Shipping wars: Amazon restarts service that competes with FedEx and UPS
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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has restarted a shipping service it paused in the early days of the pandemic in a development that could add competitive pressure for FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS).
The Seattle-based tech giant confirmed that Amazon Shipping relaunched on Friday. The service allows sellers to ship Amazon orders or products sold on other sites. Businesses must sell on Amazon (AMZN) to be eligible for the service, a company spokesperson confirmed to Seeking Alpha.
Amazon (AMZN) already provides shipping to merchants who use its storage and delivery services. The new service allows sellers to use the companyâs delivery services without storing their shipping products in its warehouses. Amazon Shipping operates only for domestic shipments.
"Weâre always working to develop new, innovative ways to support Amazonâs selling partners, and Amazon Shipping is another option for shipping packages to customers quickly and cost-effectively," stated Amazon spokesperson Olivia Connors.
"Weâve been providing this service for a while with positive feedback so weâre now making it available to more selling partners." 
Of note, Amazon (AMZN) has been making gains with package delivery speed. During the second quarter of this year, more than half of Prime orders across the top 60 U.S. metro areas arrived the same day or the next, the company said last month. AMZN also recently pointed to its plans to double the number of same-day delivery sites in the coming years.

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