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Select Cheapest Service

i would like shipstation to be able to choose the cheapest shipping method for each order that comes in. currently, i use UPS & USPS and i have to manually select between the 2 services to see which one is cheaper. this process is very time consuming and needs to be done on an order by order basis. i would like shipstation to automatically upload the cheapest shipping method so i can print all the labels at once.

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Gabriel Daner Absolute Medical Supplies shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
planned  ·  AdminShipStation (Product Owner, ShipStation) responded  · 

We are currently working on a feature that displays the best way to ship (either based on best price or fasted delivery time). The goal is to show the best way to ship across all of your connected carriers.

The next phase of this feature will include automation options. We’ll update this post when the development work has begun.

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  • Peter Schmidt Homations Liquidations commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I switch between both my UPS carriers hours every week selecting between shipping accounts for every order which is cheaper because of weight, size or location. Every order is at least 5 dollars difference just between the 2 UPS accounts we have. Have been doing it for months and is getting really old.

  • EmmaH commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This has been a topic on this board for over 3 years. Can ShipStation add this as a feature please! Is ShipStation working on it? Thank you.

  • joeyrtc commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    How is it possible that ShipStation has turned a blind eye to this? We have been forced to hire people literally to do this and waste their time when they could be doing other things.

    Makes no sense

  • Jewish Voice Jewish Voice Ministries commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    ShipStation obviously has the ability to do this because I am getting a note that I could save $xx if I used UPS. Problem is, I use FedEx Smartpost which is always cheaper than UPS. Shipstation needs to worry less about pleasing UPS and more about pleasing their customers.

  • Michael Sarazin Vinyl Storage Solutions commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Same here. Probably easier to look at another program. I've shipped over 5000 packages in the last 18 months and this is without a doubt the most annoying part of shipping.

    I see that this has been suggested for over 3 years, without any comment from Shipstation. I guess I will look at other programs.

  • ShannieB1 commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It would be nice if there was a way to set up a "mapping" that if a customer chooses free shipping as an option at checkout, it would import into ship station and the cheapest shipping method would auto populate.

    Example: If it is cheaper to ship UPS ground over Priority Mail, it would auto select ups ground when purchasing the label.

  • Shawn Singh Fabric Wholesale Direct commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hi, I'm creating a tool where it will be able to automatically rate-shop for you and apply the cheapest service based on your own custom rules.

    Is anyone interested in trying? Please comment with your email.

  • EmmaH commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Is it possible to get some feedback on this topic here in the forum from a ShipStation employee?
    Is this something on the Ship Station list of improvements currently being worked on or is there an ETA? I put all of my 3 votes on this, so I am really eager to hear some news! Thank you.

  • Jewish Voice Jewish Voice Ministries commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I ship out hundreds of packages a day, and I currently need to click on every one to compare rates. This is taking way too much time, and we should be able to select the "lowest shipping" option based on criteria we choose. Please make this happen ASAP.

    To be honest, I might not have moved my entire shipping system to this software if I had know this was not an option.

  • Naak Inc. Naak commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We need to see this happend. Shipstation is a KEY in our business.

    Don't get me wrong there are other KEY's available...

  • Sales Team Prima LLC commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We would really like this feature. It is a really nice thing that ShipWorks can do and a key reason that we switched over to them for a time. We offer free shipping which means that we choose between either UPS Ground or USPS Priority mail, so it would be nice for that to be done automatically.

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