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Welcome to the DYMO Endicia Blog by Amine Khechfe, DYMO Endicia Founder and General Manager, with more than 20 years of experience in the mailing and shipping industry. Read about industry news, consider interesting insights, explore new products & services and learn about various tools to move your business forward.

Category: USPS Price Change

The Price Change and the U.S. Postal Service

January 3, 2012

With the coming of the new year, it’s a great time to look forward to new opportunities and consider the ways to make this coming year the best year, ever. Every day it seems that there are more opportunities for businesses to grow, despite the still-recovering economy. The shipping industry is thriving like never before with the ever increasing number of avenues for online selling and order fulfillment. Are you taking advantage of these opportunities and looking for new ways to bring your business to the next level? [more]

2012 USPS Price Change Preview

December 1, 2011

While our next issue will include a detailed review of all the changes coming with the January 22^nd price change, I thought I’d take some time and give you some early highlights of important changes and, specifically, improvements to shipping services. [more]

Shippers and the April 17 Price Change

March 1, 2011

I spoke a bit about the upcoming April price change in my last post. As I wrote then, this price change will focus on changes to prices for the U.S. Postal Service’s® market dominant mail classes. How much it will affect you as a shipper depends on how much non-expedited shipping you do. If you use Media Mail®, Library Mail, Parcel Post® or First Class™ Parcels or Flats, here’s what you can expect to see. [more]

The USPS Price Changes and You

February 1, 2011

Yes, you heard it right and if you did not, let me tell you. We have another US Postal Service&Reg; price change coming up but this time it really will be just prices – we think. The Postal service announced yesterday that they are targeting April 17 to change some of the mailing prices. [more]

2011 USPS Price Change(s): a Clarification

November 10, 2010

As most of you probably know by now, the Postal Service has seen its exigent rate case rejected by the PRC (Postal Regulatory Commission), and they have since appealed that decision. The proposal would have added approximately $2.3 billion in new revenue for the USPS, with an average price increase across mailing products of 5.6% (a 44 cent stamp would have gone up to 46 cents, for instance). The PRC denied the request on grounds that the Postal Service’s current financial difficulties were not caused by the recent recession, and thus did not justify a price increase beyond the rate of inflation (which is what an exigent rate case is supposed to be based on). [more]