We currently send items using multiple carrier accounts, If we are bulk processing a batch of labels is there an option to automatically select the carrier based on the cheapest rate. Using the rate calculator to select this on an item by item basis is too time consuming when there are 100's of orders in a batch.
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Automatically Select Carriers by Cheapest Rate
Best answer by Moderator-Davis
Do you have an estimate for when this will open up beyond beta?
We'd be interested in joining the beta as well if spots open as we bounce between carriers depending on speed and price.
Hello everyone,
This beta has been closed and there are no current plans to reopen it at this time. If I hear any news around this feature, I will update this thread accordingly.
Your interest in the feature is greatly appreciated, as is your patience.
Hi @JJ23 ,
Currently ShipStation does not have a native feature to select the cheapest rate / carrier.
I had this same issue using shipstation and I ultimately created my own tool that works with Shipstation to do this. You are able to set conditions such as carriers/package types you want to consider, and then the tool will automatically select the cheapest rate for you in shipstation.
You can actually see the tool and check if it will work for your needs at www.stationplus.co
Shawn Singh
Founder of Station+
Automatically select the cheapest carrier in shipstation
I would also like to have access to this. I hope if ShipStation is working on this, that they are also considering automating selection or suggestion of the cheapest Ship From (with inventory on hand) for the cheapest carrier. For those of us that have multiple Ship From's (multiple warehouses throughout the country) we need to ship from the closest location. It's a huge factor in determining the cheapest rate. It's massively time consuming to choose the cheapest Ship From with inventory on hand and cheapest carrier. We have thousands of tag rules by sku by state to reduce the effort. Please, if you are working on this, do not just make it best carrier for a given Ship From. Make it also figure out the best Ship From with the best rate overall. Hope this makes sense I would love to be part of any beta or testing or input group on this topic.
I would like to be added to the beta for this as well. We utilize 3 shipping companies and do lots of manual sorting so this would be a great time savor. Thank you!
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