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Printing Error: SKU too long

Hi there,We have SKUs that are blocking the label creation owing to their length. For now, we have manually edited the product every time to shorten the SKU, which is tedious and unsustainable.I'm told that the best option for us presently is to expo...

AmelieJ by First-timer
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Scan to Print Scale not Working

I'm posting this here to see if others are having the same issue. Shipstation support has been working on the issue for the past 13 days.When in Scan to Print, the scale is not reading weight properly. First it wasn't showing a correct weight and was...

torivt by Occasional Contributor
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4" x 6" Packing Slips

I am having an issue with printing 4" x 6" Packing Slip. The packing slip pictured shows, what eBay calls Item Specifics. What should be displayed is eBay Item Options. Item Specifics are not Item Options. Item specifics are nothing more than adjecti...

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whbourner by New Contributor
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Custom Labels for BPM Permits

We are a large publishing house and use a Bound Printed Matter permit with USPS. In the past we have created a custom label in wordpress to do this. It would populate the customers address and our return address and our BPM permit number would appear...

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Shipstation devices keep disappearing

I keep losing my devices. When this happens I refresh my connection and the devices reappear. This is happening through out the day. Anyone else having this issue?

PR by Occasional Contributor
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Shipping Strategies Issues

We are having the issue of the Shipping Strategies not working with presets or bulk update.We tried to change the presets to include the shipping strategies but nothing works. We have deleted presets and re-made them but no progress. It seem that the...

HTML Packing Slip Fields

It would be great to get the "Source" field as an HTML field that is utilizable on the HTML code for Packing Slips. Most other fields are included, but not "Source".

Cboom by First-timer
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Auto-Split Shipments Against Ship From Locations

With the new Auto-Split feature, orders split based on the Auto-split Option dropdown (see attached 1)This is fine, but creates an extra step when it is time to print.The order containing items with this flag split off by themselves, and must be re-c...

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Scale behavior when scanning a order

I found that when scanning a order and the package is already on the scale the weight will not be recognized until you lift it up and put it back on the scale (or scan before placing the package on the scale).Is there a setting that will allow me pla...

yisraeln by First-timer
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Option to Remove HS Codes Listed on Packing Slip

I have recently enabled HS codes to be transferred to Shipstation from my Shopify store which is super helpful BUT now I notice the HS codes are listed on my packing slips under each line item. It looks sloppy and confusing for the customer and is no...

pamela2 by First-timer
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ShipStation Connect - Constant bugs

We've been using Shipstation for 4 years now to ship all of our ecommerce orders. Naturally we use the Shipstation Connect feature to make the process of printing shipping labels and packing slips more efficient. That being said, we encounter connect...

EmilyM by Occasional Contributor
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Reprint label WITH packing slip

I find it to be a huge disadvantage to be unable to reprint a label WITH its pack slip.Yes, you can print them separately but I have multiple orders that didn't print out (due to a printer issue) but because they are considered to be "printed already...

smedina by New Contributor
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UPS-International shipping

It would be very helpful if we were able to print customs forms prior to purchasing a label. We recently had an experience where we tried to print a label for an international shipment, but something kept going wrong and we were getting a general err...

USSF by First-timer
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Pick List showing INVENTORY location

I am not sure what the logic is for the inventory locations on Pick Lists being taken from a seperate location than where the inventory is stored, but I think this should change.We upload specific inventory amounts with the locations of that inventor...

matttty by New Contributor
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Flip 8.5x11" labels

We use sticker paper labels for 8.5x11" format and the only default is the label at the top. For our more common workflow, we use them printed at the bottom, so incorporating ShipStation into our company is causing more work as we have to create the ...

abe117 by First-timer
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UPS from Shipstation setup issues

Hello!After setting up the Carriers from Shipstation, the UPS option wasn't on the list. So I clicked on "Update ShipStation Carrier Services to enable new carriers and service options", which takes me to the setup pop-up to add UPS. BUT even though ...

drinktche by New Contributor
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Scales Constantly Losing Connection

Hello. We have been trying to integrate ShipStation for about two months now, and can't seem to hit a comfortable point. Every day, we have scales losing connection, printers losing connection. Some mornings nothing gets recognized without multiple r...

WSPAdmin 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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Sorting orders that have been grouped by criteria

In an effort to optimize picking in our warehouse and minimize multiple trips to the same stock locations, we add grouping to our Orders screen list to group by two levels. First, by Number of Line Items and second by item SKU. The resulting grouped ...

Prioritize User (Scale/ Printer)

Hi, I am asking that is be possible to get a setting to prioritize which user on the accounts printer/ scale is being used. At this point we are taking a lot of time of we have to refresh or if something is not working having tom find our user name, ...

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Trex-Lauren by Occasional Contributor
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