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Stamps.com
Stamps.com is an Austin, Texas-based mailing and shipping software company selling discounted postage and labels.
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1996Stamps.com is an Austin, Texas-based mailing and shipping software company selling discounted postage and labels.
Demand for multi-carrier parcel shipping software keeps growing as small businesses and e-commerce sellers ship more parcels and carriers raise published rates. Rate complexity favors tools that compare services and print compliant labels across several carriers.
Consolidation among shipping software vendors, including the Auctane and WWEX combination into ShipStation Global, is concentrating carrier-rate leverage in fewer platforms while leaving room for specialist postage and mailing brands such as Stamps.com.
Stamps.com holds a long-standing USPS approval as a PC Postage provider and resells commercial rates from USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL Express, and GlobalPost through a single subscription account. Its plans bundle label printing, Certified and Registered Mail, address verification, and analytics without requiring a separate carrier contract.
The brand reaches buyers through a supplies store, desktop and mobile applications, and a documented REST and SOAP developer API, letting it serve small offices and enterprise shipping teams from the same platform.
Stamps.com's pricing depends on carrier reseller agreements, and the business was materially exposed when the USPS renegotiated its compensation arrangements in 2018 and ended a reseller partnership in 2019. Its subscription tiers also meter users and stamp or label volumes, which can push growing shippers toward per-label platforms.
Because the brand sits inside a larger portfolio alongside sibling shipping products, it competes for investment and positioning with offerings such as ShipStation, and its small-business pricing sits above several low-cost label resellers.
Stamps.com sells monthly subscriptions rather than per-label fees, with Basic at $14.99, Professional at $29.99, and Multi-Location at $49.99 per month. Higher tiers add users, unlimited printing, batch and multi-address printing, analytics, and multi-office management.
The subscription is paired with discounted commercial carrier rates and a supplies store, so the company earns recurring software revenue while the customer's shipping volume drives carrier-billable postage.