https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/ups-access-points/ Ecommerce Industry News Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:58:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/ups-access-points/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/11/02/ups-lowers-cost-of-my-choice-premium-service/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:57:18 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16929 UPS has lowered the cost of its premium My Choice service for customers who want to manage their deliveries. UPS My Choice is free for basic services, such as tracking packages and getting alerts. Customers can choose to subscribe to Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/04/29/ups-offers-pickup-and-delivery-curbside-service-outside-retail-stores/ Wed, 29 Apr 2020 15:48:03 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15949 Sellers who use UPS can drop off packages outside of some Michaels arts-and-crafts retail stores across the US. The service is available through UPS Access Point, which already had locations open inside over 800 Michaels stores. In addition, buyers can Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/11/20/ups-quietly-publishes-2020-rate-hike/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/11/20/ups-quietly-publishes-2020-rate-hike/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:20:12 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14969 UPS published its 2020 rates on its website on Monday without a press release announcement. It also failed to break out the average rate increase by service, such as UPS Ground. Instead, it wrote, “the rates for UPS Ground, UPS Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/11/20/ups-quietly-publishes-2020-rate-hike/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/11/07/ups-encourages-shoppers-to-pick-up-their-packages/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/11/07/ups-encourages-shoppers-to-pick-up-their-packages/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:40:19 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14880 UPS is encouraging customers to pick up their packages instead of having them delivered. It’s not surprising – residential delivery is more costly for shipping carriers (though they charge shippers a surcharge when they send to a home address), and Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/11/07/ups-encourages-shoppers-to-pick-up-their-packages/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/09/18/merchants-can-add-ups-pickup-locations-to-checkout-flow/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 21:05:15 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14558 Merchants can now more easily add UPS Access Point to their checkout flow so that shoppers can specify a preferred pickup location at one of 38,000 locations. UPS and HubBox teamed up to simplify the integration for online sellers, and Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/12/03/ups-runs-promo-that-rewards-shoppers-for-using-package-pickup/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 03:41:07 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=12125 UPS is running a promotion that rewards shoppers for using package pickup, specifically, UPS Access Point locations. “Last mile delivery” to residential addresses is expensive and comes with challenges (porch package theft, apartment building deliveries). There are nearly 9,000 UPS Read more]]>