Make it possible to print labels and packing slips/items on Doc Tab
Usually, you can purchase thermal labels with a doc tab addition on top of the typical 4x6" label. Well, on other programs like ShipRush, we should be able to print item names/packing slip information on the doc tab. This is really really useful!
sachin86
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Hi, everyone! We read all of your feedback daily and noticed that this idea hasn’t seen any activity since we last checked in. Can you give us more information about how Doc Tabs would help your shipping workflow?
Please comment here in the forum so other users can add their input as well.
55 comments
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Jon Eichelberger UTV Headquarters Inc
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Has there been any progress by Shipstation to make this option available? This seems like a simple integration and would be very helpful for us to have available.
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peachdish
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Please prioritize this feature. Would make a big cost, environmental, and marketing impact. We can help code
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Hi! At this time, the only label formats that the carriers send to us is the 4"x6" option. And while there are no immediate plans to change this format, we'll keep you posted if any changes are made!
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AMP Florida OMS
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Currently, we are printing on 4x8.25 label stock, but the ShipStation label is only occupying 4x6 of this space. When we instead use the UPS Worldship application (our legacy solution) to print, it allows us to use the full 4 x 8.25, and the extra 2 inches can be filled with some graphic content such as promotional messaging. As we transition from Worldship to ShipStaton, we would like to be able to still print this larger label format with the additional space for graphics.
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ITDept
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Provide additional shipping label size.
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Richard Beechy Heartfelt Creations
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I agree with ASP,Inc we just need Shipstation to support printing 4 x 8 labels and then allow us to customize what goes on the top or bottom of the label. It is great for adding a logo and marketing message.
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ASP, Inc. ASP, Inc.
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Having doc tabs would be super helpful. Even a barebones implementation of supporting 4x8 labels and letting us customize what to print after the end of the shipping label would be super helpful; right now we use a somewhat customized pick list as our 'doc tab' to store with our physical invoices, but we really don't need that much label. Letting us print a few things on the end of a 4x8 label would cut our label usage in half.
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Hey @Mano Miyata Best Damn Beauty LLC - Thanks for chiming in, do you have examples of what you'd like to see on the doc tab or have thoughts on the other comments below?
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Mano Miyata Best Damn Beauty LLC
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Please make other labels available. Especially the 4x6 with DocTab. It is crazy that SS only has limited label stock it can work with
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Mano Miyata Best Damn Beauty LLC
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We need doctabs available on ShipStation! 4x6.75"
I hate when my shipping manager says they like ShipRush better!
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Chad @ Veilep
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SS, This would be very helpful, and extremely cost effective, to have a condensed packing slip able to print to a doc-tab, rather than using up an entire additional label to accomplish the same.
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Jon Szablowsky eKitchenWorld Inc.
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I would like the ability to print our logo across the top of a 4x8 thermal label. Being able to customize the content would be great too, such as having the ability to upload our own image for this space or the ability to add a coupon code or a marketing message about an upcoming promotion, a QR code, etc.
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MaxRobinson
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Shipment details. Tracking, weight, dimensions etc
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sachin86
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Haha thanks for your quick responses and interest in adding this feature.
Yes, we do use order summaries to pull and pack orders. But still, this is like a double check and it almost always eliminates any order mistakes. Ever since we started having the item name printed on the shipping label, it has reduced order errors by 60%.
An even better suggestion would be that you allow us to print many more characters on the doc tab than is currently allowed on the shipping label itself. That way longer item titles don't get cut off and we will be even more accurate!
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Thanks for all the feedback everyone, if you have any other uses please let us hear it! We read all of your comments as they come in.
@sachin86 - thanks for the update! Yes, it makes sense. Have you looked into using packing slips or order summaries (great for record keeping!) for this purpose? Or is this doc tab going to serve as a sort of mini-packing slip as suggested by @Chad earlier? Please let us know if these aren't good fits for you, and we'll reach out to you if we need more info so we don't keep blowing up everyone's inboxes. ;)
Here's some info on gift packing slips (doesn't show price) if any one is interested: https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/205901218
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sachin86
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So we still want that the item name appears somewhere (as it helps the packers confirm that the right item is going to the right person), but we don't want it on the shipping label. We want it on the doc tab so that the customer/postal carrier does not know what is in there. Does that make sense?
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Thank you everyone for the updates, we'd love to get as much information as we can so if you haven't yet, please let us know how Doc Tabs help your workflow!
@sachin86 - If your item names are showing on your labels, it sounds like you have your label messages set up that way. Here's how to change that: https://help.shipstation.com/hc/en-us/articles/206639957
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sachin86
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We want it for two main reasons:
1) We sell a lot of gift items. Currently Shipstation prints out the item name on the bottom of the shipping label itself so when people receive their package, they already know what is inside. That kind of defeats the purpose of a surprise opening of the gift. If it is printed on the doc tab, it allows our packers to still confirm that the item they are packaging is the item that the customer ordered (a visual confirmation they are not packaging the wrong item to the wrong order).
2) We do not want the post office or letter carrier to know what is inside the package for fear of theft, etc.
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Steven Skaff FakeMeats.com
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We pack 50-75 packages at a time and the order number is written/stickered on the outside of the package before taping it shut. We associate shipping labels with packages using the order number...unfortunately FedEx smart post labels do not allow us to add the order number to the label, so we have no easy way to associate the label to the package. We would like to use the doc tabs to "add" the order number to FedEx smart post labels.
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It is like a receipt that gets put on to a hard copy of the invoice and can be looked up manually.
