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ShipStation Connect disconnecting on New Layout

In July, we tried the new layout on 2 out of 3 of our shipping stations. Throughout the couple of weeks we were on the new layout we had almost daily issues with ShipStation Connect disconnecting and not being able to process orders until we reconnec...

laura2 by New Contributor
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503 Error

We are receiving a 503 Error Screen when we try to use Shipstation - from multiple computers. Anyone else having this problem? Wasn't sure if it was system-wide. Thanks!

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cortag04 by New Contributor
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Auto route labels to correct printer

It would be great to configure certain carrier lables to particular printers. I.e. all express service to printer from Printer 1, which has pre-printed express labels. all carrier services to print from printer 2.

ChrisB1 by First-timer
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about shipstation store creation

am getting the following error and it is causing my account to be inactive or something like that (the status field shows "failed to update")An error occurred attempting to update orders: Could not find file......

rohith by New Contributor
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Order Search by Order Number returning multiple results

We have an issue that was occurring back in January but cleared up itself but has now returned. When we input an order number into the search field, it returns a bunch of unrelated results. I'm attaching a screenshot here. As far as I know support co...

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justin19 by Occasional Contributor
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order page problem - works INCREDIBLY slow since update

Anyone had issues processing shipments since the updated order page went live? My performance is about 4x slower to process a shipment due to severe lagging (custom box sizes not ordering, weights not registering as being entered even though they hav...

mmerfeld by First-timer
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Adding Preferential Origin Statement on DHL

HiHas anyone found a way of adding the Preferential Origin Statement to DHL customs forms? I've been trying for ages to find how to do this but no luck as yet. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

JB_WS by First-timer
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Error generating shipping label when product name is too long.

I have a product that is being shipped and the product name is very long. For some reason that results in being unable to generate a shipping label. The shipping name/address has NOTHING to do with the name of the product being shipped. It seems to m...

WME by First-timer
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Resolved! Please reset USPS Ground Advantage to "trackable"

Right now, Shipstation does not have the new USPS Service "Ground Advantage" set internally as a trackable service. As a result, shipping notifications are not sent when I want them to be sent (when the item is first scanned), nor does any shipping s...

dyedianadye by Occasional Contributor
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Notify customers if you are taking away a major shipping carrier

We ship with FedEx everyday and it was working until yesterday afternoon. This morning I opened Shipstation and found out that FedEx had been completely taken away from the account. I contacted support and confirmed that Shipstation's standard plan n...

jjd by New Contributor
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Customer/SKU Report

Example: You have a product recall for a particular sku for a particular time frame, you need to communicate with the customer regarding the recall, currently there is no report that I'm aware to facilitate that.

uptospeed by Occasional Contributor
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Shopify/Shipstation/Royal Mail expert required

We need help setting up Shipstation and our carrier; Royal Mail with Shopify. Our client sells mostly books, most are generally in stock for immediate shipping. However, occasionally they have products set as 'pre-order products' using the Shopify ap...

olnerpsm by New Contributor
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Two issues, Thansk

1) We dropship products often. So, we select the order, "Other Actions" > "Mark as shipped". Once I do that, I can add the third-party tracking number. When the dropdown asks for the shipper, I see USPS is often the first in the selection (not always...

UPS by New Contributor
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Expiration Date

HelloI would like to request a feature to control the expiration date for the productsWe work with wholesale model and it is so crazy control so much skus, each one with one expiration dateP put the quantities for each expiration date and sku, with a...

Old Layout vs New Layout

I personally would like to formally ask that the old layout be brought back. Everything was perfectly easy to find and navigate and the new layout is just too much going on. The feature I liked most was the creating labels process in the old layout. ...

Tracking Issues with split orders

Is anyone else having issues when splitting orders? We haven't changed anything but recently have started to have issues with the same tracking being assigned to orders that were split off. Shopify is telling me it is a Shipstation issue. Anyone else...

branded returns portal

need the ability thru the api to write to returnable box setting. to have to manually uncheck that setting with thousands of scu's is not feasible. we use the shopify shipstation connector and this should be able to be done with the use of product ta...

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wendyg by New Contributor
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API - Cannot update InternalNotes field

Hello ShipStation,I am trying to update an order trough the API, it seems to work however only partially.For example, I cannot update the `internalNotes` nor the `customerNotes` fields. Whatever I sent to the API during the request the field stays th...