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| | | Author: | nologolego  | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2023 19:56 | | Subject: | USPS Ground Advantage and Instant Checkout | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| I am a long time seller but a relativity latecomer to Instant Checkout. I have
been using IC with good success for about a year but still a bit shaky on how
it works. Recently, with the introduction of USPS Ground Advantage, I have been
trying to revamp my shipping settings to improve shipping options for my customers.
However, I am stymied in how to get it to work properly.
Since Ground Advantage does not have the 16 oz weight restriction that First
Class Mail had, I want to offer this option for packages of any weight. However,
I also want to offer an option for USPS Priority Mail for customers to who may
want to receive their Lego shipments faster regardless of weight.
I have set up an IC shipping method for both Ground Advantage and Priority Mail,
but as best as I can tell, at checkout it defaults to the Ground Advantage option
and does not give customers a choice to select Priority Mail.
Does anyone know if what I am trying to do is possible?. And If so, how to I
set it up so that it works properly?
Thanks,
Mike
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| | | | | Author: | brac.brick | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2023 05:36 | | Subject: | Re: USPS Ground Advantage and Instant Checkout | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, nologolego writes:
| | I am a long time seller but a relativity latecomer to Instant Checkout. I have
been using IC with good success for about a year but still a bit shaky on how
it works. Recently, with the introduction of USPS Ground Advantage, I have been
trying to revamp my shipping settings to improve shipping options for my customers.
However, I am stymied in how to get it to work properly.
Since Ground Advantage does not have the 16 oz weight restriction that First
Class Mail had, I want to offer this option for packages of any weight. However,
I also want to offer an option for USPS Priority Mail for customers to who may
want to receive their Lego shipments faster regardless of weight.
I have set up an IC shipping method for both Ground Advantage and Priority Mail,
but as best as I can tell, at checkout it defaults to the Ground Advantage option
and does not give customers a choice to select Priority Mail.
Does anyone know if what I am trying to do is possible?. And If so, how to I
set it up so that it works properly?
Thanks,
Mike
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On BL it defaults to the cheapest method available- so ground advantage. You
can set up groups for shipping - just use Group 1 for GA and group 2 for priority
, etc. Then your buyers can choose what they want for shipping. I find most buyers
just want it the cheapest and for small lightweight orders, GA is significantly
cheaper than Priority , even flat rate. Next to each shipping method you have
in your store, is a box "Group" which you change to 1 , 2, etc up to
20. Just make sure GA & Priority have different group numbers , otherwise it
will always default to the cheapest method.
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| | | | | | | Author: | nologolego | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2023 07:12 | | Subject: | Re: USPS Ground Advantage and Instant Checkout | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| Thanks for your answer. Your explanation was vey helpful. From the description
of the Groups under Shipping Settings, I couldn't really understand how what
the groups were suppose to do. I gave it a try per your instructions and it
worked!
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | brac.brick | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2023 18:15 | | Subject: | Re: USPS Ground Advantage and Instant Checkout | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, nologolego writes:
| | Thanks for your answer. Your explanation was vey helpful. From the description
of the Groups under Shipping Settings, I couldn't really understand how what
the groups were suppose to do. I gave it a try per your instructions and it
worked!
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Glad I could be of help  Good luck with your store.
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