We all know that the holiday season is fraught with anxiety. And making sure your orders get to their destinations on time can be stressful for even the calmest among us – especially when the shipment is being sent internationally. Well, the U.S. Postal Service^® and Endicia just may have the solution to help calm your holiday season shipping nerves. It’s called Global Express Guaranteed^® or GXG^®.

GXG is a fast USPS^® international shipping service, which means you can extend your international holiday shipping deadlines by as much as 8 days (2). depending on the destination So, you can now take orders from those procrastinators who waited until the last minute to do their shopping, but who still expect their gifts to arrive in time for the holidays.

GXG provides date-certain delivery with a money-back guarantee to more than 180 countries. Transportation and delivery for GXG is provided by FedEx Express (3) with tracking available to all destinations through USPS.com.

Global Express Guaranteed Features:

• Includes date-certain delivery and a money-back guarantee to all destinations (1)
• Tracking to all destinations through USPS Track & Confirm tool
• Qualifies for free package pickup
• Delivery in 1-3 business days (4)
• Ships to over 180 countries
• Includes up to $100 in insurance coverage (additional insurance up to $2,499 available)

Endicia is the only electronic postage provider to offer this fast delivery option. It is available to most customers who use the Endicia Professional** software. It’s fast and it’s efficient. The software walks you through the simple label creation process and, when done, it will print out a multipage label which is ready to be inserted into a label pouch and applied to your package – that’s it - no more manual completion of GXG forms! And since the postage is pre-paid, your package is ready to be dropped off at USPS retail counters, Approved Shipper locations, drop boxes or picked up by USPS Free Package Pickup Service, or Pickup on Demand Service.

For more information on the GXG service visit: http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc2_005.htm

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