USPS Advanced Shipping: Real-time, Customizable Shipping Rates and Advanced Flat Rate Box Management



Our USPS Advanced Shipping functionality provides highly accurate rate calculations from USPS in your eCommerce store. Available as a Plugin for WooCommerce and Magento as well as an Add-On for all of our multi-carrier plugins for other carts.

As a Plugin, provides all you need for offering USPS domestic and international rates in your WooCommerce cart, and includes our advanced flat rate box support.

As an Add-On, adds our advanced flat rate box support to your existing USPS carrier settings.
(Advanced USPS Flat Rate Box management is included with ShopCart and SS API subscriptions.) 

  • Advanced, unique capabilities for managing USPS flat rate boxes
  • Domestic and international services supported from any origin 
  • Support for "Cubic" pricing for USPS Commercial Plus
  • Carrier Accounts not required
  • Intelligent packaging for multiple items
  • Separate configuration for packing materials weight
  • Automatically determines dimensional weight pricing
  • Supports both flat rate and carrier-calculated rates
  • Configure handling per item, package, or order 
  • Charge handling by flat fee or percentage
  • Determine insurance cost based on value
  • Supports items limited to particular services
  • Discounts or free shipping based on the order price
  • Supports shipping from multiple locations by item
  • All accessorial carrier charges supported 
  • Offer pickup or delivery based on zip code range 

Powered by AuctionInc's patented shipping rate engine, "Take the guess out of shipping", so the shipping prices quoted to your customers are accurate based on your unique business needs. Our USPS Advanced functionality provides additional configurations that serve to accomplish this goal so that you never have to worry about quoting accurate shipping prices again.

 

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    What makes our technology advanced?

    Our shipping engine capabilities go far beyond what is available via either the native shipping capabilities of shopping carts such as WooCommerce or other shipping services. While most shipping rate calculation services can sometimes adequately handle simple shipping situations for simple items, they quickly break down when working with multiple items or quantities -- let alone any other complexities.

    Advanced capabilities for managing USPS Flat Rate Boxes:

    • Ability to differentially select which flat rate box sizes you use
    • Configure the "percentage utilization" for fitting single and multiple items
    • Control whether a comparison is made between the cost of the flat rate box
      and the weight-based rate using your own box
    • Use the Regional Boxes if you qualify for Commercial Base rates
    • Use Cubic pricing if you qualify for Commercial Plus rates
    • Determine the best price between standard flat rate, regional boxes, and cubic rates

    Guide to Plugin Integration (WooCommerce users)

    1. Download the USPS Advanced ShippingCalc plugin and install to your WooCommerce platform
      (Plugins => Add New => Upload in your WordPress admin).
    2. Activate the plugin on your WooCommerce Settings Shipping tab.
    3. Go to the Shipping tab of your WooCommerce settings page.
    4. Select "USPS Advanced" and check the Enable/Disable checkbox.
    5. Go to AuctionInc and register for our USPS Advanced WooCommerce Plugin.
    6. Complete our Setup Wizard.
    7. Enter our provided API Account Key into your WooCommerce USPS Advanced plugin settings page.
    8. Configure the options offered on your WooCommerce USPS Advanced shipping plugin page. 
    9. For items where your configured default settings don't apply, modify the configured plugin settings on your Product page.

    Requires WooCommerce 2.1 or higher.

    WooCommerce Screenshots

    The first three screenshots are specifically for WooCommerce. The last screenshot shows the AuctionInc configuration
    page that manages your USPS Advanced settings. Click images to enlarge.

    Enable USPS Advanced 

Shipping Plugin   Insert AuctionInc API Key

    Set Specific 

AuctionInc Product Settings   Advanced USPS Flat Rate Box Settings

     

    Guide to Plugin Integration (Magento users)

    1. Download the USPS Advanced ShippingCalc plugin and install to your Magento platform
      (Magento Connect Manager Direct File Package Upload)
    2. Activate the plugin on your Magento Shipping Settings.
      (System -> Configuration => Sales => Shipping Methods (ShippingCalc Module) 
    3. Go to AuctionInc and register for our Magento Plugin.
    4. Complete our Setup Wizard.
    5. Enter our provided API Account Key into your Magento ShippingCalc settings page.
    6. Configure your default module settings on your Magento USPS Advanced ShippingCalc settings page. 
    7. For items where your configured default settings don't apply, modify the ShippingCalc settings on your Product page.

    Magento Screenshots

    The first two screenshots are specifically for Magento. The last screenshot shows the AuctionInc configuration
    page that manages your USPS Advanced settings. Click images to enlarge.

    Enable USPS Advanced Shipping Plugin   Set Product-Specific ShippingCalc Settings

    Advanced USPS Flat Rate Box Settings