The U.S. Postal Service said Monday that it received approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of the Postal Service’s plan to launch its Ground Advantage product on July 9.
The U.S. Postal Service earlier this yr proposed to merge three ground delivery products right into a recent brand generally known as USPS Ground Advantage, which is able to offer two-to-five-day transit times with pound-based, ounce-based and cubic pricing options for parcels weighing as much as 70 kilos.
The three products being merged are First-Class Package Service, targeted at merchants shipping parcels under 1 pound, Parcel Select Ground, targeted at shipments weighing between 1 and 70 kilos, and a brand new service called Parcel Select Ground Cubic, which sets prices based on the parcel’s cubic dimensions and handles weights between 1 and 70 kilos.
Goods will probably be shipped across the Postal Service’s massive ground network.
The product is geared toward shippers willing to sacrifice speed for price. It is usually intended for users of the Postal Service’s Priority Mail service, who need two-to-three-day transit times but don’t need to pay Priority Mail’s pound-based prices.
The Postal Service earlier had said it planned to unveil the offering after it was approved by the PRC, the independent agency that must log out on product rollouts and pricing changes, amongst other duties.
Pricing for USPS Ground Advantage will reflect a decrease of 1.4% relative to predecessor shipping products offered by the Postal Service.