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No Support At All!

I got error message last night when I tried to create shipping label. Post it to Chat, with screen shot. No response and I went to sleep. This morning, I found 2 hours later someone responded saying "high volume of inquiries"! Then I followed up but ...

Shawn-NTP by New Contributor
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Custom Store integration

I am needing a developer or someone to help connect a "custom store" from our existing website in ShipStation. Does anyone have experience with this, or have anyone they recommend? ShipStation support said they do not connect customers with developer...

mjordan93 by New Contributor
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Custom Store Integration

I am needing a developer or someone to help connect a "custom store" from our existing website in ShipStation. Does anyone have experience with this, or have anyone they recommend? ShipStation support said they do not connect customers with developer...

mjordan93 by New Contributor
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Feature Suggestion: Inventory Tracking for Boxes

ShipStation already supports inventory tracking for products, but at least for me that isn't terribly useful as I track that in other places. However, what would be incredibly useful is if the inventory tracking system were extended to cover boxes, m...

Alex_W by New Contributor
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Favour - University Research Project (UK to EU exports)

Hi allMy son is in his final year at Bournemouth University and writing his dissertation/research project on the impact of Brexit on UK SME's who export to the EU.To complete his research he needs to interview 2 more companies (2 people at each) on a...

For cheapest rate option

When will the cheapest rate be valid with confirmation?When I selected the cheapest rate option, I was unable to change the confirmation. (signature required or not etc...)Because if it succeeds, our work will proceed more quickly.Because we will app...

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Krist996 by First-timer
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Ongoing since feb 3rd !

Since Feb 2 we have been in contact with Ship Station (SS) 5x and we get nowhere. Same response "we need more info" Here is what we told them >> My "insights" show there are orders that Amazon never completed...However they have been completed becaus...

EZswitch by Occasional Contributor
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USPS Recycled Tracking Numbers

Is anyone having a problem with USPS recycled tracking numbers this week? We've had two customers email to complain that USPS shows their items delivered somewhere else. Upon checking, they were delivered in Nov.Scanning forums, we see this has been ...

First name only for email templates

I would love to see a feature for the customer email notifications that get auto sent to customers to have the ability to only use their first name within the template.Currently, the only option is to add the customer's first AND last name which I an...

Feature Request - Historical SLA Data

Hi ShipStation team and community! We would love to see the ability to look up past shipments, and see how long they took to ship out. We can currently see "Current Order" data on the SLA number. But there is no way to look up a previous date range a...

Cancellation Refund

Hi, my business is just starting out. I tried the 30 day free trial and placed $100 on my account to cover potential orders. Unfortunately, I didn't get any orders in that time frame and didn't want to sign up for a subscription yet so I cancelled. I...

UPS Surepost Rates will not display

Is it possible for SS to integrate UPS SurePost rates? What is the limitation reason for not displaying rates for SurePost. We would like to use that service for volume but there is no way to get a rate before shipping or even after the label is prin...

ShipStation Scan to View Barcode Information

We recently found ourselves needing to recreate the ShipStation Scan to View barcode for an integration with our third party warehouse. The ShipStation documentation provides very little information on the content of this barcode, so I'm sharing our ...

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UPS Additional Charges Not Visible on Cost Review

After conducting a rate audit, we noticed that UPS does not provide ShipStation with essential cost details, such as additional charges (HST, Fuel, GST), when reviewing shipping rates. As a result, we are unable to see the full shipping cost upfront,...

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DB by New Contributor
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Saving weight and dims when shipping

There used to be a check box in the shipping screen to save weight and dims for a new product shipped. I don't see it anymore and was told by ship station support that the only way to update a new products weight and dims is manually to go into the p...

lfsrachel by New Contributor
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Postcodes coming through with spaces

Hello all,I've noticed that sometimes some post codes come through with spaces in them. What happens is, I'll go to print the label and then an error occurs. I have to manually remove the space in the postcode. Unsure as to why this is happening. Thi...

Stock Levels

Newly received inventory is still not showing up as "stock" in the orders page. They are showing as "no stock level". I have confirmed that the sku on the order and what is inventory are the exact same. Not sure what to do to resolve. Shipstation sup...

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HighGear by First-timer
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UPS Claim

UPS destroyed a package for us, we purchased the carrier insurance and filed a claim through Shipstation per their requirements. It has now been over a month now and we still have no conclusion. We sent all documentation to Shipstation. Finally after...

ken8 by First-timer
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Integration with Shiprocket

As of now, ShipStation is not available in India. Shiprocket is one of the largest carrier companies in India. It would be really helpful if you could integrate Shiprocket as a carrier in ShipStation, as my team exclusively works on ShipStation. I wa...

letter mail

New to shipstation, still getting everything hooked un and integrated. We also do letter mail. Does ship station support multiple scales, one for packages and one for letters and does this work through stamps.com? Any information on how to do letters...

Printers question

Does ShipStation provide shipping label printers under any of these circumstances/scenarios?1. as part of a subscription?2. as a rental?3. as a purchase?Thank you for your contributions.

Plaw by First-timer
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