How to Stop Porch Pirates from Stealing Your Packages
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Americans spent $1 trillion with online retailers in 2023 according to Security.org, which is up from 861 billion in 2020 reported by Digital Commerce 360. While the pandemic and the closure of retail shopping locations drove initial increases, this dramatic and steady rise in online shopping is likely here to stay.
More online shopping means more packages sitting on front porches and with more people returning to work, more porch piracy.
Who will receive your packages when you are at the office? How will you protect your deliveries?
Who Should Worry about Porch Pirates?
Just about everyone should be concerned about porch pirates! 44% of Americans have experienced package theft, and 49 million Americans have had at least one package stolen in the last 12 months (Security.org).
From New York City, where 90,000 packages disappear each day (NYT 2019), to California, where growing numbers of consumers are concerned about package theft (Safewise 2024), porch piracy is a much too frequent occurrence.
Annual losses due to package theft hit $13.4 billion in 2023, or $112.30 per package, according to a report by Capital One Shopping, and will only go higher.
Don’t Count On the Police to Solve the Problem
Major U.S. cities and law enforcement agencies have struggled to keep up with the national rise in porch piracy. Despite increasing efforts in cities like New York, Sacramento, and Washington DC, the widespread problem continues to grow, leaving residents vulnerable to package theft.
Security cameras and tougher penalties have not been enough to stop thieves, who are growing bolder and more tech-savvy. While some cities are innovating with community-led initiatives and partnerships with delivery services, these efforts alone are not enough to effectively combat mail and package theft.
Standard Remedies: Expensive, Inconvenient, Ineffective, or Invasive
Commonly suggested remedies include security cameras, having neighbors keep an eye out, delivering packages to friends or family who are at home, paying extra for insurance, allowing delivery people inside the home, and renting a PO box. However, these remedies are expensive, inconvenient, unreliable, good only after the fact, or invasive. With a PO box, you can receive deliveries only from the USPS, not FedEx or UPS.
iPostal1 Porch Piracy Solution
iPostal1 offers a solution to the porch piracy problem: 3,250 secure, convenient package pickup locations at professional retail pack-and-ship stores or co-working spaces in office buildings where shoppers can send their online purchases.
Once you choose your mailbox location, you can receive packages from FedEx, UPS, USPS, or other carriers, sent from any U.S. online retailer. You can receive all your packages and even your postal mail at a single location!
Think of this service as your personal secure parcel mailbox where you can pick up your packages during business hours whenever convenient for you or easily forward your mail or packages to any U.S. address.
Plans start as low as $9.99 per month for up to 30 mail items – any combination of letters or packages.
Your Complete Digital Mailbox for Mail and Packages
When you sign up with iPostal1, you get your own personal digital mailbox to use for both mail and packages. You will receive a notification and can see your new mail items as soon as they are received! You can use an app or go online to see an image of the outside of your mail item.
Then with a click or a tap, you can schedule a pickup, forward mail or packages to any address, request that mail content be scanned to a PDF, and shred or discard unwanted mail.
The iPostal1 Virtual Package Mailbox™ solution beats a package delivery locker or other package theft solutions that are limited to one carrier or to one online retailer.
All mail and package locations are powered by iPostal1 digital mailbox technology.
Stop Worrying About How to Beat Porch Pirates
Fox News reports that 47% think package theft ruins the season of giving. But it does not have to be that way, and consumers do not have to invest in expensive security solutions or camera systems for their homes.
Porch pirate protection is easy. You can get a virtual parcel mailbox all your own from iPostal1 and stop worrying about parcel theft during the holidays and throughout the year.
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