Post Pack & Ship

What Post Pack & Ship does

Post Pack & Ship is an independent single-location retail shipping, packing, and business-services store located at 985 Postal Way, Vista, California. The company operates as an authorized shipping outlet for four major carriers — FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL — providing customers with a single counter where they can compare carrier rates, drop off pre-labeled packages, and obtain packing, crating, and labeling services for fragile, oversized, or high-value shipments. Beyond shipping, the store offers notary public services, fingerprinting, key duplication, mailbox rental, passport photos, document shredding, printing, copying, and fax services, positioning itself as a one-stop retail business-services counter for the local Vista market.

The underlying technology stack is minimal and industry-standard for the segment: a website with integrated package-tracking lookup (via carrier APIs), a Facebook presence, and basic point-of-sale and mailbox-management workflows. There is no proprietary software platform, no proprietary technology, no AI/ML capability, and no differentiated technical architecture visible in the input data. Service delivery is labor-intensive and relies on trained packing specialists rather than automation.

The business model is transaction-based retail with one recurring-revenue component. Shipping fees are collected from carriers (typically a percentage of the carrier charge) and from direct customer service fees (packing materials, custom crating, labor). Mailbox rental provides recurring monthly revenue per box. Ancillary services (notary, fingerprinting, printing, key duplication, passport photos, shredding) generate flat-fee transactional income. Go-to-market is purely direct: walk-in retail traffic, repeat mailbox customers, and small-business drop-off from the surrounding Vista-area catchment. The business is a member of the Retail Shipping Associates trade association and the PackageHub Business Centers aggregator network, which provide industry affiliation, shared marketing, and carrier-volume benefits but do not constitute a franchise or corporate structure.

Name

Post Pack & Ship

Legal name

POST PACK & SHIP

Website

https://postpackandship.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Post Pack & Ship is an independent single-location retail shipping and business-services store in Vista, California, offering authorized packing and shipping for FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL alongside notary, mailbox rental, printing, and related services to local residents and small businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Shipping and Business Services

NAICS

Packing and Crating (488991), Couriers and Express Delivery Services (49211)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650)

akta.pro primary industry

Packing Materials Supply & Delivery (Boxes, Tape, Bubble Wrap) (HSAKADAK)

Keywords

• Pack and ship services
• Authorized shipping outlet
• Business services center
• Mailbox rental services
• Notary and fingerprinting

Headquarters

HQ city

Vista

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Shipping Services: Acts as an authorized shipping outlet for FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL. Revenue generated from shipping fees, service charges, and potentially markups on carrier rates.
2. Packing Supplies Sales: Sale of boxes, bubble wrap, packing peanuts, tape, and other packaging materials. Stock over 200 box sizes plus specialty boxes for artwork, laptops, furniture, etc.
3. Professional Packing Services: Charges for professional packing services where staff pack customer items with TLC guarantee for insurability.
4. Business Services: Copying, printing, fax services, notary public, fingerprinting, key duplication, passport photos, document shredding, business cards, greeting cards, rubber stamps, mailbox rental.
5. Mailbox Rental: Private mailbox rental with street address, package receiving, mail forwarding services. Includes email/text notification when packages arrive.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Post Pack & Ship is a single retail storefront in Vista, CA that provides authorized shipping services via FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL, professional packing with custom box making and over 200 box sizes, and a broad set of business and convenience services including notary public, fingerprinting, key duplication, mailbox rental, copying/printing, fax, document shredding, business cards, passport photos, and office supplies. The company positions itself as a one-stop shop for the packing, shipping, and document needs of local residents and small businesses, with carrier pickups scheduled daily.

Product overview

Post Pack & Ship is a one-stop-shop business service center offering packing, shipping, printing, document services, and mailbox rentals. The core offering centers on shipping services through carrier integrations (USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL) and professional packing services with over 200 box sizes and custom box making. The company provides complementary business services including notary public, fingerprinting, key duplication, passport photos, fax services, copying/printing, document shredding, business cards, greeting cards, office supplies, rubber stamps, and mailbox rental. Services are available Monday-Saturday at their Vista, CA location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Retail Shipping Associates (RSA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPart of the Retail Shipping Associates network, a franchise/affiliate network of independent shipping and business service centers.
• PackageHub Business CenterscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPart of PackageHub Business Centers network, providing business center services and support for independent shipping stores.
• FedExcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial FedEx Authorized ShipCenter providing FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, and FedEx International shipping services. Daily FedEx pickups scheduled.
• UPScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUPS Authorized Shipping Outlet (ASO) providing UPS Ground, Express, and International shipping services. Daily UPS pickups.
• USPS (United States Postal Service)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial USPS Approved Shipper providing Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, First Class Mail, and other postal services. Carriers deliver to every US address daily.
• DHL ExpresscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDHL Authorized Shipping Center providing international shipping to over 200 countries on 7 continents.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Office Depot: National office-supply retailer with printing, copying, packing supplies, and shipping services at many locations. Overlaps on the supplies and document-services side rather than as a direct pack-and-ship outlet.
• Staples Print & Marketing Services: Large office-supply retail chain offering printing, copying, packing supplies, and FedEx drop-off at many locations. Broader incumbent overlapping on the printing/business-services portion of the subject's offering.

Direct peers

• Goin' Postal: Franchise network of retail shipping centers offering packing, shipping with multiple carriers, mailbox rental, and business services. Directly comparable in service mix and target customer.
• Postal Connections: Franchise pack-and-ship retail centers providing shipping, packing, mailbox rental, and document services. Direct competitor with a similar multi-carrier retail model.
• PostalAnnex+ (Annex Brands): Franchisor of PostalAnnex+ and Annex Brands postal and business service centers offering shipping, packing, mailbox rental, and printing. Operates a model nearly identical to the subject company.
• The UPS Store: The largest franchise network of pack-and-ship retail stores in North America, offering UPS shipping alongside packing, printing, and mailbox rental. Direct competitor in the same retail shipping-center category with virtually identical service menus.
• Ship On Site: Independent retail pack-and-ship stores affiliated through the PackageHub network, offering multi-carrier shipping, packing, and business services. Closely comparable independent franchise model.
• Pak Mail: Franchise network of packing, shipping, and business service centers with a comparable one-stop-shop value proposition. Direct competitor targeting the same small-business and consumer segments.
• FedEx Office: Company-owned and franchised retail locations offering FedEx shipping, packing, printing, and copying. Direct competitor with deeper carrier-integration advantages given FedEx ownership.

Regional players

• UPS Access Point partner locations: Independent retail locations (convenience stores, etc.) that serve as UPS drop-off and pickup points. Indirect competitor for parcel drop-off but lacks the full packing, printing, and business-services offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ppsvista

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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