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Shippo Announcements

USPS First Class Package Price Increase on Aug 28th

On August 28th, 2016, the USPS will be increasing the price of First Class domestic packages weighing 1oz, 2oz, and 3oz. Sh

How we accidentally over-engineered seeding Memcached with Python, Redis and Celery

If you’ve watched tv recently, you’ve perhaps seen the introduction to Elementary, the latest in a string of Sherlock Holme

Selro Partners with Shippo

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Selro, providing online retailers access to global shipping providers such a

Measure the Real Size of Any Python Object

TL;DR: Use this script to measure sizes of objects in Python. This works for iterables, dicts and subclasses of Python’s bu

Access Purolator with Shippo

Shippo now supports Purolator for all Canadian businesses looking for an alternative shipping carrier. Purolator has been a

Canada Post Service Advisory

Canada Post is advising customers of possible service disruptions as a large number of employees could participate in work

Shippo in the News

Shippo Raises $45M More at $495M Valuation as E-commerce Booms

This morning Shippo, a software company that provides shipping-related services to ecommerce companies, announced a new $45 million investment. The new capital values the startup at $495 million.

How Shippo Has Outperformed the Surging U.S. Shipping Market

Laura Behrens Wu, Founder & CEO at Shippo, joins Yahoo Finance to discuss the surge in e-commerce, the genesis of the company, and plans for Shippo to expand their market place internationally.

Bloomberg Quicktake: Shipping Software Company Shippo Doubled Valuation in Past Year

Shippo, a shipping platform designed to help growing businesses streamline their shipping processes, has raised $45 million in new funding.

Many small businesses rely on the US Postal Service to compete, stay afloat

An attack on the U.S. Postal Service is an attack on America’s small businesses.

USPS delays threaten a key backbone of online sales for Amazon, eBay and more

The U.S. Postal Service is one of the key backbones for small businesses and big retailers that sell products online.

If we let the US Postal Service die, we’ll be killing small businesses with it

The impacts would have major negative repercussions for e-commerce.

Shippo Raises a $30M Series C After Posting Rapid 2019 Growth

Early this afternoon Shippo, a shipping software and services company, announced that it has closed a $30 million Series C. The funding round roughly doubles the capital that the firm has raised to-date, from a little over $29 million to just under $60 million.

UPS widens net in new partnership to reach small to midsize retailers

UPS is announcing a new collaboration with Shippo – a leading shipping and logistics app for small- to mid-sized retailers.

Amazon Wants to Double its Locker Program Over the Next Year

Laura Behrens Wu, founder and CEO of shipping software provider Shippo, said a lockers expansion would face a few challenges.

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