For pack-and-ship stores
Stay independent. Compete like a franchise.
The network gives a family-owned store the three things franchises sell — buying power, a proven system and people who have your back — without asking you to change your name or hand over your margin.
What you get
Three things franchises charge for. Yours as a member.
Buying power
Co-op pricing negotiated across the whole network.
- Discounted multi-carrier shipping
- Card processing with no long-term contract
- Package insurance with claims handled for you
- Freight, packaging and supplies
A proven system
PAKS runs the counter and the back office in one place.
- Register with shipping on the same sale
- Mailboxes, packages and CMRA reporting
- Accounting, invoicing and day close
- Free plan — add paid packs only if you need them
People on your side
A network of owners who have stood behind the same counter.
- Member support and onboarding
- Local dealers who set you up and stay in touch
- Marketing resources to bring in foot traffic
- Fellow owners to learn from
Become the town’s connector
Your customers become members of something.
As a network location you can invite the businesses you already ship for into our co-op programs. They save money, you become the place they rely on, and the network pays you for the work.
- Invite local shops, offices and online sellers
- They get co-op pricing through your store
- The network pays your store when they use the programs
- You keep the relationship — and the repeat visits
Automation, when you’re ready
Do more with the same staff
Customers weigh, rate, pay and print their own labels, and check in drop-offs and returns. How kiosks work
A connected scale reads weight straight onto the sale, which cuts keying errors and carrier adjustment fees.
Prefer purpose-built hardware? SEND, a leader in automated shipping kiosks, connects to the Pack and Kin network. Learn more
Secure pickup for customers and carriers, around the clock.
Contract postal units
Closure notice? Keep your doors open.
If your contract post office is set to close, the network can help you keep the counter your town depends on — under your own name, as a private mail and parcel center, with more carriers than you had before.
- Keep the location, the foot traffic and the community role
- Offer UPS and FedEx alongside USPS
- Rent mailboxes and receive packages as a CMRA
- Run it all on PAKS from any PC or tablet
- Hardware you likely own already: scale, label printer, receipt printer, scanner
For neighbors
A real counter, run by a real neighbor.
Network stores are locally owned and run by people who live in the community. In rural towns that have lost a post office, a network store can be the place that keeps shipping, mail and packages close to home.
Ship
USPS, UPS and FedEx at one counter, with packing done for you.
Receive
A real street address for your mail and packages.
Return
Drop off returns and prepaid labels without the wait.
Print & more
The everyday office services a town needs, in one stop.
Services vary by location — each store is independently owned and chooses what it offers.
Ready to stop going it alone?
Start on PAKS for free today, or talk with us about full network membership.