What You Get for $0 a Month With PitneyShip, and When to Pay for More
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Level one: the $0/month account and everything inside it
PitneyShip starts from $0 per month, with no subscription and no volume commitments. That is the headline, but the list underneath it is what matters. The base account lets you print unlimited stamps and postage, send Certified Mail and Registered Mail, compare discounted USPS, UPS and FedEx shipping rates, print unlimited shipping labels and track packages, schedule eligible carrier pickups, and connect your online store to manage orders.
The cost structure fits in one line: a 5% usage fee applies to shipping labels and stamp transactions, with postage and other applicable charges on top. You pay when you send. Nothing lands on your card in a quiet month.
Setup runs in three steps — create your account, choose what to send, then print your label or postage and send it from your office. For a business still driving to the post office with a stack of envelopes, that alone reshapes the week.
Who gets the most out of the base plan
The business that squeezes the most from the free tier is the small operation sending a mixed bag: invoices, checks and letters one day, a few parcels the next, and the occasional Certified Mail piece that needs a tracking record. Pitneybowes built PitneyShip so all three live in one platform instead of three separate tools.
Picture a two-person consultancy mailing contracts, a trades business sending invoices and parts, or a small shop shipping a handful of orders a week. Low volume is where a 5% usage fee sits comfortably, because there is no monthly floor to clear before the software pays for itself.
You also get the parts that remove errands: print postage from your desk, schedule eligible carrier pickups, and find sending records when you need them. Cost control comes from seeing your mailing and shipping activity and choosing the services that fit.
Level two: Certified Mail Plus and Ecommerce Plus
Optional add-on features are explored after you create your account, so you can start at zero and bolt on only what your sending pattern demands. Additional users work the same way.
Certified Mail Plus is for the business whose mail needs a trail. It saves time and simplifies Certified Mail with automated workflows, electronic return receipts and easy access to delivery records.
Ecommerce Plus suits the seller who has outgrown a single storefront. It connects more online marketplaces and streamlines order management with advanced automation, branded tracking and notifications. A shop running several channels, fielding regular questions about where an order is, gets a clear return from tracking updates that go out under its own name.
The sensible order is to begin on the base plan, watch which of those two pressures shows up first in your week, then add that one.
Level three: Shipping 360 across teams and locations
Managing shipping across several teams or locations is a different problem, and Pitneybowes points there with the Shipping 360 platform. Its applications work together to give visibility and control of shipping, mailing and receiving operations across an organization.
On shipping, you get centralized management of carriers and users, business rules, an all-in price for your carriers, special USPS discounts and consolidated carrier billing. On mailing, you can print USPS postage from anywhere without a postage meter and simplify preparing, tracking and managing Certified Mail. Analytics pull shipping costs, postage, equipment costs and supplies into a single place. Receiving adds chain-of-custody control over inbound parcels with an immediate digital record, end-to-end tracking and proof of delivery, while distribution covers delivery of incoming packages and internal assets with multiple contactless workflows and secure, 24/7 access.
Shipping 360 connects to marketplaces, ERP, WMS and carrier networks. Missouri Department of Social Services centralized shipping across 150+ locations; Boston Medical Center saves 23,000 hours a year on pharmacy shipping.
Financing, hardware, and the easiest place to begin
A financial layer runs alongside the software. Pitneybowes offers captive financing for its equipment, from mail meters to lockers, and more than 85% of its customers benefit from its financing solutions. Postage payments can run through a line of credit or a prepay deposit account, used by 75% of customers for shipping, supplies and all types of mail forms. Banking products and services are provided by The Pitney Bowes Bank, Inc., Member FDIC.
Around the software sit postage meters, a 3-in-1 shipping label printer with a built-in scale, smart lockers, mailroom equipment, presort mail services and outsourced mailing — pieces you can reach for later.
The entry point asks nothing up front. Open the PitneyShip account at $0 a month, print unlimited stamps and labels, compare discounted USPS, UPS and FedEx rates, and add Certified Mail Plus or Ecommerce Plus when your sending calls for it. Sign-up takes minutes.
