The USPS rural shipping rate increase has started to hurt our bottom line as we sell items at a $2.99 price point, and while most shoppers order multiple items some only order one item. My question is there a filter you can put on incoming orders so ShipStation will flag an order as being from a USPS rural address?
Thanks...James
Best answer by JuanAdmin
Hey James,
Currently, there’s no direct filter in ShipStation to check for rural ZIP codes.
The best workaround right now is to build an automation rule to flag them, but it does take a bit of manual setup:
How to set up the rule
Go to Settings > Automation > Automation Rules.
Click Create a Rule
Name your rule
Set the Criteria to:
Postal Code > list rural zip codes.
Set the Action to:
Add a Tag (e.g., you can create a red tag called 'Rural Surcharge')
Click Save
Hey James,
Currently, there’s no direct filter in ShipStation to check for rural ZIP codes.
The best workaround right now is to build an automation rule to flag them, but it does take a bit of manual setup:
How to set up the rule
Go to Settings > Automation > Automation Rules.
Click Create a Rule
Name your rule
Set the Criteria to:
Postal Code > list rural zip codes.
Set the Action to:
Add a Tag (e.g., you can create a red tag called 'Rural Surcharge')
Click Save
Creating a tag for a Rural address will work, but I am not sure I set this up right. I added a screen shot from the Automation Rule and the Order Filter pages, but had to manually add the “list rural zip codes” phrase into the Order filter.
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