Free and Last Ship Day plus Organizer equals easier and cheaper online shopping!

December 15 2010, 6:44pm

So we did it huh? We bought so much stuff online after Thanksgiving that we passed 1 billion dollars! That’s the biggest online shopping day ever! Yay digital consumerism!But what if you still have shopping to do? Well, don’t sweat it and don’t even think about the mall! You’ve got a couple of days yet till what the retail and shipping industry calls Final Ship Day.FINAL SHIP DAY is Friday, December 17th.Final Ship Day is the last day you can have something shipped standard via Fed-Ex or UPS and still have it get there by Christmas Eve! This year, Final Ship day is Friday, December 17th.  TIP- Now, of course you can expedite shipping or overnight a gift package but, in this economy… why would you!Here’s a helpful breakdown of the top three shippers and their Final Ship Days.FedEX

Home Delivery & Ground Service 12/17 Fedex 2Day 12/22 Fedex Overnight 12/23

UPS

Ground/Standard Delivery 12/17 UPS 3-Day Select 12/21 2-Day Business 12/22 (By 12PM) Standard Overnight 12/23 (By 12PM)

USPS

First Class Domestic 12/20 Priority 12/21 Express 12/22

Wait! Friday, December 17th is also Free Ship Day!We are happy to report that Friday, December 17th is also Free Ship Day! What is that you ask? On the surface, it’s a last minute push for online retailers to make holiday sales. But for shoppers like you and I…..  it means $avings! According to FreeShippingDay.com, nearly 1500 merchants plan on offering free shipping this Friday so be on the lookout for last minute deals that definitely will be there by Christmas! Arm yourself properly.. with Organizer!So a while back we told you all about our new shipping notices and coupons features. We told you how they made holiday shopping easier and cheaper. Well, put it to the test during the frenzy around Last (Free) Ship Day!Use Organizer and we’ll place all your important shopping related stuff right up on top of your Daily Digest. Save money with that discount coupon for the Gap and easily track your holiday packages with your shipping notifications gathered right up on top!

TIP- Simply click “Add to Calendar” and your shipped dates and expected delivery dates will be added to your attached Google, Yahoo! or iCal calendar! Easy!

Everyday, hundreds of thousands of shipping notices are being handled by Organizer. We are helping hundreds of thousands of smart shoppers stay on top of their game! Oops, sorry guys!We handle so many shipping notices in fact, that last Monday, December 13th, we received a call from one of the top shipping companies in the world. No, we won’t tell you who, but we will tell you that OtherInbox is one of the top 3 users of their API or Application Program Interface. We adjusted some rules and now it’s all good but I want to stress the following-Soooo many Organizer users are benefiting from shipping notices that one of the top 3 shipping companies in the world has asked us to move our queries to the evening ASAP to reduce load on their servers! For us, that is a great problem to have. We love getting those kinds of calls! =)So head on out into cyberspace and find that perfect gift! You got a couple of days to get your order in and we will be here making sure you have everything in order.Any tips to share? Good deals we should know about? Let us know in the comments below, email us at help@otherinbox.com, tweet us @otherinbox, or join us on Facebook and share your good find! Happy Holidays!