Shipping Solutions of Hermiston offers all the services of a post office or a private shipping company with the feel of a small business.

Dorothy Smith, who owns the business with her husband, Dave, said Shipping Solutions provides authorized shipping for FedEx, UPS and the United States Postal Service and offers a variety of other services.

“We do everything that they do except it’s a mom and pop-type of business,” she said. “It’s a cute little store.”

Smith said the business had been in operation for about 17 years before they bought it several years ago in the Safeway Plaza with a plan to move it to a more visible location. After purchasing the Talery Plaza across Fourth Street about a year ago, Smith said they moved the business into its new location, 1000 S. Highway 395, at the beginning of February.

“It’s a great location,” she said. “It’s so easy (to get) in and out of here. The appearance makes it look like there’s more space. It’s bright. It’s just got a really nice, clean look to it. It seems that everybody that comes in is just kind of in awe of the store. I’ve had lots of compliments on it.”

Smith said the business offers personal mailboxes that people can access at any time with a key to a separate door. The mailbox area is closed off from the rest of the store during non-business hours and also features a drop box for mail.

Shipping Solutions has a variety of shipping supplies, she said, along with a variety of other services.

“We also do faxing and emailing, laminating, binding notebooks, notarizing, which is really big,” she said. “We have a lot of people that come in just to get things notarized. We do a lot of novelty things like greeting cards. If people want to make business cards, we have a company that we work with to get them usually within a week.”

The business has self-service copy machines, both color and black and white, as well as scanners and a machine that can fold documents.

Smith said the Hermiston store employs five people, and she and her husband also own Shipping Solutions of Pendleton and O So Kleen.

She said she is excited for Shipping Solutions of Hermiston’s grand opening and ribbon cutting, which will take place at noon March 11.

“I think that will get the word out because a lot of people are still driving over to the old spot we were before,” she said. “It will just kind of let them know, ‘Hey, we moved. We’re over here.’ ”

Shipping Solutions is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays at the new location, 1000 S. Highway 395, Hermiston.