The United States Postal Service (USPS) offers different pricing tiers for their customers. As an online store owner, you can save a lot of money on your shipments by knowing about these tiers and finding the right partner for your shipments. Feel free to contact us at info@goshippo.com to find out more about how to save money on your shipments online!

USPS Post Office Rates (“Retail” Rates)

The way most consumers ship their packages is to drop off the package at the closest USPS Post Office location. While this is convenient, USPS Retail rates are very expensive. You can save up to 90% off Retail rates as a small business online with Shippo!

USPS Commercial Pricing

USPS Commercial Pricing is available for everyone that uses Shippo. What’s more, Shippo offers all customers USPS Priority Mail Cubic pricing, which was previously reserved for high-volume shippers. Cubic pricing is the best option hands down for anyone shipping 1-20 lb. packages about the size of a shoebox or smaller.

USPS Shipping Price Tiers Comparison

Not convinced yet? Here’s a sample calculation on how much money you can save:

ShipmentPost office rateCommercial PricingSaving %Priority Mail 2 lb, Zone 5$9.00$7.1720%Priority Mail International 2 lb, Zone 5$45.60$36.0221%