USPS priority the next day starts in 54 markets

Tave speak:

• The next day, the USPOSTDIENT started its priority the next day with the availability in 54 markets, according to an announcement by the agency.
• The delivery service the next day, which is available via direct USPS contracts, covers addresses within 150 miles according to regional processing and sales centers. Packages with a weight of up to 20 pounds can be entered at participating locations.
• “This solution for e-commerce is perfect for retail and online companies, for quick, fast, reliable and inexpensive shipping is required,” says its announcement. “It is aimed at companies with daily shipping volumes that match the specified boundary windows.”

Diver Insight:

The next day, Priority offers post senders a new overnight option that distributes more than 67 million customers across the country.

This number is ready to grow if the service goes out to other markets – in January the agency said that the priority would reach around 295 million people the next day.

The rollout of the offer also offers the postal service another option to compete better with Fedex and UPS and win directly business of parcel ships instead of working through package consolidators.

Postmaster General Louis Dejoy has advertised the departure of consolidators and direct shipping offers such as priority the next day and the basic advantage as the key to the long -term financial health of the agency.

This overhaul has led to industry -wide strategic changes between consolidators, including UPS Insourcing Surepost Volume this year, which she would have previously handed over to the agency.

January volume for the USPS shipping category fell by 8.1% compared to the year after the Sure -owned division compared to the year, with the total volume of 6.3%. However, the income in the category remained flat despite the decline.