The library

All Things Deliveries & Returns

Practical guides to package theft, returns, delivery problems, and the lockers that solve them.

One front door, four households, no doorman and no package room. Why walkups get hit hardest, and what actually works at the entry.

Nearly one in five online orders comes back. Here's how to return yours without the drive — including the free pickup most people don't...

Cameras record package theft. They don't prevent it. Every method that keeps your deliveries safe in 2026, ranked by what actually works.

Returns, resale, repair, recycling — commerce moves both directions now. So why is the home still built for one-way delivery?

A "delivered" scan confirms a drop, not a receipt. Why the last two feet of delivery stay unsolved and what actually closes the gap.

Package theft is now an organized operation. Here's what states are actually doing about it — and why the porch is still where it's...

If you’ve invested in a package locker like hyve, you expect one simple thing:deliveries going inside it, not left at the door.

PO boxes offer security, but at a cost. Learn who uses them, how much they cost, and why secure home delivery with hyve is...

The numbers

The packages problem, by the numbers.

A few figures we keep coming back to. They're why hyve exists, and why we write about this.

104M

Packages stolen from U.S. porches in 2025 — about one in every 228 delivered.

31%

Of Americans had a package stolen in the past twelve months.

69%

Of shoppers kept an item they meant to return. The process was too much hassle.

91%

Of consumers returned at least one online order in the past year.

Sources: SafeWise 2025 Package Theft Report · Security.org · Shorr Packaging 2025–26 Consumer Report.

Notes from hyve

Tips and tricks to keep your deliveries and returns up to speed with modern technology.