Integration of UPS Hundredweight Services

[CableMoverTC]

The company I work for has grown to the point that we are starting to branch out into handling larger orders with higher frequencies.

Our UPS representative suggested that we give their UPS Hundredweight Service a shot. For an order to be classified as a candidate for Hundredweight service, the order has to be more than 200lbs and less than 700lbs. Supposedly the rates for UPS Hundredweight are more competitive than our UPS Ground rates and could potentially save us some spend on our shipping. For us, this would be a decent amount of orders considering we ship items that weight anywhere between 15lbs and 50lbs. Multiple item orders with items that between those weights don't take particularly to reach Hundredweight territory. Anywhere from 4 to 7 boxes of category cable will get us there. These processed packages get palletized with all of our normal outbound UPS Ground packages. Only thing we would have to do is change the shipping service to UPS Hundredweight. 

The problem is ShipStation does not have any integration with UPS Hundredweight shipping service. The only option we have right now is to utilize UPS WorldShip, which is definitely not a palatable idea compared to using ShipStation combined with our website's, back office application's, and WMS application's automation capabilities. 

We certainly cannot be the only business looking to utilize this particular UPS shipping service. ShipStation has quite a few different types of UPS, USPS, FedEX, and a plethora of other shipping services that can be integrated with it. How difficult would it be to get UPS Hundredweight able to be integrated as well? Is this something that could possibly be explored? 

[cncstore]

I agree!!  Is this by anychance the ground freight option available in shipstation?

[numan61]

@KaraK Hey Kara. Is shipstation working on this?

[CaraAdmin]

Hello @numan61!

Thank you for your post and for following up on this carrier service request! While we don’t currently offer that specific service, we do have an option that may meet your needs:

UPS Ground with Freight Pricing (US & Canada Accounts)

Merchants with US or Canada-based UPS accounts can take advantage of UPS Ground with Freight Pricing to save on multi-package shipments.

How to enable:

1. Add your UPS account to ShipStation.
2. In the UPS Settings pop-up, enable Ground Freight Pricing.

How it works:

• This option applies to multi-package shipments using UPS® Ground.
• You’ll need to assign a Freight Classification Code in the shipment’s Other Shipping Options.
• This is a great way to reduce shipping costs on qualifying shipments while continuing to rely on the trusted UPS Ground network.

We hope this helps streamline your multi-package shipments and provides a cost-effective solution!

Happy Shipping and Holiday!

-Cara

[numan61]

Does ShipStation's UPS account support it as well?

[CaraAdmin]

Hello @numan61!

Thank you for your follow-up question! To clarify, UPS Ground with Freight Pricing is not available when using ShipStation-provided UPS accounts.

You can still create labels for larger, multi-package shipments as usual; however, ShipStation UPS accounts do not include the option to enable Ground with Freight Pricing or to enter a Freight Classification Code under the shipment’s Other Shipping Options. Those options are available only when you connect your own carrier-connected (BYOA) UPS account.

That said, I was able to confirm one additional detail that may be helpful:
If UPS Hundredweight is enabled on your BYOA UPS account directly with UPS, you can ship using UPS Ground in ShipStation, and the Hundredweight pricing tier will be applied automatically.

I hope this helps clarify the available options! Let us know if you have any other questions—we’re happy to help.

I always appreciate your questions, Numan61.

Happy Shipping and Holidays!

-Cara