{"id":247600,"date":"2014-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/?p=247600"},"modified":"2024-11-07T20:22:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:22:54","slug":"study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Shows USPS Beats UPS, FedEx on Delivery Times and Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As two-day delivery becomes more common with the growth of Amazon Prime, online retailers are being forced to speed up their package delivery and provide free or low-cost shipping to satisfy buyers. And with new prices and products being introduced from the&nbsp;top U.S. shipping carriers each year, optimizing your shipping program is more important than ever in order to keep&nbsp;costs low.<\/p>\n\n<p>Stamps.com decided to run a head-to-head competition with FedEx, UPS and USPS.&nbsp; We looked at criteria that e-commerce business owners use to evaluate their shipping programs: reliability, delivery time and cost. Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/shippingwar\/form\/?source=si10384002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FedEx Home Delivery, UPS Ground and USPS Priority Mail<\/a>, we shipped 144 total packages to each shipping zone from three separate&nbsp;locations. Here\u2019s what we found:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>FREE!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/shippingwar\/form\/?source=si10384002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD the Who&#8217;s Winning the Shipping War? white paper<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_map.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_map.png\" alt=\"blog_shippingwar_map\" class=\"wp-image-4700\" title=\"UPS, FedEx and USPS Packages Shipped from 3 U.S. Cities. Who's Winning the Shipping War \"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>FINDING #1 &#8211; PACKAGE TRACKING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_total-scans.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_total-scans.png\" alt=\"blog_shippingwar_total-scans\" class=\"wp-image-4706\" title=\"Total number of UPS, FedEx and USPS Scans Per Package. Who's Winning the Shipping War\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 The study measured package scans, the information transmitted back to customers to keep them informed of the whereabouts of their packages.&nbsp; The total number of package scans were almost identical among all carriers with the USPS at 9.42 scans, FedEx at 10.38 scans and UPS at 9.79 scans.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>FINDING #2 &#8211; DELIVERY SPEED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 For packages shipped on a Monday, USPS Priority Mail (1.79 days on average) delivered packages almost one full day faster than UPS Ground (2.75 days on average), and about a half day faster than FedEx Home Delivery (2.21 days on average).<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_deliverydays-mon.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_deliverydays-mon.png\" alt=\"blog_shippingwar_deliverydays-mon\" class=\"wp-image-4708\" title=\"Average total days to delivery for UPS, FedEx and USPS. Who's Winning the Shipping War\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>FINDING #3 &#8211; SHIPPING COSTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 The average cost to ship a 2 lb. package across all zones is $7.34 for USPS Priority Mail, $10.45 for UPS Ground and $10.40 for FedEx Home Delivery.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_avg-shipping-costs.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_avg-shipping-costs.png\" alt=\"blog_shippingwar_avg-shipping-costs\" class=\"wp-image-4709\" title=\"Average cost to ship a 2 lb. package for UPS, FedEx and USPS. Who's Winning the Shipping War\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022 For packages weighing 3 lbs. to 7 lbs. and traveling to Zones 1 to 4, the USPS offered cost savings between $1.37 and $4.29, compared to UPS Ground and FedEx Home Delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022 For packages weighing 5 lbs. to 10 lbs. and traveling longer distances (Zones 5 and higher), UPS Ground and FedEx Home Delivery offered cost savings between $0.75 and $17.36 compared to USPS Priority Mail.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>METHODOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The study was based on 144 packages shipped using the USPS, FedEx and UPS. Packages were sent on two different days (Monday and Thursday) to all eight shipping zones from three separate locations (Los Angeles, Chicago and Virginia). For each package, the number of scans, delivery time in transit and total delivery days were tracked. For shipping costs, \u201cearned discounts\u201d of 15% were added and a $2.80 residential surcharge and fuel surcharge for FedEx and UPS were incorporated. &nbsp;For the USPS shipping costs, Commercial Base (online postage discounts) rates were used.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>FREE!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/shippingwar\/form\/?source=si10384002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD the Who&#8217;s Winning the Shipping War? white paper<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As two-day delivery becomes more common with the growth of Amazon Prime, online retailers are being forced to speed up their package delivery and provide free or low-cost shipping to satisfy buyers. And with new prices and products being introduced from the&nbsp;top U.S. shipping carriers each year, optimizing your shipping program is more important than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":247601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-247600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carriers","tag-carrier-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.1 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Study Shows USPS Beats UPS, FedEx on Delivery Times and Cost - Stamps.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Study Shows USPS Beats UPS, FedEx on Delivery Times and Cost As two-day delivery becomes more common with the growth of Amazon Prime, online retailers are being forced to speed up their package delivery and provide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Study Shows USPS Beats UPS, FedEx on Delivery Times and Cost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Study Shows USPS Beats UPS, FedEx on Delivery Times and Cost As two-day delivery becomes more common with the growth of Amazon Prime, online retailers are being forced to speed up their package delivery and provide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stamps.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-25T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-07T20:22:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/blog_shippingwar_map.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"704\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"431\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eric Nash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eric Nash\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eric Nash\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0c442fcfe271dc772045124df21f2706\"},\"headline\":\"Study Shows USPS Beats UPS, FedEx on Delivery Times and Cost\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-25T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-07T20:22:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/\"},\"wordCount\":428,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Carrier News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Carriers\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2014\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.stamps.com\/article\/study-shows-usps-beats-ups-fedex-on-delivery-times-and-cost\/\",\"name\":\"Study Shows USPS Beats UPS, FedEx on Delivery Times and Cost - 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