Activating calculated shipping with USPS

You can display shipping rates in your checkout that are calculated by USPS.

After you connect an USPS account, USPS commercial rates are shown at checkout by default. USPS commercial rates are less expensive than the retail rates and the labels need to be purchased online. If you want to display the more expensive rates, then you can activate the retail rates when youadd USPS calculated rates.

Requirements for activating calculated shipping with USPS

To activate calculated shipping with USPS, you need to meet the following requirements:

  • Your store needs to be on the Advanced Shopify or Plus plan. If you're on the Shopify plan, then you can add this feature for a monthly fee or switch from monthly to yearly billing. For more information, contactShopify Support.
  • Your store needs to have a fulfillment location based in the United States.

Step 1: Connect a USPS account

  1. In theCarrier accountssection, add USPS as a shipping carrier:
    • If you don't have any shipping carrier accounts added, then clickConnect carrier account, and then clickConnect accountnext to USPS.
    • If you already have a shipping carrier account added, then clickManage carriers, and then clickConnect accountnext to USPS.
  2. In theConnect USPSdialog, selectUSPS commercial ratesorUSPS retail rates.
  3. ClickSave.

Step 2: Test your carrier-calculated shipping rates

After you connect your third-party shipping carrier to your Shopify admin, you can test your account integration and preview calculated shipping rates for specific package types, sizes, and destinations within the Shopify admin.

The shipping rates that are displayed during testing are sample rates and might be different from the shipping rates displayed to your customers at checkout.

Step 3: Set up carrier-calculated shipping rates

Set up your shipping rates calculated by USPS to display them to your customers at checkout.

Deactivate USPS calculated shipping

If you no longer want to use calculated shipping by USPS, then you can disconnect your carrier account from your Shopify admin.

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