uShip Blog : April 2007 - Posts
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April 2007 - Posts

Revised Tiered Fee Structure

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:19 PM
Thanks for all your feedback on the new tiered pricing structure that will be effective May 1, 2007. We have listened, and after carefully considering some of your comments, we have re-examined the potential effect on the marketplace and have made some changes to the program that we think will assist those TSP’s who specialize in smaller, lower value shipments, and thus were potentially the most affected under the new structure, as originally announced. Read More...

uShip gets dirty!

Posted by mickey@uship.com at 1:49 PM
Last Friday , the uShip team started what I know will be a long and productive relationship with our new community partner, Communities In Schools . Everyone at uShip believes that companies, large and small, should have a positive impact on the communities Read More...

Flagging Added to Forums

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:21 PM
The uShip discussion forums were created as a place for the members of our community to have constructive and respectful conversations about shipping stuff, providing transportation services and the transportation industry in general. While the majority of discussions achieve these goals, there have been too many instances where a member posts comments that are detrimental to the community and/or are not in the spirit of the our Community Values. Read More...

Win a Trip to eBay Live 2007!

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:22 PM
eBay Live 2007 is fast approaching and uShip wants to send you to Boston to take part in the festivities! Read More...

New Tiered Fee Structure

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:24 PM
In response to overwhelming feedback from our community, on May 1, 2007, uShip will switch from its current policy of charging Service Providers a flat fee of 7.9% to a new tiered fee structure. This new tiered fee structure (much like the federal income tax brackets) results in a blended rate that will more accurately match fee amounts with the economic value that both Shippers and Service Providers receive from using the site. Read More...

What makes a successful owner-operator

Posted by mickey@uship.com at 10:13 AM
One of the most important segments of the for-hire transportation industry, and a big part of the uShip community, are owner-operators. I was recently reading in Just Trucking Around , a great blog about the trucking industry and trucking lifestyle, a Read More...

uShip hires Charles McKinley to manage Air Freight, People Categories

Posted by matt@uship.com at 10:54 AM
We're very excited to announce that Charles McKinley will be starting tomorrow as product manager for both our Air Freight and People categories. Charles caught our attention back in 2003 when he shipped himself in a crate from New York to Dallas in the Read More...