It was founded in 2001, and is based in Branford, Connecticut, United States.

[1] In 2022, PeriShip was acquired by VerifyMe, a brand protection company in the United States.

Its purpose in this interaction is to decrease the time each party must spend on a transaction, which increases business productivity and decreases cost of the shipper and the transportation agency.

[3][4] On the pre-transaction side, PeriShip places emphasis on proper packaging techniques to ensure integrity of perishable shipments.

[5][6] It also offers web services to both commercial and open-source shopping cart vendors which allows shippers to quote a PeriShip shipping rate to a customer before they buy.