Endicia

Endicia is a United States internet postage and shipping-technology brand based in Mountain View, California. Its services are centered on electronically purchasing and printing postage, producing shipping labels, and connecting postal fulfillment workflows with online merchants and shipping platforms. The brand is particularly associated with USPS postage and with software designed to help businesses manage parcel and mail dispatch without relying on postage meters or manual post-office transactions. The business originated in a technology consultancy called PSI Associates, founded in Palo Alto by Harry Whitehouse, Amine Khechfé, and Scott Montgomery. One of the consultancy's early customers was the United States Postal Service, which engaged the company in work related to printing the POSTNET barcode directly on envelopes. POSTNET was used by the USPS to support automated mail sorting and processing. This technical relationship provided the foundation for a broader internet-postage business and for the company's partnership with the postal service. During the early 2000s, the organization changed its commercial identity. It first operated under the name Envelope Manager Software and subsequently adopted the Endicia Internet Postage name. These changes reflected a shift from specialized postal-technology consulting toward a customer-facing software and online-postage service. Endicia's proposition combined postal authorization, postage calculation, label generation, and shipping workflow tools for businesses and other mailers. In 2007, Newell Rubbermaid announced that it would acquire Endicia as part of an effort to expand into technology-based products and services. Under Newell Rubbermaid, the business was renamed DYMO Endicia in 2010, linking it to the company's DYMO brand portfolio. In 2013, it returned to the Endicia name. The brand also expanded its relevance beyond the United States when La Poste, the French postal service, partnered with Endicia in 2009 to launch MonTimbrenLigne, a service enabling French postal customers to print their own postage. This initiative demonstrated that Endicia's technology could support self-service postage models for postal operators as well as commercial shippers. In March 2015, Stamps.com agreed to acquire Endicia from Newell Rubbermaid for approximately $215 million. The transaction placed Endicia within a larger postal and shipping-software platform whose portfolio included online postage, parcel labeling, and e-commerce fulfillment tools. Endicia later integrated with ShipStation, a shipping-management platform, in 2025, extending its role in digitally managed shipping workflows. Endicia's business identity is therefore defined less by consumer-facing packaging or physical postal products than by infrastructure software: online postage, USPS label production, postal data processing, and integrations for merchants and shipping operators. Its principal customers have included online sellers, small and medium-sized businesses, mailers, and organizations seeking to automate postal fulfillment. The brand remains associated with internet postage and shipping software, although its corporate context has changed through ownership by Newell Rubbermaid and then Stamps.com.

Endicia developed from PSI Associates, a technology consultancy founded in Palo Alto by Harry Whitehouse, Amine Khechfé, and Scott Montgomery. The consultancy's early work included a project for the United States Postal Service involving the direct printing of POSTNET barcodes on envelopes. POSTNET was a postal barcode technology used to support automated mail sorting and processing. The USPS relationship helped establish the technical basis for a commercial internet-postage service. As the business moved from consulting toward software and postal services, it adopted the name Envelope Manager Software and later became known as Endicia Internet Postage. The change reflected a broader product direction: enabling customers to calculate postage, obtain authorized postage electronically, and print mailing or parcel labels through software. Rather than functioning primarily as a physical postal-equipment manufacturer, Endicia built tools around digital postal transactions and shipping workflow automation. In 2007, Newell Rubbermaid announced that it had acquired Endicia. The acquisition was presented as part of Newell Rubbermaid's interest in innovative technologies and solutions. The company subsequently connected the service with the DYMO portfolio and renamed it DYMO Endicia in 2010. The Endicia name was restored in 2013, preserving the identity under which the internet-postage business had become known. Endicia's technology was also used in an international postal initiative. In 2009, La Poste partnered with Endicia to launch MonTimbrenLigne, allowing customers of the French postal service to print their own postage. The partnership extended the self-service postage concept beyond the United States and illustrated the potential application of Endicia's platform in postal-service environments. In March 2015, Stamps.com agreed to purchase Endicia from Newell Rubbermaid for approximately $215 million. The deal brought Endicia into a company focused directly on online postage and shipping services. Within the Stamps.com ecosystem, Endicia remained associated with USPS postage and shipping tools for businesses and online merchants. The brand later connected with ShipStation, a shipping-management service, in 2025. This integration linked Endicia's USPS postage capabilities with a broader shipping workflow that could support label creation and fulfillment management. Across its history, Endicia's core role has been to translate postal rules, rates, authorization, and address or label data into software workflows usable by commercial mailers and e-commerce operators.

• 2025

  ShipStation integration

  [1]Endiciaen.wikipedia.org

  Endicia integrated with ShipStation for USPS postage and shipping-label management.

• 2015

  Acquisition by Stamps.com agreed

  [1]Endiciaen.wikipedia.org

  Stamps.com agreed to acquire Endicia from Newell Rubbermaid for approximately $215 million.

• 2013

  Returns to the Endicia name

  [1]Endiciaen.wikipedia.org

  The company restored the Endicia name after operating as DYMO Endicia.

• 2010

  Renamed DYMO Endicia

  [1]Endiciaen.wikipedia.org

  The business adopted the DYMO Endicia name under Newell Rubbermaid.

• 2009

  MonTimbrenLigne launched with La Poste

  [1]Endiciaen.wikipedia.org

  Endicia partnered with La Poste on a service that enabled customers to print their own postage.

• 2007

  Acquired by Newell Rubbermaid

  [1]Endiciaen.wikipedia.org

  Newell Rubbermaid announced its acquisition of Endicia.

• 2000

  Early-2000s transition to Endicia Internet Postage

  [1]Endiciaen.wikipedia.org

  The business moved through the Envelope Manager Software name before adopting Endicia Internet Postage as its commercial identity.

• PSI Associates develops USPS barcode technology

  [1]Endiciaen.wikipedia.org

  The company that became Endicia began as PSI Associates and worked with the USPS on technology for printing POSTNET barcodes directly on envelopes.

A business-oriented internet postage and shipping-automation provider focused on USPS postage, label creation, postal workflow management, and integrations for e-commerce and commercial shippers.

• Internet postage software

  Endicia Internet Postage

  Endicia Internet Postage was the brand's core service for obtaining postage electronically and printing it through software. It grew out of the company's USPS-related postal-technology work and was aimed at replacing manual postage processes with digitally managed mailing workflows.

• Postal and shipping service

  USPS postage and shipping labels

  Endicia provides software workflows for creating USPS postage and shipping labels. These capabilities support address-based postage calculation, electronic postage authorization, and label printing for businesses, online sellers, and other commercial mailers.

• Postal-service partnership · 2009

  MonTimbrenLigne

  MonTimbrenLigne was a service launched with La Poste in 2009 that allowed French postal customers to print their own postage. It represented an application of Endicia's self-service internet-postage technology in a national postal-service setting.

• Shipping-platform integration · 2025

  ShipStation integration

  The ShipStation integration connects Endicia's USPS postage capabilities with shipping-management workflows. It is intended to help users create and manage postage and labels within a broader e-commerce fulfillment environment.

• 2025

  ShipStation integrationProduct launch

  Background

  Shipping customers increasingly use integrated platforms to manage postage, labels, orders, and fulfillment in one workflow.

  Action taken

  Endicia integrated its USPS postage functionality with ShipStation.

  Aftermath

  The integration broadened the digital shipping workflow available to Endicia users.

  Source

• 2015

  Stamps.com acquisition agreementM&A

  Background

  Stamps.com sought to expand its online postage and shipping-software portfolio through the purchase of Endicia from Newell Rubbermaid.

  Action taken

  Stamps.com entered an agreement to acquire Endicia for approximately $215 million.

  Aftermath

  Endicia became part of the Stamps.com business platform and continued to be associated with online USPS postage and shipping services.

  announced acquisition value. approximately $215 million (2015 announcement)

  Source

• 2007

  Newell Rubbermaid acquisitionM&A

  Background

  Newell Rubbermaid sought to expand its portfolio through technology-oriented products and solutions and announced the acquisition of Endicia.

  Action taken

  Newell Rubbermaid acquired Endicia and incorporated the business into its broader brand portfolio.

  Aftermath

  The business was later branded DYMO Endicia before returning to the Endicia name in 2013.

  Source

1. 1Endiciaen.wikipedia.org