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Shipping Carriers

Is there a way (when buying shipping in bulk) for Shipstation to automatically pull the cheapest shipping rate (carrier) for the order? Is there a rule to set up that can follow this??

Time Zone Considered on Reports

Please help to make sure I am not missing something. I set the Time Zone in Preferences. (Settings >> Display Options)When I run reports, the Time Zone is NOT considered. I am assuming the reports are using the time zone of the server VERSUS the Time...

kbscoat by Occasional Contributor
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Resolved! Feature Request - Automatic authority to leave

Love shipstation but one feature I think would be fantastic is the option to have a default value for the "confirm" section. It's currently "no authority to leave" but being able to change it to authority to leave for every order will mean we don't h...

ShipStation and WooCommerce UPS questions

Hello,I have moved my business to another state and my online Woo Commerce website is still operating on the original setup in the old state, so the shipping rates in the checkout are not correct.I do have our original UPS account number entered into...

Ronmail46 by New Contributor
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Font Change?

Has the default shipstation font changed for anyone else? And is there a way to change it back in the settings?If it's not just my computer acting weird, this seems like yet another example of a change driven by aesthetic rather than functional conce...

_Mia_ by Contributor
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Purchases no longer showing up as "postage"

I've been using Shipstation for years and use a credit card to earn points etc. These purchases have always come through as postage or shipping as far as the cc was concerned. There's a way it's coded on the backend for this purpose. But as of the ne...

Order numbers our of order after rolling over to 100,000

So our order numbers recently went from 5 digit to 6 digit because we just hit 100,000. Shipstation seems to be confused by this. When I sort them by order# within Shipstation it stops at 99,999 (top of the list) and order 100,000 is pushed to the bo...

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Daylon by Occasional Contributor
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Shipstation not installing Properly on Woocommerce

Hi All, I'm trying to install the Shipstation plugin for Woo, I have Authenticated and setup the Shipstation side of things however its like only half of shipstation has installed. Its actually missing the shipping config settings in woo. Any help wo...

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advanc3D by First-timer
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Resolved! Automatically Select Carriers by Cheapest Rate

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 ...

JJ23 by Occasional Contributor
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Unable to ship UPS Worldwide with ShipStation V2

Is anyone else still using V2 having an issue shipping UPS Worldwide?Since Monday I am getting the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." when trying to ship an order to an address that I have shipped to many times in the past....

pedalpcb by Contributor
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ABSOLUTE TRASH

Absolute trash waste of time "company" zero customer service. No way to contact the company to resolve an issue in any sort of timely manor. Tried calling 4 times, got an automated service that hung up on me twice, said that it was outside business h...

Zippy by First-timer
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Launch/log in issue

I have to restart my Mac every time I want to use ship station connect to print labels for my business. Am I dumb? I might be but plz someone help lolThe app on my Mac doesn't "open" meaning I can't simply log in to connect. I have to restart my Mac ...

Deducting Inventory Count

Our store has about 5 SKUs, but each SKU is essentially a bundled package of one single product (i.e. single item, 2-pack, 3-pack). My idea is for whenever someone makes a purchase, it deducts a specific count from an overall inventory count based on...

info160 by New Contributor
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Parent sku

Question about parent skus/alias sku and current feature in that regards of ship stationOur company use "virtual skus". For example, we can sell a dog collar red size L and the sku is M-001, and we also sell the matching leash L-001. Customers can bu...

new requirement for "HSTariffNumber"

As of today, I'm getting an error that I need to enter an HSTariffNumber for EU shipments. "A valid HSTarriffNumber is required for all shipments to EU countries."I assume that is due to the March 1 2023 requirement that the HS codes get entered - I'...

info301 by Contributor
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Text on bottom of packing slip

I see two places where I can insert text in the footer of a packing slip.The first is Settings --> Store Setup --> Packing SliThe second is under templates.In either of these cases, the text you write isn't truly at the bottom of the page, but rather...

dave12 by New Contributor
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Customs Declarations - Customers Overpaying Duties

The limited amount of options for "contents" has become an issue. Our company is shipping artwork internationally and we're unable to declare as such. Shipments default to "Merchandise" which falls into a more costly import tax rate and results in ou...

Quick Ship / Label Queue

I am using the New layout. Quick Ship is activated. After selecting a batch of orders and selecting "Create + Print Label," the orders leave my awaiting shipments area. After this, nothing prints from my printer. Instead, i have to go to the label qu...