Providing business services, namely, preparing, processing, managing, and tracking of shipping activities using multiple third-party carriers, preparing and analyzing data and preparing reports of shipping activity, 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 business consulting services for setup, integration, customization, training and support of shipping preparation, processing, management and tracking services; providing printed carrier and address labels and postage for viewing and purchasing via on on-line retail network; providing comparisons of shipping rates and shipping quotes for multiple third-party carriers