Web Site Comparing Shipping Rates Launches

July 13, 2006

(AP) -- The inspiration struck Bill Van Wyck while he drove around one day trying to find a good deal on a package he was sending to Australia: What if a Web site could offer side-by-side comparisons of shipping rates, just like travel sites do with airfares?

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