More and more companies Turning to Private Mailing Companies to Handle Shipping Needs
It’s no secret that the United States Postal Service (USPS) is experiencing what can only be classified as a serious financial meltdown, thanks in large part to its slow turn toward the adoption of sweeping technological changes, which many smaller shipping companies have taken advantage of and are using to their benefit to nab business.
Americans do everything from paying bills to communicating with friends and family online, and for many reasons the Internet is proving to be the first choice for small businesses looking to pack and ship mail and product.
Sure, there is still a need to purchase shipping labels, tubes, packing tape, boxes and other mailing products, but most smaller shipping companies not only provide the online pick up ordering and package/mail tracking services that the bigger shipping firms out there provide, they also have the technology to let you order all the shipping materials your business needs to thrive.
The Internet and mobile devices began eating into mail volumes for the USPS a few years ago, according to recent reports, including the profitable first-class mail business. Americans are using e-mail, chat sites and Facebook and other social media outlets to send out “mail” that would normally have constituted a first class stamp. They can also attach large documents to those e-mails, essentially using their computers to get what they want sent when they want to and how they want to.
The packaging and shipping business is now handling the bulk of all time-sensitive package shipping needs for businesses across the country. Manufacturers of goods know that to get their product into the hands of their customers quickly and cost-effectively, the Internet must come into play and costs have to be competitive.
Many of the smaller mom-and-pop shipping companies across United States have modeled their success on the larger shipping behemoths. Using those large companies as their preferred shipping providers, the smaller package “brokers” are able to leverage the quality and reputation of the big shipping guns, as well as relationships with the USPS for smaller items, while sticking to their commitment to provide local, on-the spot customer care.
If your business packs and ships products in large volume, it makes no sense to have to hand carry those packages into the USPS office down the road, wait in line and have the postage approved and mailed out. Alternatives for using shipping companies for this purpose are becoming less of an option than a necessity and experts suggest they will eventually put the U.S. post box in the same category of American relics as the pay phone.
Not all shipping companies are alike, however, so when you select one to use as your go-to provider for on-time shipping and package handling, you want to obviously consider their costs and record of delivery, as well as their suite of other available services and products, including shipping boxes, bubble wrap, mailing tubes and more.
As the USPS hammers out a plan for staying financially solvent, these smaller package handling services are quietly sucking up customers, and for good reason. The technological tools available today make it possible to quickly identify a package handling service in your immediate area, get online quotes in less than an hour and have your goods picked up and mailed within the same day.
No business making products that have to be sent out to customers can survive without a reliable shipping service and that includes the smallest one-man operations on up to big chains. Larger shipping companies, working in tandem with smaller packing supply and mailing services are able to provide your business with every possible service available.
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