Pitney Bowes Postage Meters Become Streamlined in the New ShipStream

Any small to medium-sized business can benefit from an improvement in its efficiency and postage meters are a fantastic way for this to be accomplished. Pitney Bowes, the leader in postage meters and other postal equipment for years, has unveiled its new, streamlined ShipStream that allows business to weigh packages, buy postage online, and monitor shipments and expenses all from the confines of the office.

by ChristopherUlrich

Any small to medium-sized business can benefit from an improvement in its efficiency and postage meters are a great way for this to be accomplished. Pitney Bowes, the innovator in postage meters and other postal equipment for years, has announced its new, streamlined ShipStream that allows business to weigh packages, buy postage online, and watch shipments and expenses all from the comfort of the office.

The Pitney Bowes ShipStream is a software operation that runs on Windows based computers and comes with a 10 pound scale that connects directly to the USB port of the computer. A larger 30 pound scale is also available for nominal fee and connects to the wall outlet. These postage meters promise an incredible and powerful ability to watch shipments around the country, as well as track fees within the business.

For businesses that create a fair amount of packages, whether shipping orders to customers or products to distributors, the Pitney Bowes ShipStream helps make the procedure much easier. By having a postage meter within the office, a business owner will no longer have to send staff to the post office on a regular, and often daily, basis, which is one way to cut into productivity. The traffic and fuel to travel back and forth to the post office is one factor, as are the often long lines awaiting once inside the post office.

Being able to simply put the package on the scale and entering the destination address, or zip code, the ShipStream connects through the Internet to calculate precisely how much the package will cost to ship. Then all the business owner would have to do is print the postage, affix it to the package and have the postal carrier collect it on his or her daily route.

Postage meters like the ShipStream also allow businesses to check their shipments so that if a client inquires about its expected delivery time, the business will no longer have to send them to the post office, which is an added frustration for many consumers. The business can simply log on and track it and inform the consumer right then and there. Elevating customer service leads to the increased likelihood of return business as well as referrals.

But postage meters from Pitney Bowes aren't relegated to simply saving time and elevating customer service. A business owner can readily track their shipping fees on a weekly or monthly factor. By doing this, he or she can figure out whether there are any areas that can be modernized further. The Pitney Bowes ShipStream postage meter system is a wonderful tool for any business that sends a fair amount of packages on a regular basis.

This postage meter system also lets the business owner to print postage labels without the actual amount the postage cost. Why would this be useful or advantageous? For many businesses, figuring postage rates can be a difficult business and dependant on where the buyer lives. By calculating a regular shipping cost, the business owner can ship anywhere without the fear of a customer feeling as though he or she overpaid for the expense.

The Pitney Bowes ShipStream offers business many devices to modernize their operations as well as saving time and valuable money.

About the Author:

Christopher Ulrich is the host of Pitney Postage - a Postage Meter website featuring Pitney Bowes Postage Meters

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