USPS Services Place checkmarks next to the USPS services you want to be displayed in your shopping cart at checkout. Selected services will be displayed only if the destination is included in a corresponding shipping zone and the service is offered to that zone. Check the USPS service guide or usps.com for a description of its services.

Beneath each service is a markup field. You can enter a dollar amount (e.g. 5.00) or percentage (e.g. 3.5%) in the field if you’d like to mark up the rate returned for that service. You can also enter a negative value if you want to mark down the rate. Later in the Quote Settings, there is a general Handling Fee / Markup field that will be applied to all returned rate estimates. The service level markups are applied before the general setting.

Rate Tier The USPS has three pricing tiers:

  1. Retail (at Post Office)
  2. Commercial Basic
  3. Commercial Plus

Select the rate tier you have access to. Click here to see more information about the pricing for different services on each tier.

Handling Fee / Markup Increases the amount of the quote by a specified amount prior to displaying it in the shopping cart. The number entered will be interpreted as dollars and cents unless it is followed by a % sign. For example, entering 5.00 will cause $5.00 to be added to the quote. Entering 5.00% will cause each quote to be multiplied by 1.05 (= 1 + 5%). Entering a negative number will decrease the quoted amount.
Quote Details Choose where you want to see the quote details. The quote details has information about what was included in the quote, such as residential or lift gate delivery. If more than one stocking location was used, each stocking location will be listed along with a list of the products that were quoted as shipping from it. The Additional Details widget is the default and preferred location because it’s visible on the Order Details page. However, if you use another app that also uses the Additional Details widget, you’ll find that the apps overwrite each other. In this case, choose the option to have the quote details written to a screen you can view from the More actions button.

Return to main Real Time Shipping Quotes User’s Guide to continue setting up the app.