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Setting Up USPS Shipping

You can find out more information about setting up shipping in the on-line user manual.

1) Go to the USPS website (http://www.uspswebtools.com/registration/) and sign up for an account.

2) Once you have signed-up for an account, you will be receiving an e-mail from USPS with your account information. Our system has been fully tested through USPS and the Testing URLS will not work.

3) Contact USPS and ask them to move your account to their production servers.


4) After you have contacted USPS and your account has been moved to test, login to the admin area of the account and go to Cart Settings >> Shipping Management as shown below.




5)  Once in shipping management, go to Real-Time Shipping Configurations. Look for the USPS Gateway Settings as shown below, and  add Your Web Tools User ID and USPS Server URL (http://production.ShippingAPIS.com/Shippingapi.dll) The password is no longer necessary and should be left blank.



6) After you have set up the USPS configurations, You will need to add the appropriate methods in the Real Time Methods tab as shown in the cart manual..

7) If you are still not getting quotes, be sure to check that http:// is included in the USPS URL. Additionally, you may want to contact USPS to make sure your account is registered on the URL you requesting a quote from.  You may also need to check the following kb article for more help.  http://www.pinnaclecart.com/kb/questions/164/







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