UPS unveiled a new collaboration with Square Inc. that offers turnkey UPS shipping options integrated into the Square Online Store, a service that allows small and medium sized sellers to grow their business with a professional e-commerce website and integrated tools. This solution provides Square's e-commerce customers with UPS shipping connectivity, a welcome addition to the San Francisco-based company's suite of services that empower businesses with everything from payment solutions to accessing financing. This collaboration allows small- and medium-sized businesses to easily utilize the same shipping services offered by the industry's largest players.

What's more, Square's customers can receive attractive discounts of up to 55% off UPS's daily rates, including various waived surcharges. This collaboration is one of the increasing number of strategic alliances and agreements UPS has added to make logistics services more broadly available, as part of its newly unveiled strategy called the UPS Digital Access Program (DAP). The DAP helps e-commerce platforms provide a comprehensive suite of order management, fulfillment and delivery services to simplify the complexity of logistics.

Through various platforms, small and medium-sized businesses everywhere will have access to a broader range of delivery options, visibility, integration and returns solutions to empower their ecommerce and online business.