Something significant happened in early 2026. FedEx announced it’s pulling back from general ecommerce volume. Intentionally slowing growth in the sub-pound parcel space. Focusing instead on specialized B2B and premium shipments. The reaction across the industry was immediate. Shippers who’d built their entire carrier strategy around FedEx and UPS started asking the same question: Who else do we use? And in 2026, there are real answers. Evri. DHL eCommerce. OnTrac. re

Your WMS knows everything about your orders. What was picked. What’s been staged. Which courier label to print. But there’s one decision it makes quietly, in the background, that most operations never audit. Which box should this order go into? For Mintsoft users, that decision has typically been handled by static rules — if order weight is under X, use Box A. Those rules were written once. They haven’t changed. And every day, they’re costing you money you can’t see on

FedEx and UPS parcel rates are now 38.9% higher than they were in 2018. That’s not a projection. That’s Q1 2026 data from the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. And it’s not stopping. At the same time, tariff volatility is forcing brands to reposition inventory. Supply chains are getting shorter. Fulfillment is moving closer to the customer. And every dollar of shipping cost is under a microscope. Most operations are looking in the wrong place. They’re negotiating carrier co