USPSGround Advantage
2–5 business days
The everyday workhorse for anything under 70 lb. Tracking and $100 of insurance included. For most packages under a pound, nothing beats it.
Best for Light packages, apparel, small goods
Price a package.
Pick where you ship from and to, add weight and box size. Every carrier and service updates live, in your currency, with duties estimated for international.
Every service, side by side
90210 → 10001 · 2 lb 0 oz · 10×8×4 in
ServiceRetailOctoshipSaved
- $15.33$6.67-56%
UPS Ground SaverCheapest!2–5 days - $11.07$6.84-38%USPS Ground Advantage2–5 days
- $15.32$7.30-52%FedEx Ground Economy2–7 days
- $15.67$9.91-37%USPS Priority Mail Cubic1–3 days · Tier 0.2 · vs. Priority retail
- $15.67$11.61-26%USPS Priority Mail1–3 days
- $22.85$12.35-46%FedEx Ground1–5 days
- $22.87$12.71-44%UPS Ground1–5 days
- $43.96$21.44-51%UPS 2nd Day Air2 days
- $43.98$21.99-50%FedEx 2Day2 days
- $45.24$38.34-15%USPS Priority Mail Express1–2 days
Illustrative rates, currency conversion and duties for a prototype, not a real quote. US zones are estimated from ZIP prefixes. Real prices depend on the carrier's rate card and the destination's customs rules.
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A few favorites from our 550+ ways to get a box from here to there, and when each one makes sense.
USPS
USPSPriority Mail
1–3 business days
Faster, with free boxes from the post office and up to $100 insurance. Our commercial discount makes it competitive for heavier packages going far.
Best for 1–10 lb, cross-country
USPSPriority Mail Express
1–2 days, guaranteed
Overnight to most US addresses with a money-back guarantee. Pricey, but when the wedding is Saturday, it's what you want.
Best for Urgent, high-value
USPSCubic pricing
Priority Mail speed
Priced by box size instead of weight, in 0.1 ft³ tiers up to 0.5 ft³ and 20 lb. Small, heavy boxes can ship for a fraction of the weight-based rate. Not sold at the counter.
Best for Small, dense boxes (candles, books, tools)
secret weapon
UPSGround Saver
2–5 business days
UPS's economy service for lightweight residential packages. Often neck-and-neck with Ground Advantage for packages over a pound.
Best for Light-to-mid residential
UPSGround
1–5 business days
Reliable, day-definite ground delivery with free daily tracking scans. Shines for heavier boxes and business addresses.
Best for Heavy boxes, B2B
UPS2nd Day Air
2 business days, guaranteed
Guaranteed two-day delivery anywhere in the contiguous US. Our discounted rate sometimes undercuts Priority Mail for big boxes.
Best for Time-sensitive, larger boxes
FedExGround Economy
2–7 business days
FedEx's budget lane for light residential parcels. Slower than Ground, but a strong pick for non-urgent orders over a pound.
Best for Light, non-urgent residential
FedExGround & 2Day
1–5 days, or 2 days guaranteed
Day-definite Ground for heavy boxes, plus 2Day when it has to land by a date. Often trades places with UPS on price, so we show both.
Best for Heavy boxes, B2B, deadlines
DHL ExpressExpress Worldwide
2–4 business days abroad
Door-to-door international express with customs clearance built in. Pair it with duties collected at checkout and your buyer never sees a surprise bill.
Best for International, high-value, fast
220+ countries…and 550+ more
Postal and express services from carriers around the world, compared in the same list as the big four.
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What you pay
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Rate questions, answered.
The fine print, in regular-sized print.
Are these real rates?+
The numbers on this page are illustrative, for a prototype. In the real app you'd see live discounted rates from every carrier available where you ship from, for your exact package and addresses.
Which carriers can I ship with?+
From United States: USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL Express, GlobalPost, Asendia, Aramex, Sendle & 6 more. Across the 27 countries we ship from, that's 38 carriers and 550+ services to 220+ countries and territories, all compared in one list. Change where you ship from at the top of the calculator.
Why are your rates lower than retail?+
Carriers give deep commercial discounts to high-volume shippers. We pool everyone's packages together so a one-person shop gets the same pricing as a warehouse.
Is there a markup on postage?+
No. What you see is what the carrier charges us, and that's what you pay. We're paid by the carriers, not you.
What's a shipping zone?+
US carriers price domestic packages by distance, using zones 1 (local) through 8 (far away). Our calculator estimates the zone from the two ZIP codes you enter. International rates are priced by destination country instead.
What is dimensional weight?+
For big, light boxes, carriers bill by size instead of weight: length × width × height ÷ 166 in the US (÷ 139 for most international express). UPS, FedEx and DHL always apply it; USPS only over one cubic foot.
How do duties and taxes work?+
Most countries charge import duty and VAT/GST above a small threshold. We estimate them from your item values and HS codes. Turn on DDP to collect them from your buyer at checkout and prepay them, or ship DDU and the carrier collects on delivery.
When should I use Cubic pricing?+
When your box is small (under 0.5 cubic feet) but heavy. A 9 lb box of books in a shoebox-sized carton is the classic win. Octoship picks it automatically when it's cheaper.
What if the carrier adjusts my label price?+
If a package is weighed or measured differently, the carrier may adjust the cost. We show every adjustment in your reports, with the measurements they used.
