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Hi Guys,It seems like it should be obvious, but - why can't ShipStation print on an envelope? You actually give me envelope-formatted postage with address and return address, but... you force me to print it as 4 x 6 which looks ridiculous. See attached picture. It seems like it would be a simple change to add a new print size, or even allow arbitrary print sizes. Seems like an unnecessary constraint to force all labels to be one of two size.Attached file shows how silly envelope postage looks printed from ShipStation.

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  • Charlie Buchan Biddys commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This was an issue that seems to be easily rectified by Shipsation as far back as 2013. It has still not been implemented....

    I don't think it looks great that a shipping company has no options to ship directly onto the most standard letter size?

    This was under review in 2013, I have seen this feedback appear in the forum a lot, but the lack of action from Shipstation looks pretty poor on their part.

  • Charlie Buchan Biddys commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I have just signed up for shipstation and thought I was just doing something wrong! I used Paypal before with no problems, but it seems 6 years after the original post its still not something that is on offer?

    I am so confused isn't shipstation label management and printing software? It seems pretty fundamental that you would be able to change the format of the label.

    Did anyone manage to find a get around or can advise another provider?

  • Danielle Bourgeois Retroactive Entertainment, LLC commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I am having the same issue Stephen - I just signed up only to find that it doesn't appear that one can print directly to envelopes. We are doing a ticket giveaway and they fit perfectly in a #10 envelope. If this request still isn't implemented 5 years after the original post, I have some serious concerns about using ShipStation going forward.

  • Chuck Baldwin Live commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I second this suggestion! We process orders for books, dvds, etc., and the 4x6 labels print perfectly on our thermal printer. However, we also receive donations (both online and by check). We like to send a thank you letter to our donors, and it would be nice to be able to print a #10 envelope through ShipStation. Accomplishing all of our printing through one application would be very convenient, rather than having to use ShipStation for parcels and Stamps.com for letters.

    Thank you!

  • James Colwill Charlotte's Ice Cream LLC commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We ship gift cards using envelopes due to cost savings. Stamps.com allows printing to standard envelope sizes. Please consider this feature. Otherwise, you know the drill, we have to cut and paste addresses into Stamps.com and don't get the full benefit of using ship station features.

  • Corey Bell C. Whitney Guitars commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Your current system only supports 4x6 labels or 8.5x11 labels but it does allow you to purchase and create letter envelope style postage labels. Unfortunately, it generates these in the 8.5x11 format which renders it completely useless as it cannot be printed to an actual letter envelope. You are connected with Stamps.com and their interface supports the ability to print to any size envelope available. This feature should be incorporated into your interface or the ability to purchase postage in an unprintable format needs to be eliminated.

  • Joshua commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Any movement on this? We have to keep our Endicia account open just for postage printing.

  • pricedright commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I second the option to make the return address optional.

    Currently 3 fields can be mapped to labels. I'd like to see that continued on envelopes.

    Also, for international shipments, I'd prefer for the international label with customs info format be used.

  • Shippers Hurley Roberts Service Co.. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    If my memory servies, ShipStation now works with Stamps.com who I suspect would not be charging an additional $10 to print on envelopes.

    An additional suggestion is to offer intergration with CRMs like Solve360. That would allow printing envelopes from the CRM, much needed and really cool!

    Thanks,
    Mark

  • Diana Axell The Blue Deal LLC commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I would go further and recommend more options in printer and print media selection in general.

    One of our most popular products are bumper stickers that we ship in 4-1/2" x 12" envelopes. My understanding of postal regulations is that on large envelopes and flats the mailing address should be parallel to the longest edge, and therefore the 4x6 label won't work. We use Stamps.com to print a 3-part label with our Dymo LabelWriter 330 for these mail pieces.

    One of the advantages of Stamps.com is the ability to select the printer when postage is created. I can print either 4x6 labels with my Zebra for packages, or 3-part labels with my Dymo for envelopes and flats.

    Our current workaround is to use Stamps.com for our envelopes and then manually mark the order as shipped in ShipStation. Because about 50% of our shipments are envelopes and flats, this solution reduces the efficiency and advantage of using a program like ShipStation.

    One other suggestion: Add the preferred printer information to the custom mapping for each shipping method.

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