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The results are wildly inaccurate due to the omission of online rates for USPS. If you have a paypal account you can buy and print shipping labels at home and save $1-5 on every package you send. It makes USPS the cheapest shipping option for nearly everything including international shipping.

Also, FedEx and UPS charge an extra $3 or so when delivering to a residential address. So the low prices shown on your site don't reflect real world usage.

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Hi ChrisNorstrom, I appreciate your concern and thanks for the feedback. We've integrated the official APIs of FedEx, UPS and USPS and are optimising the results every day. I will look into the points you mentioned and check if they are not reflected by the APIs already. We are aware of the residential vs commercial address difference and as of tomorrow we'll have the differentiation live.

Thanks, I love the site btw. I was just in a rush to type it out and head to work.

USPS has discounted online rates that apply to everyone using Stamps.com, Paypal, Ebay, Amazon, Etsy, Endicia, Pitney Bowes, and any other postage printing service.

Thanks a lot for letting us know! :)

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