Category Archives: What happen on AfterShip

AfterShip launches webhook for users to collect information about different delivery events as they happen in near real-time. By providing a URL and select the events, AfterShip will send the data you request to the URL whenever the events take Continue reading «AfterShip introduces Webhook»

AfterShip automatically detect the courier of each shipment based on its tracking number format. While AfterShip supports over 70 couriers, the same tracking number format may clash with multiple couriers. In this case, you will want to tell AfterShip which Continue reading «New Feature: Courier Priority»

The question comes into my mind when we ask ourselves how important should an online store allow customers to track within the site. How frequent do people track a shipment? UPS suggests 2.42 times per shipment based on their 2012 Continue reading «How many times do people track a package?»

Do you know that some carriers require users to input both tracking number and area code (or postalcode) for tracking a shipment? We believe this is to avoid duplicate records in their tracking system and also strengthen the privacy protection Continue reading «Tracking Number & Area Code»

Thanks to our new team member WenLong who just joined 2 months ago, AfterShip added 27 new couriers in the past 2 months – AfterShip now supports tracking for 56 couriers! We expect the list hit 100 couriers soon  AfterShip Continue reading «27 New Couriers (Jan-Feb 2013)»

How great it is for customers to receive a SMS notification about delivery updates? SMS notification is perfect for sending out important notifications like “out for delivery” and “failed delivery attempt” to ensure customers receive the shipment. What’s more? AfterShip Continue reading «New Feature: Custom Phone Number»

Thanks to the techcrunch story about AfterShip in Jan 2013 - we saw a significant growth of notifications sent in the past month. AfterShip just sent over 500K notifications for thousands of online stores to their customers. Keep your customers informed when Continue reading «500K Notifications Sent»

Great news! If you are using AfterShip API or CSV upload, you can now add unlimited custom fields to your AfterShip account. With custom fields, you can further personalize the delivery notifications and for reporting purpose. A great example is Continue reading «New Feature: Custom Fields»

TechCrunch says “AfterShip Gives Amazon-Style Post-Sale Powers To Any Online Merchant“. With the AfterShip API, an online merchant can now show directly the tracking results of 40+ carriers at the store. Allowing your customers to track delivery status directly at Continue reading «Show Tracking Results at Your Store»

We know no ones like spam emails, that’s why AfterShip chooses a credible email service provider Mandrill to help 2000+ users to send out over 400K delivery notifications with a high open rate of 42%. With our white-label service, users can select the email Continue reading «AfterShip = No Spam»