software, you can add Return Address and Postage graphics to your Envelopes, and Return Address graphics to your Shipping Labels. How to Add Graphics Using […]

Did you know Stamps.com can automatically save the delivery addresses you enter onto an envelope or shipping label when you print postage? With just a few steps, you can set up the Address Book to auto-save addresses into our system. Steps to Automatically Save Address in Address Book From inside Stamps.com software, select “File” in the top […]

Effective January 25th, 2015, the USPS enforced a new IMpB requirement as a result of which Stamps.com customers need to make adjustments to the way they use NetStamps for their packages.  All USPS packages must now carry an IMpB tracking label.  Designed to function like stamps, NetStamps do not carry a barcode like shipping labels, which is why there are […]

We are excited to announce that Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine has named Stamps.com as a top supply chain provider in its 12th annual listing of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100. Stamps.com was recognized for its Enterprise corporate postage solution, a product that allows an administrator to manage postage spending across a network […]

Stamps.com has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal‘s 8th annual “Best Places to Work in Los Angeles” list. The annual list – which recognizes and honors top employers who benefit the county’s economy, workforce and businesses – is predominantly based on actual employee surveys from companies throughout greater Los Angeles. Medium-Sized Company Category […]

To all the current and former men and women in the United States Armed Forces – THANK YOU for all you have done and continue to do in protecting our great country. Stamps.com salutes you! If you know somebody who served in the military, please take a minute and thank them for their service. These […]

Stamps.com is excited to announce a new USPS shipping integration with the Sears® Marketplace (known as Sears.com to online shoppers). The Sears Marketplace allows third-party retailers to sell their own products directly on the Sears.com website, as well at Sears Kiosks located inside retail stores throughout the U.S. There are over 10 million products available on […]

  Every year Stamps.com is thrilled to participate in National Customer Service Week, an annual week-long celebration where we honor our Customer Care agents for all their hard work throughout the year. Our dedicated customer care agents represent the voice of Stamps.com to our customer. They represent our company and our products. It’s a lot […]

To help you prepare for the busy holiday season, here are our ten best holiday shipping tips for ecommerce merchants.  Feel free to leave your own tips in the comments section at the end of the article! Tip #1 – Ship your products as fast as you can When a customer orders any product, anticipation […]

How can you be sure your packages will be delivered by December 25th? Easy! Just meet the shipping deadlines of the USPS. View the mailing and shipping deadlines for domestic, international, and military cards and packages below.

3 Shipping Tips to Help Make this Holiday Season your Best Ever! As the holidays approach, most e-commerce businesses are getting prepared for their busiest season of the year.  Getting orders faster than you can ship them may seem like a problem most businesses would like to have, but your response can be the difference […]

Properly addressed mail ensures that your letter or package will encounter the fastest delivery to its destination. And since international mail requires the help of the international host country’s postal carrier, proper addressing is even more important than ever. Stamps.com has put together this list of 3 tips for addressing international letters or packages. Tip #1 – Make sure the […]

Back-to-School shopping is in full swing as the National Retail Federation is expecting parents with children in grades K-12 to spend $26.7 billion in 2013. The NRF also expects more than one-third of those sales to be online. Make sure you are ready for the second biggest sales period of the year with these tips. […]

The Stamps.com Address Book enables you to store address, phone, and email information for everyone you mail or ship to. You can also directly access address books in other applications, such as Microsoft Outlook or Act! Alternatively, you can import address book data from a variety of sources. To get to your Address Book inside […]

Update! Here are some pictures of Stamps.com’s Los Angeles-based Customer Support Team celebrating Talk Like a Pirate Day.  More photos will be posted soon on the Stamps.com Flickr Page! On September 19, 2006—ten years after the very first International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD), Stamps.com’s Los Angeles based Customer Support team decided to get […]