Usps
The USPS (United States Postal Service) is the main US Postal Service, an independent federal agency established in 1775. It is a state organization that can be compared to the Ukrainian analogue - Ukrposhta. USPS integration will help you to manage and track parcels delivered by the Postal Service more efficiently.
The first and foremost reason to integrate with the US Postal Service is convenient tracking for your customers and operators. The USPS api allows you to automatically or manually link the tracking number of a parcel to an order in CRM or CMS. You can send it to the customer in any convenient way, for example, via SMS or e-mail, and they will track the parcel's location in their personal account. This is equally convenient for store staff and customers. The former will see detailed data on all orders and their statuses in a summary table, while the latter will be able to track the parcel's path.
The USPS has a huge database of addresses that you can access through the API. This will protect you from entering the wrong address, for example, by offering options based on the first letters, and the cost of finding and redirecting parcels sent to the wrong place. Additionally, you can train the system to recognize TTNs from other services and report them. For example, if you offer users several delivery companies to choose from, the site will “understand” which one issued the track number and redirect the customer to the correct page.
On the official USPS website, it is also easy to find your parcel by tracking number, but it is much more difficult to calculate how much it will cost you to send it. The company has a very user-unfriendly billing system that depends on the delivery speed, parcel dimensions, time of shipment, and many other factors. The API will help you automatically calculate the price for customers based on the information from their profile and the additional options they choose.
The USPS is committed to providing its business customers with the best possible experience. For example, you can use Click-N-Ship® on the postal service's website or app to pay postage, print shipping labels, create routes, and track delivery reports online. The USPS has a loyalty program that will help you save on shipping, as well as marketing services for advertising in its classic printed form. In addition, you can consolidate and forward mail, redirect packages en route, schedule pickup, and organize responses, which is convenient for business correspondence.
USPS APIs will make parcel management more convenient for managers and customers. If you do business in the United States, this is one of the services that you should definitely connect. USPS delivers parcels to and from Ukraine, as well as to many other countries. Integration of this service will help you track parcels, ensure that addresses are entered correctly, and automatically calculate shipping rates. USPS APIs are available for free to all registered customers and will be useful for both large and small business owners in the United States and internationally.