USPS struggles to sway online postage providers on Connect Local Mail

Three of the four companies the Postal Service discussed offering the same-day and next-day service to declined, citing various obstacles.

The U.S. Postal Service hasn’t been able to convince online postage providers to offer Connect Local Mail, the agency’s same-day and next-day local delivery service, according to a filing last month with the Postal Regulatory Commission.
Of the four providers the USPS has had discussions with, three declined the offer and expressed a lack of interest in offering it on their platforms, the May 10 filing said. Discussions were ongoing with the final provider at the time of the filing.
Connect Local Mail, under the Postal Service’s Connect Local umbrella, is focused on speedy document delivery within a local area. The agency has flagged UPS and FedEx as potential competitors for the offering.