Co-founder of Shyp here. We don't only just provide a pickup on-demand service, we also package and provide an amazing experience the entire way through. Take a picture with your phone and tell us where its going. That's it.
We do all this for the same price as USPS retail.
We do charge a $5 pickup fee if you only have one item. The reason for this is because the largest cost for us is the pickup so if we are able to incentivise you to hold until you get 2+ items everyone wins.
Oh, did I mention we don't charge anything for packing materials either (tape, box, air pockets etc.)