We were looking at pricing on a 9lb, 24x18x11" box w/ $300 insurance going from Los Angeles to Michigan today...
Basically we use eBay, and PayPal, so I logged into paypal.shipstation.com from a link on PayPal. It looked really high, so we tried a different account and ShipStation gave us totally different pricing for UPS! 3x as much on 3 day or 2 day! USPS pricing was different but not by much... So be careful... very careful, with ShipStation.
Except for my PayPal account, the other PayPal ShipStation and Pirate Ship were both cheaper for 4 day service than 7. Interesting.
Now... ShipStation is the way to go for buying Media Mail postage online. It isn't a pricing issue. It's just that the USPS site doesn't offer it online apparently (and neither does Pirate Ship).
Basically we use eBay, and PayPal, so I logged into paypal.shipstation.com from a link on PayPal. It looked really high, so we tried a different account and ShipStation gave us totally different pricing for UPS! 3x as much on 3 day or 2 day! USPS pricing was different but not by much... So be careful... very careful, with ShipStation.
Except for my PayPal account, the other PayPal ShipStation and Pirate Ship were both cheaper for 4 day service than 7. Interesting.
Now... ShipStation is the way to go for buying Media Mail postage online. It isn't a pricing issue. It's just that the USPS site doesn't offer it online apparently (and neither does Pirate Ship).
| Pirate Ship | ShipStation (PayPal) - another acct | ShipStation (PayPal) - my acct | UPS Store | |
| UPS Ground Saver 7 Days | 63.19 | 66.16 | 66.16 | |
| UPS Ground 4 Days | 45.24 | 48.21 | 98.59 | 110.84 |
| UPS 3 Day Select | 65.54 | 68.51 | 210.63 | |
| UPS 2 Day Air | 93.11 | 96.008 | 298.81 | 330.00 |
| UPS Next Day Saver 1 Day | 143.76 | 146.73 | 407.45 | |
| UPS Next Day Air 1 Day | 150.82 | 153.79 | 413.01 | |
| UPS Next Day Air Early 1 Day | 180.82 | 183.79 | 448.34 |




