Given how the e-commerce industry has evolved over time, customers are now expecting your products to arrive at their doorstep faster than ever before. In order to keep up with this demand, online sellers should look to UPS Next Day Air® shipping.

This UPS overnight shipping service allows your e-commerce business to ship in a fast and reliable way to customers across the continental United States. Merchants who print out labels for UPS Next Day Air® shipping services using Shippo can also find deeply discounted rates.

What is UPS Next Day Air® Shipping?

UPS Next Day Air® shipping is one of the industry’s best overnight shipping services. This service level is ideal for customers who want time-definite next day delivery. When comparing to FedEx Priority Overnight, UPS Next Day Air® shipments arrive to more businesses by 10:30 am and 12:00 p.m.

Free UPS packaging is included with this service as well as a money back guarantee.

Other UPS Next Day Air® Services

There are two variations of UPS’s overnight shipping. The first is slightly more expensive but also faster. The second is ideal if an early delivery is not needed and allows you to save money. Both guarantee that your packages will arrive at their destination the next possible day.

UPS Next Day Air Early® Shipping

Deliveries are made the next day by as early as 8 a.m. to most major cities in the U.S. Other cities can expect parcels delivered between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. But, UPS delivers to more areas by 8 a.m. than any other carrier.

If your e-commerce site primarily ships to other businesses, you should know that this service delivers to more businesses than FedEx First Overnight Shipping.

UPS Next Day Air Saver® Shipping

Deliveries are made to most commercial destinations between 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and residential locations will receive parcels by the end of the day. However, since March 30, 2020 this service has extended the end-of-day time to 11:59 p.m.

Both of these UPS Next Day Air® services also come with a money back guarantee as well as free UPS packaging.

How Much Does UPS Next Day Air® Shipping Cost?

There is no fixed price for UPS Next Day Air® shipping as it will depend on the typical factors you see with other shipping services i.e. weight, size, and distance.

Using Shippo, let’s take a look at a four pound package that comes in at 12 inches long, six inches wide, and two inches tall and traveling from Chicago, IL to Miami, FL.

With these factors in place the estimated costs when using UPS Next Day Air® shipping would come in at $46.77. UPS Next Day Air Saver® shipping would be slightly less expensive at $40.77 and UPS Next Day Air Early® shipping would be $76.77.

If we took this same package and were shipping it to a city closer such as Indianapolis, the rates would be approximately $19.68 for UPS Next Day Air® shipping, $15.06 for UPS Next Day Air Saver® shipping and $49.68 for UPS Next Day Air Early® shipping.

One aspect you can expect is to save money on UPS Next Day Air with Shippo. You can see an example of these savings below:

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Can UPS Next Day Air® Services Be Used For Weekend Deliveries?

Yes, Saturday delivery can be applied to shipments using UPS Next Day Air® services but only in select areas. It's also worth noting that this feature is not currently available to Shippo Web App users. UPS Saturday delivery is available for Shippo API users, although this will have to be manually applied when creating the shipping label and there is an additional fee to do so as well. It's also worth noting that Saturday delivery is not available for Next Day Air® Saver.

When Is The Cutoff Time For UPS Next Day Air® Shipping?

This will largely depend on your local drop-off location. UPS offers a range of convenient drop off locations including UPS Drop Box®, The UPS Store®, and thousands of UPS Access Point® locations. Each of them may have different cutoff times so you'll have to check your local drop off locations for an exact time.

How To Create UPS Next Day Air® Shipping Labels For Less

The easiest way to save money when shipping with UPS Next Day Air® services is to use Shippo. Shippo customers are able to save up to 72% off UPS Next Day Air® shipments.

Sign up to Shippo for free and begin comparing discounted UPS rates for services such as UPS Next Day Air®, UPS® Ground, UPS 2nd Day Air® shipping and more.

*Discounts off UPS daily rates. Rates are limited to shipping from the U.S. only. Rates and any applicable discounts are subject to change at any time without notice.

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