Learn how offering local pickup enables e-commerce retailers to give shoppers flexibility — empowering them to choose delivery options on their own terms — while benefiting from financial savings, an elevated customer experience, and increased sustainability. 

Key Insights: Why should retailers offer local pickup? 

When customers choose a local pickup for their orders, it saves retailers money, combats the issue of package thefts, reduces delivery issues, increases sustainability, and simply put — gives shoppers more choices. 

What does a local pickup experience look like? 

• UPS Ship to Access Point is a shipping option that allows customers to choose from more than 24,000 pickup point locations across North America. 
• Access Points include The UPS Store, major retailers such as CVS, and neighborhood stores. 
• Access Points have extended business hours, are open on weekends, and some are available 24/7, making pickup convenient for the customer. 
• Shoppers have seven days to collect their package, reducing pickup stress. 

Benefits of S2AP 

• Boasts 100% first delivery attempt success. 
• Eliminates the risk of theft or misdelivery and removes shopper anxiety. 
• Bolsters shopper confidence and helps to increase online conversions at the shipping stage of checkout. 
• Eliminates the need to be home to receive or sign for packages.

How can HubBox help?

HubBox provides software for retailers to easily launch local pickup options at checkout.  HubBox software is compatible with an extensive range of ecommerce platforms and technology stacks, including Shopify, Magento, Salesforce, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, custom-built sites, and more. HubBox is the exclusive technology partner of USPS for S2AP. Reach out to HubBox today to make your operation more sustainable, increase customer choice, and boost revenue.