UPS has announced the launch of package shipping services for Canadian eBay users, enabling themto easily ship goods to buyers within or outside Canada via UPS.
By integrating UPS service options directly into the Canadian eBay site, as is already the caseon eBay’s U.S. site, users will be able to ship within Canada and internationally just with oneclick of their computer mouse, the parcels group said.
The UPS shipping tools allow eBay sellers to calculate costs, request a UPS pick-up, trackshipments, review transit times and print shipping labels all at the point of transaction. Bothinternational and domestic UPS shipping labels are available and can be paid for via PayPal, anonline payment system. Benefits to eBay buyers include the ability to control costs using thetime-in-transit and service calculator tools to best determine which UPS service to choose.
“The integration of UPS’s shipping tools for Canadian users on eBay Canada will help simplifyintra-Canadian and cross-border trading for our members,” says Elmer Sotto, head of marketplacedevelopment, eBay Canada. “Our community of users has asked for more shipping capabilities and weare delighted to team up with UPS to respond to their request.”
In the United States, eBay and UPS have enjoyed a successful relationship since December 2000when the two companies created a shipping information center on the eBay website for domestic U.S.shipments. Soon after, eBay integrated UPS shipping tools into the PayPal payment process. Then inDecember 2005, eBay.com began offering international package shipping by UPS for U.S.-based eBayusers.
“UPS is providing our customers with convenient shipping services that address their globalcommerce needs by synchronizing all points of the business process,” said Wayne Bosch, vicepresident of e-commerce and professional services, UPS Canada. “Our relationship with eBay is animportant dimension of this strategy as many small and mid-sized businesses use the eBaymarketplace as a major resource, particularly to reach international buyers.”
