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We want your 2019 holiday season to be the best yet. To do so, your products need to arrive at eager customers’ homes in pristine condition, and not like the one shown above.

Protect your products (and business reputation) from loss, theft, or damage during transit with EasyPost’s intelligent Shipping Insurance API. We are the premier shipping insurance, and let us tell you why:

We’re inching closer and closer to the holiday rush. Is your outbound shipping process organized and prepared for the spike in inbound orders? The surge in orders during this time is exciting, but also requires your business to orchestrate rapid delivery like never before.

Whether you’re an EasyPost customer or not, we want your business to thrive this holiday season. This article includes critical shipping dates for the four major domestic and international carriers (FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS) you need to be privy of in order to meet your holiday demand and get all your orders successfully delivered to your customers on-time.

This year, let us help you avoid the dreaded question, “Where’s my package?!”

Critical Holiday Shipping Deadlines 

FedEx:

UPS:

USPS:

DHL International:

DHL Express: 

In addition to the above deadlines, you can find even more tips and information on best practices for holiday shipping in our recent blog posts:

• Surviving the Holiday Season: The Do's and Don'ts for Your eCommerce Businesses

   

• Avoid Expensive Stress During the Holidays with EasyPost Shipping Insurance API

As we inch closer to the holidays, we need to revisit the value and importance of EasyPost's Shipping Insurance API for your business as you ship high volumes of holiday orders out to loyal customers. Instead of telling you ourselves, we want you to hear directly from one of our customers.

EasyPost Shipping Insurance API

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UPS:

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DHL International:

DHL Express: 

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• UPS is committed to operating globally, except where constrained by government restrictions. Effective March 26, 2020 and until further notice, UPS has suspended the UPS Service Guarantee for all shipments to any destination, at all service levels. As the effects of the Coronavirus impact their infrastructure, they will continue to seek guidance from local and national government entities regarding applicable regulations. Read more here.
• India Post has suspended all international mail exchanges until further notice; Maldives Post is suspending the processing of all inbound and outbound mail until April 4, 2020; Zimpost is unable to guarantee inbound and outbound mail standards. USPS will continue to accept and process mail destined for India, The Maldives, and Zimbabwe; this mail will be held within their network and will be delivered once mail service is restored in the countries listed above.
• Retail Dive reports that "73% of consumers will increase online shopping if the COVID-19 outbreak continues, and 58% of consumers have already bought more goods online than usual." Read their full article on online shopping here.

• USPS is temporarily modifying how they handle mail that must be returned to the delivery office due to a full box, or the business not being open to receive delivery for an extended period. USPS will now extend the hold period to 30 days before returning the items to the sender.
• An Amazon returns warehouse in Kentucky was ordered by Governor Andy Beshear to close for cleaning after three workers test positive for COVID-19. Read more here.

• Next Day Air shipments in the U.S. grew by 20.5%, for 4 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth over the last 12 months.
• UPS will expand its fleet by less than 40, while Amazon has plans to 5x theirs from 40 to 200. 
• As of today, "FedEx's network can offer 9,000 daily flight connections, UPS' 5,500 and Amazon Air just 363." There's still a long way to go for Amazon, and omnichannel being the future of eCommerce definitely does not help them. 

• New: EasyPost Shipment Invoice Report and Webhook Event by Kevin Noto
   
• A Stable Shipping Solution: Why eCommerce is Shifting by Andy Bakun and Maddy Hogan
   
• Bonus Content: The Future of Shopping is our latest white paper that explores 7 emerging trends of eCommerce!

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• "Logistics professionals operating amid the COVID-19 response have a complex patchwork of unprecedented conditions to navigate. But one somewhat beneficial, though certainly bittersweet, result may be faster delivery operations." As stay-at-home orders continue to be issued across the country, traffic within major cities have significantly reduced, thus leading to quicker deliveries during rush hours. Read more here.
• USPS has announced additional mail disruptions for international postal services. USPS packages sent to these locations will be affected. See the full list of all international service disruptions here.

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• USPS announced that effective April 3rd, a total of 22 countries will no longer be able to process or deliver international mail or services originating from the United States. Customers are asked to refrain from mailing items addressed to any of the affected countries:
   
  • Bolivia, Botswana, Cayman Islands, Chad, Ecuador, Fiji, French Polynesia, Honduras, India, Kuwait, Libya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mongolia, New Caledonia, Panama, Peru, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe
     
• USPS now has expanded upon their original list of 22 affected countries with an additional 29 countries, effective April 7th. Customers are asked to refrain from mailing items addressed to any of the newly determined countries as well:
   
  •  Angola, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Gambia, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malawi, Moldova, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, and Venezuela

• A spokesperson from Amazon explains: "to serve our customers in need while also helping to ensure the safety of our associates, we've changed our logistics, transportation, supply chain, purchasing, and third-party seller processes to prioritize stocking and delivering items that are a higher priority for our customers. This has resulted in some of our delivery promises being longer than usual." Prime members can expect to wait several weeks, as opposed to 2 days, for any "non-essential" shipments to arrive at their doorstep.
• Walmart said it has temporarily raised entry wages for workers in its e-commerce warehouses by $2, as it attempts to manage a shopping surge brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak. Officials say they had reached out to industry groups representing hotels and restaurants, offering to hire staff who have recently lost their jobs due to the virus-induced slowdown in tourism and catering.
• The COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact mail operations worldwide. For the latest updates regarding local and international Posts, please see USPS.