{"id":58994,"date":"2024-08-28T15:59:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T20:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipstation.com\/smb-shippers-guide\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T12:06:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T17:06:36","slug":"smb-shippers-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shipstation.com\/smb-shippers-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The SMB Shipper\u2019s Guide from ShipStation and UPS\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-hero padding-top--none padding-bottom--lg US \"><div class=\"background--green background--full\">\n\n<div class=\"hero-block relative\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero items-start\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"  hero-content \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"xl\">The SMB Shipper\u2019s Guide from ShipStation and UPS\u00ae<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lead max-w-[64rem]\"><p><strong>Cutting Costs Not Corners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scaling your ecommerce business means saving costs without cutting corners. 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