Providing business services, namely services for preparing, processing, managing, and tracking of shipping activities using multiple third-party carriers, printing of carrier and address labels and postage, preparing and analyzing data and preparing reports of shipping activity, comparing shipping rates and obtaining shipping quotes from multiple third-party carriers, facilitating ordering, mailing, shipping, receipt logs, inventory and tracking of merchandise and orders, facilitating the exchange of information between merchants, businesses consumers and others pertaining to ordering, mailing, shipping, receipt logs, inventory and tracking of merchandise and orders, and providing consulting services for setup, integration, customization, training and support of shipping preparation, processing, management and tracking services