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Small Businesses, Subscription Boxes and Online Sellers that are sick of overpaying for postage!
Stamps.com is ideal for online retailers, small and medium businesses, e-commerce sellers, and individuals looking to print USPS postage stamps and shipping labels directly from their computer.
The interface is clean and tidy, and the pirate aesthetic is wonderful. I would highly recommend this to any small business owner.
I made a mistake an mailed an package to myself my accident. I was working too fast late at night and never caught the mistake.
I love how easy it is to use pirate ship. I love that they save my package information because I ship the same thing frequently and I don’t have to type everything in.
You had me at “Arrrrr you ready to not deal with PayPal’s bullshit anymore.
The staff are great to work with. Finally an app that does what it’s supposed to, saves money, and is fun.
I have yet to find anything I don’t like about this service. I have to admit that I was skeptical at first, but it took only five minutes to make me a believer.
I love how it auto fills (most) information and remembers what you've entered before. Pricing is a bit better overall than other places, but it's the ease of use that really makes it a winner.
I am really trying to rack my brain on the negatives of this website. The only negative I can think of is it I did not find out about it sooner.
Our experience with Stamps.com was excellent. Customer service always friendly and eager to help.
You have to pay the postage rates, plus pay a membership fee, plus purchase the paper you buy the stamps on. If you mess up the printing, it is a real pain to try and print a new sheet.
I am happy with the software and it helps my staff to speed up their paperwork and save their time.
It caused me so much anxiety; it made me absolutely dread going to the post office and some of my packages would even go out late because I would postpone mailing them.
I like the ease of use and being able to cut out trips to the post office is great. Printing stamps from home is a great idea.
The website is buggy and gets stuck where all the selections in a mandatory drop down list are disabled.
At the time I used this product, it was super convenient as I was in a long distance relationship and sent a lot of snail mail. The ease of this, to be able to print shipping labels, was amazing.
My only complaint is that stamps.com hasn't always been around. If I had known about it sooner, I would have wasted a lot less time in line at the Post Office.
Meghann H.: My name is Meghann. I am the CEO of Hancock Enterprises Athens, Georgia, LLC, and I would give Pirate Ship a five. Before Pirate Ship, I was just going either to the post office, or the UPS store, the FedEx store, and at that time in my business, I wasn't an LLC yet, but I was working full time, and I didn't have time to get to those places as often as I would like. Pirate Ship was introduced to me by some other business owner friends in a similar situation, and I took a look at what they offered, and I was really impressed by what I saw, and not having to make extra trips to the different shipping places. So Pirate Ship is kind of, the best way I can put, is kindergarten simple. You type in all your business information, you type in where your package is going to your customer, and, boom, it gives you a list of different options, and you choose the one for you, you print out your label, and you get it on your porch or in your mailbox, and, boom, done. If you are considering Pirate Ship at all, just do it. It is the best thing I have ever found. Like I said before, it's quick and easy, and just do it.
Jawad K.: Hi, my name is Jawad. I'm the owner of A&A's General Retail, and I give Stamps a five out of five star rating. Prior to using Stamps, I would always go to the post office. Always scared I would misweigh something and something would come back. I didn't really have any other business to use, so I decided to use Stamps, and it was the way to go. I got out of my fears. If you want to save time, save money actually, and have a post office at your house, that's the way to go, because that's why I chose it. I got over my fear of misweighing something and having something come back. Everything's user-friendly, everything's on point. And why not do it from the comfort of your own home? Stamps is easy to get a hold of. Stamps.com, download it, sign up, email. Same old, same old. They give you equipment, you weigh stuff, print out labels. It's easy as 1, 2, 3. Anybody could do it. If you like to save time on running errands, waiting in line at the post office, having stamps.com at home is the way to go. Take everything, you can multitask, have all your packages ready to go and shipped out. I recommend Stamps, definitely.
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