Get Ready for the Holidays In 2017, sales by small business owners account for over half of the purchases made on Amazon sites around the world. Unfortunately, 45% of them report that they are finding it tough to keep up their margins as they sell more on marketplaces like Amazon in order to compete with other vendors. So how can… Read more
International Shipping with DHL Express If you’re looking to start shipping internationally for the first time, we recommend reviewing our Guide to International Shipping to get detailed information about customs documents, duty, and other areas to consider when going international. This post is an expansion on what to consider when deciding which carriers to use when going international. Based on… Read more
When, Where, and How of Shipping Insurance To buy or not to buy, that is the question when it comes to shipping insurance. Often times, insurance can feel like a waste of money. But those few times you lose a package or your item is damaged, you wish that you had just spent those few extra dollars. When should you buy shipping… Read more
Marketing to Developers: Freemium Models and Content Marketing We recently hosted our first unconference meetup focused on Marketing to Developers. Attendees included team members from from Sift Science, Lob, CircleCI, Sparkpost, Mulesoft and many other API and software companies. The purpose of the event was to have an open discussion around the challenges we faced when marketing to and getting the attention of… Read more
What We Learned from APIStrat 2016 Last week, we were at the API Strategy and Practice conference in Boston. As APIs become more mainstream in every industry from healthcare to finance and logistics, creating great developer experiences is becoming top priority for many companies. For Shippo, it was a great opportunity to meet other API focused companies to share and learn… Read more
Importance of Address Verification There are approximately 155 million addresses in the United States, and everyday 509 million pieces of mail and packages are processed and delivered to those addresses by the USPS alone. To streamline delivery, it’s important to make sure that you are collecting a valid address from your customers so that you’ll be able to ship… Read more
IRCE 2016 – So many ways to ship Earlier this month, our team attended IRCE 2016, the largest e-commerce conference and expo in the U.S. with 10,000 people in attendance. It was a fantastic show for us – meeting with many existing partners and customers, as well as making new friends. From the conversations we had, it was interesting to see how many… Read more
Meet Shippo In-Person at IRCE 2016 The Shippo team will be in Chicago from June 6-9th, 2016 for IRCE (Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition), the leading e-commerce conference and tradeshow. Come visit us at Booth 1951 to talk with us about how you can use shipping as a competitive advantage. As people expect faster, cheaper, and more reliable shipping from e-commerce… Read more
See You at the First Shoptalk Ever We’re going to Shoptalk in Las Vegas from May 15-18th, stationed on Main Street at table T85 B. This conference is extra special because it is the first time that innovative minds of “new age” online businesses are gathered together to share how they’ve rewritten the playbook in their field. The most tell tale indicator of how… Read more
Using Shipping as an Operational Tool Whenever someone thinks of shipping, it’s usually isolated as a backroom operation. However, if you dive deep into the operations of some of the best e-commerce businesses, you’ll see that they’ve realized early on, that shipping is essential to nearly every part of their business. At Shippo we’ve built a shipping platform that has been incorporated into… Read more
