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title: "Business and Consumer Trends Drive Postal Connections® Growth in Phoenix"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a7033203-2065-48bc-80c6-74164196800d
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20210427_business_and_consumer_trends_drive_postal_connections_growth_in_phoenix.html
category: "Shipping & print"
industry: "Business Services"
segment: "Shipping & print"
published: 2021-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:28:24.249Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1450101499163-c8848c66ca85?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Business and Consumer Trends Drive Postal Connections® Growth in Phoenix

**TL;DR:** Postal Connections, a network of postal and shipping service centers, is expanding in Phoenix due to favorable business and consumer trends. The brand has opened new locations in several states and plans to continue growing, with 46 franchise stores currently operating across 21 states.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-04-27. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20210427_business_and_consumer_trends_drive_postal_connections_growth_in_phoenix.html).*

## Story

Postal Connections, a nationwide network of postal, shipping and business service centers that also feature the complementary business iSOLD It® on eBay, an online sales support service for people who want to turn unused or unwanted items into cash.

With Postal Connections/iSOLD It service center performance soaring amid the height of the pandemic. There are currently 46 Postal Connections/iSOLD It franchise stores in 21 states across the United States.

“Over the last several months, we have opened new locations in Idaho, Delaware and soon in Lebanon and Bend, Oregon. Later this summer, Postal Connections will open another location in Broward County, Florida,” said Fred Morache, COO of Postal Connections/iSOLD It. “The innovations and successes throughout the past year have set us up for a record year in 2021. The momentum behind our brand puts us in the perfect position to expand in Phoenix and bring in talented business operators to grow with us.”

Postal Connections/iSOLD It was able to pivot quickly to meet the challenges of the pandemic head-on. When nationwide mandates declared shipping and postal services as essential businesses, the brand met the needs of the communities served. With a force of societal change behind it, the franchise network is adding services that take advantage of online commerce where Postal Connections can offer time-saving work and nearby convenience.

Examples include its virtual mail receiving service, digital fingerprinting, iSOLD It on eBay consignment service as well as drop off and pick up packages from eCommerce merchants.

Based in Frisco, TX, Postal Connections/iSOLD It presents itself as more than a pack and ship store, the brand has established itself as a leading provider of a wide array of business and personal services, offering convenient access to postal products, mail receiving, shipping with leading carriers, drop-offs accepted from most carriers, freight, printing, creative services, copying, fax, passport photos, notary, shredding, digital fingerprinting and other hard to find services.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Business Services (sector)
- business services (topic)
- Postal Connections (company)
- Fred Morache (person)
- shipping services (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20210427_business_and_consumer_trends_drive_postal_connections_growth_in_phoenix.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a7033203-2065-48bc-80c6-74164196800d).