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Packing Slip Barcode unable to scan

Whenever I print a packing slip, my barcode is unscanable using the barcode reader I have. The barcode is so small and squished together that certain bars don't have enough spacing. Any idea what to do? So far I've gone nuts with different thermal pr...

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RTMartin by Contributor
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Support not helping for 3 days, need to remove Stamps.com

Hello SS community,Its the 3rd day I am sitting duck and support replied once in Chat says someone will resolve this within a day, today is the 3rd day and the support ticket is marked as resolved without any answers.I want to use my ShipStation Bala...

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rzsmoke by New Contributor
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Add Column with Image Thumbnail

Why not have the ability to have a Column in Order dashboard that shows the Item Image Thumbnail (one that shows up on sidebar). I understand not everyone wants or need it, so it's just including this as an option from the drop down.Having a dashboar...

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entropychef by Occasional Contributor
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Rule based on Item Description

I am using Etsy, Shopify, and BigCommerce stores. Rules based solely on Item Title is working only with Shopify.This seems shortsighted to not include Item Description (or Item Name).Your sister company, ShippingEasy, reads this Item Description and ...

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entropychef by Occasional Contributor
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filters not working

After the new layout very few of our filters are working. The problem being that our users DON'T KNOW the filters aren't working, and are missing critical processes because shipstation simply returns a full screen of all orders or a blank screen. Thi...

Please add Discount Total to Shipment Details Window

The previous layout used to have the Discount total amount included in the Shipment Details pop-up window, but it has apparently been removed in the new layout, which now requires opening the Order Details side-and and scrolling down, which is a tota...

Mark21 by Occasional Contributor
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Return Labels API

Can this get implemented? It would be very helpful.https://community.shipstation.com/t5/Orders-Shipment-Management/Create-Return-Label-Via-API/idi-p/6952

Webhooks Sometimes Have no Orders

I have encountered this a few times, an order notify webhook will hit my server, and I call the resource_url. And it returns empty orders...anyone know why?

NickH by Occasional Contributor
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Accurate order times when importing orders from Amazon store

Currently when orders are imported into Shipstation from the Amazon store, they are tagged with the time in which they are pulled into ShipStation, not the time that the order was placed. This is information that is available to be pulled from the Am...

andrew3 by First-timer
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Important Shipping Charges Update From Shipstation

Has anyone else received the below email and is Shipstation going to prove where they undercharged us?Dear valued merchant,We would like to bring to your attention an issue regarding shipping charges that occurred in May and June 2023. Due to a techn...

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steven10 by Occasional Contributor
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[URGENT] Update Payment Method Error

I have had my account automatically add funds whenever the balance got below a certain amount.But when I go to fulfill/print orders today, my balance was way under the limit I set it for. So I go to add more funds manually, and it gives me an error a...

CP2710 by First-timer
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Shipstation connect has completely failed, i've restarted the computer and logged in 10 times.

If it's not one thing, it's another... I keep getting errors of all kinds with shipstation connect. It's bad enough that I have yet to get my ebay listings to import the darn SKUs and a host of other issues... but this keeps me from being able to pri...

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Print is still greyed out

Does anyone else have the print feature greyed out? I've cleared the cache and still not allowing me to print locally. I don't even care about ship station connect, I should be able to download and print, right?

Import Amazon Canada FBA

I was in live chat and was informed that Amazon Canada FBA will not import into shipstation. I found that indeed there is no setting in the amazon settings under the Canada connection to "import FBA orders" . Please say it aint so. This should be sta...

Uploading Own Commercial Invoices

I was wondering if there were any plans to make it so that we can attach our own commercial invoices to shipments, rather than use ones generated through ShipStation??For example.. We have a shipment that needs to be manually inputted into SS, there ...

Cowey by New Contributor
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Automatically Select Cheapest Rate

Hi everyone, I was wondering what people are doing to automate the process of having the cheapest rate selected? I know Shipstation has some automation that assists partially in this, but looking for how people handle this. It would be great if Ships...

Resolved! Putting a tracking link into an email

I want to set up an email template that would automatically send a message to customers when their order ships. But I want the tracking number to display, as just the tracking number, with it being a clickable link taking the recipient to the trackin...

Craig by Occasional Contributor
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Product shipping defaults not working

Is anyone else experiencing a problem where you have to re-select the saved shipping service (ie. USPS Ground Advantage) in order to ship an item, despite the item having saved shipping defaults (service, confirmation packaging, weight, dimensions)?W...

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vcv by Contributor
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Zebra Labels need to be Flipped

Currently we print directly to our Zebra printer. The only issue is they print upside down. All of the information at the top (weight, etc) is printed directly over the UPS printing of our labels. If the labels could be flipped, it would work perfect...

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bjsoffroad by New Contributor
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invalid billing adjustments

got the email today that we were supposedly charged incorrectly from may-june. upon viewing my billing history i noticed DOZENS of adjustments that i was not even notified about. the reasons are not valid - up-charged for incorrect dimensions, weight...

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Automation Rules

I had an instance where a customer experience associate changed an address for a customer. The initial address was imported and was assigned 1 day ground shipping service due to the zip code. The customer requested the address be changed to a zip cod...

lise by First-timer
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Notify Marketplace no longer working

Been using shipstation for a year. All my woocommerce shipments used to automatically notify marketplace after the shipment was scanned in by UPS. Now, this rarely happens as of a month or two ago. And when it does, there is no rhyme or reason. I ALW...

mgbernier by Occasional Contributor
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Too many things are now not working

Having used Shipstation for 6-7 years - the platform is now almost unusable. It started when they created a feature to have orders sync real time with Shopify stores. This worked for a few weeks, then it stopped working, now the refresh button on upp...

beckybee by Contributor
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spinning wheel

I am getting a spinning wheel while trying to view orders. Rebooting does not fix the issue.

95368261 by New Contributor
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