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| | | Author: | uticabrix  | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 08:10 | | Subject: | New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 121 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Has anyone else seen the new Paypal transfer to ShipStation?
We find it terrible to use. It transitions to another site, and you have to
manually put in the measurements of every package, and total of 3 extras clicks.
Not bad for one or two labels but they have to be done individually so if you
have 20-25 orders a day, this now because triple the amount of time.
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| | | | | Author: | uticabrix | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 08:20 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, uticabrix writes:
| | Has anyone else seen the new Paypal transfer to ShipStation?
We find it terrible to use. It transitions to another site, and you have to
manually put in the measurements of every package, and total of 3 extras clicks.
Not bad for one or two labels but they have to be done individually so if you
have 20-25 orders a day, this now because triple the amount of time.
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Worse part is if you need to go back and search for customer on paypal it just
list as "Ship Station", not the customers name.
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| | | | | | | Author: | par016 | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 09:48 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, uticabrix writes:
| | In General, uticabrix writes:
| | Has anyone else seen the new Paypal transfer to ShipStation?
We find it terrible to use. It transitions to another site, and you have to
manually put in the measurements of every package, and total of 3 extras clicks.
Not bad for one or two labels but they have to be done individually so if you
have 20-25 orders a day, this now because triple the amount of time.
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Worse part is if you need to go back and search for customer on paypal it just
list as "Ship Station", not the customers name.
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Got switched over today as well. Not a fan for the reasons you listed above.
Also pretty much every order they ask if you want to update the address to have
the full zip code which adds another click. And the shipping options are not
always in the same order but are organized by cost. Media mail and First Class
shipping alternate between what is cheaper and you have to make sure you click
the right spot each time.
Does anyone know if ship station send out an email to the buyer with the tracking
like the old system did?
-Pete
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | uticabrix | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 13:53 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, par016 writes:
| | In General, uticabrix writes:
| | In General, uticabrix writes:
| | Has anyone else seen the new Paypal transfer to ShipStation?
We find it terrible to use. It transitions to another site, and you have to
manually put in the measurements of every package, and total of 3 extras clicks.
Not bad for one or two labels but they have to be done individually so if you
have 20-25 orders a day, this now because triple the amount of time.
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Worse part is if you need to go back and search for customer on paypal it just
list as "Ship Station", not the customers name.
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Got switched over today as well. Not a fan for the reasons you listed above.
Also pretty much every order they ask if you want to update the address to have
the full zip code which adds another click. And the shipping options are not
always in the same order but are organized by cost. Media mail and First Class
shipping alternate between what is cheaper and you have to make sure you click
the right spot each time.
Does anyone know if ship station send out an email to the buyer with the tracking
like the old system did?
-Pete
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Good to know Pete thank you
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| | | | | Author: | WildBricks | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Last summer when PP first mentioned ShipStation I opened an account with ShipStation
direct. I much prefer this method. I've set up all of my boxes and envelopes
with hot keys so I don't have to manually enter them every time. Package
dimensions are optional, but for international I do tend to put them in.
In General, uticabrix writes:
| | Has anyone else seen the new Paypal transfer to ShipStation?
We find it terrible to use. It transitions to another site, and you have to
manually put in the measurements of every package, and total of 3 extras clicks.
Not bad for one or two labels but they have to be done individually so if you
have 20-25 orders a day, this now because triple the amount of time.
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| | | | | | | Author: | par016 | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 12:33 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, WildBricks writes:
| | Last summer when PP first mentioned ShipStation I opened an account with ShipStation
direct. I much prefer this method. I've set up all of my boxes and envelopes
with hot keys so I don't have to manually enter them every time. Package
dimensions are optional, but for international I do tend to put them in.
In General, uticabrix writes:
| | Has anyone else seen the new Paypal transfer to ShipStation?
We find it terrible to use. It transitions to another site, and you have to
manually put in the measurements of every package, and total of 3 extras clicks.
Not bad for one or two labels but they have to be done individually so if you
have 20-25 orders a day, this now because triple the amount of time.
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So how does this work. You create an account directly with ShipStation (which
I would assume entails a monthly subscription fee) and then you can import all
your Paypal orders directly into there and have pre-existing shipping conditions
set up for your most common types of orders?
-Pete
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| | | | | | | Author: | MadiganStation | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 13:07 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| You are able to configure those presets in ShipStation with the account that
PayPal sets up for you as well. I was just switched over today and it took me
maybe 5 min to add preset selections for all of my First Class Package weight
bands. Using the presets, I would say it takes about the same time to print a
label now with ShipStation vs previously through PayPal.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | par016 | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 13:13 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, MadiganStation writes:
| | You are able to configure those presets in ShipStation with the account that
PayPal sets up for you as well. I was just switched over today and it took me
maybe 5 min to add preset selections for all of my First Class Package weight
bands. Using the presets, I would say it takes about the same time to print a
label now with ShipStation vs previously through PayPal.
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Thanks for this, I didn't see you could do this on first pass.
Do you know if the buyer get's an email with the tracking number from ShipStation
when the label is created?
-Pete
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | MadiganStation | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 13:20 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | Thanks for this, I didn't see you could do this on first pass.
Do you know if the buyer get's an email with the tracking number from ShipStation
when the label is created?
-Pete
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I don't know if the buyer gets an email from ShipStation or not. My drive-through
message includes the tracking info, so I have never worried about another email
with the tracking info from PayPal (or ShipStation).
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2022 15:33 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, par016 writes:
| | In General, MadiganStation writes:
| | You are able to configure those presets in ShipStation with the account that
PayPal sets up for you as well. I was just switched over today and it took me
maybe 5 min to add preset selections for all of my First Class Package weight
bands. Using the presets, I would say it takes about the same time to print a
label now with ShipStation vs previously through PayPal.
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Thanks for this, I didn't see you could do this on first pass.
Do you know if the buyer get's an email with the tracking number from ShipStation
when the label is created?
-Pete
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1) On the main page for Paypal click the truck icon that says something about
shipping or bulk shipping.
2) It takes you to your orders page on Shipstation. (Be aware! often my most
recent order is NOT included in here and I have to go do that one manually.)
3) Select any item for now by checking the box to the left of select all by using
the top box.
(Also be aware that if you enter a tracking # on a transaction without using
shipstation for the postage, that item will still show up in your "ready to ship"
orders. I complained to SS about this but there is no fix or way to remove an
item, so I have just been having to uncheck those orders EVERY SINGLE DAY.)
4) Then on the top right there is APPLY SHIPPING PRESET is now not grayed out
anymore. Select the drop down arrow. Instead of selecting a shipping option go
to the very bottom and pick "Manage User Presets."
5) Add new preset - green box top left.
6) follow instruction. I set up a "under 4oz" and a "5-8oz" option and so on.
(Pro tip! They appear alphabetically so mine are actually called "1) under 4oz"
and "2) 6oz USPS" so they appear in the order I want. If you label them 1-4.
5-8, 9-12 etc they will appear in order for you.) Make a separate one for each
weight class. (4 and under, 5-8, 9-12 I think it is, and 13-16.) Save them
7) Now when you are on your orders ready to ship page you can select the transactions
within a certain weight band and then choose the preset from your drop down.
Then select the ones in the next weight band and do the same thing. Then select
any that are priority... etc.
Last warning! They do not show up in order once you buy the labels. So if you
are used to just going down the PP confirmation page/list and cutting and pasting
tracking #s into your BL order summary page be aware that you will npw have to
match names from one screen to the other as they will not be in the same order
for some reason. I have dual monitors so it's not a big deal but it's
a pain and does slow down my shipping time.
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| | | | | Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2022 13:57 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, uticabrix writes:
| | Has anyone else seen the new Paypal transfer to ShipStation?
We find it terrible to use. It transitions to another site, and you have to
manually put in the measurements of every package, and total of 3 extras clicks.
Not bad for one or two labels but they have to be done individually so if you
have 20-25 orders a day, this now because triple the amount of time.
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I am still unaffected and I don’t understand what kind of business arrangement
can keep Pitney Bownes functioning for some people like 6 months after other
have transitioned. Why in the world did they not just flip a switch?
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| | | | | | | Author: | mattkaupke | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2022 15:22 | | Subject: | Re: New Paypal transition over to ShipStation | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | I am still unaffected and I don’t understand what kind of business arrangement
can keep Pitney Bownes functioning for some people like 6 months after other
have transitioned. Why in the world did they not just flip a switch?
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One of my PP accounts has switched. The others have not yet.
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