Here is what is new for small business shippers:
1. More control over collections
Shipping volumes can change fast. Our new collection dashboard helps customers schedule, manage and track collections in one place, with real-time notifications along the way. That means fewer steps — and more visibility — to get parcels out of the door.
We also improved how customers manage Smart Pickups, making it easier to request, confirm or cancel collections based on actual shipping needs. In simple terms: if you don’t have parcels ready, you don’t need a collection that day.
Bonus: Because Smart Pickups happen only on days when shipments are ready, businesses can potentially save up to 50% on the cost of a daily collection.
2. Faster shipment creation
Less screen-hopping. More parcel-moving. We streamlined label creation on UPS.com with a new single-screen shipping experience that brings shipment details and service options together in one place, making it easier to compare choices, understand tradeoffs and create shipments faster.
Customers can also import order information directly from online marketplaces and shopping carts, while shipping label templates help reduce repetitive data entry and speed up fulfilment.
3. On-the-go shipping tools
Small business owners are not always behind a desk. The redesigned UPS app lets customers create labels, schedule collections, track shipments and manage shipping activity from their mobile devices. Customers can also scan a tracking number for instant shipment visibility without manual entry.
Customers can also create labels in the app and print them at more than 5,500 The UPS Store locations across the U.S. Even better: Those labels are RFID-enabled, giving customers near-real-time visibility once a parcel enters the UPS network.
Whether a business ships a few parcels a week or hundreds a day, UPS is making shipping simpler, more flexible and easier to manage.
Visit UPS.com to learn more about our new shipping and collection solutions.
