uShip Blog : July 2009 - Posts
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July 2009 - Posts

Bid Options Help Streamline Bidding and Acceptance Process

Posted by community@uShip.com at 7:07 PM
uShip.com now gives users more options when placing and reviewing bids. Service Providers can now offer additional services to shipping customers through the new Bid Options feature. This streamlines the bidding process, allowing Service Providers to Read More...

Going Green for Your Move

Posted by community@uShip.com at 11:51 AM
Summer is finally here – and it’s hotter every day. With record temperatures of over 100 degrees here at the uShip offices, it’s hard not to think of global warming and the environment. But as they say, we can all do our part to help keep the skies cool Read More...

Tips for Planning a Garage Sale

Posted by community@uShip.com at 11:40 AM
Today in the Summer Moving Series we’ll attack another crucial part of summer moving: planning a garage sale. If you’ve started the packing and sorting process, you’ve surely realized you have a lot of stuff you no longer want or need. Moving gives you Read More...

Finding a Great Moving Company

Posted by community@uShip.com at 9:59 AM
So you’re done creating a moving checklist , and have taken an inventory of your home. It’s time to start contacting some moving companies. Being prepared and choosing the right moving company can help avoid a lot of stress and headaches later on in the Read More...

Preparing Kids for a Move

Posted by community@uShip.com at 4:03 PM
Letting go of home and embracing a new place can be very stressful for adults, and this is often magnified for children. Of course, moving across town is not as daunting as across the country, but for families with children it is important to take the Read More...

Packing Tips

Posted by community@uShip.com at 4:57 PM
With all the prep finished we are finally getting to the meat and potatoes of the Summer Moving Series. Your junk is all gone and your packing supplies are ready; now it’s time to box everything up. If you have hired a moving company to do the packing, Read More...

Finding Packing Materials

Posted by community@uShip.com at 11:32 AM
Continuing on with the Summer Moving Series, we now turn our focus to acquiring packing materials. This is important because, well, you can’t pack the boxes if you don’t have any boxes right? Although this step can easily be overlooked, having an adequate Read More...

Organizing for a Move

Posted by community@uShip.com at 12:56 PM
As we continue on with our Summer Moving Series we thought it would be a good idea to get back to the basics. Therefore, the second installment will focus on how you can get organized pre-move to help maximize efficiency and minimize your moving costs. Read More...

Summer Moving Tips: Creating a Moving Checklist

Posted by community@uShip.com at 11:07 AM
If you know you’ll be moving this summer, you should prepare a checklist of everything you need to do for your move. Checklists are fantastic because they break a big unmanageable task – like moving all of your earthly belongings to a new home – into Read More...