Online retail business - Who is the best shipping provider?

I am helping my wife start a new online clothing business. She will be using Yahoo merchant services and wants the best value and service from a shipping provider. She will be shipping both domestic and international and will want a service that can dynamically calculate shipping costs and add it to the puchase. Does anyone have experience with UPS, FedEx, or USPS in this capacity?
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fedex is the best

UPS is very reliable and lower cost.
FexEd is very reliable and typically higher cost.

I suggest she offer both.

US Mail is a needed option to ship to PO Boxes.

You may want to look at
www.redroller.com - you can see what shipping options meet your transit desires and costs
http://www.bongous.com - an option if you want to outsource it
http://www.lexiconn.com/ecommerce/shopsi... - I wouldn't build the API's for the rate calculations if I were in your shoes... providers like this are the way to go.

General answers about shipping:

1) you want a delivery confirmation/signiture
2) tracking is very useful from a CS perspective
3) you are likely to get the best residential rate through DHL @Home... which at low volumes is only offered through red roller.
4) DHL@Home (final delivery by USPS) and UPS are the best residential options.

Oh... and set up google analytics!

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