Insight & Advice from iDrive's team of shipping experts

Customers don’t just want fast delivery, they expect it. Amazon has turned next-day delivery into the standard, with an eye-watering 80% of consumers expecting retailers to offer same-day shipping. The pressure on brands to keep...

Is your carrier ruining your customer relationships? (Are you sure?) The final stretch of an online delivery is where you make or break the customer relationship. It’s often also the most expensive and operationally complex...

USPS is poised to reenter the final-mile mix through a tentative new deal with UPS. Here’s what that means for eCommerce delivery strategies.

Lightweight shipping is entering a correction cycle. Use this 90-day plan to rebalance your carrier mix, protect margins, and build a more resilient residential delivery strategy for 2026.

Most shippers track rates and service levels, but overlook the metric that really drives profit: pieces per stop. Learn why this overlooked KPI determines your true cost per delivery (and how to improve it). 

Gig carriers promise speed and savings, but at what cost? See how app-based delivery networks compare to asset-based carriers like USPS and UPS, and how to build a resilient hybrid shipping model.

Learn what's coming for lightweight residential delivery in 2026, including recent UPS and USPS changes, the sub-$4 residential myth, & more. This guide is your playbook for navigating that shift. It’s about building resilience, not just savings, and understanding the real math that determines profitability in lightweight delivery.

Cheap shipping isn’t smart shipping. Learn why sub-$4 residential delivery rates are unsustainable and how to protect your margins as lightweight economics correct in 2026.