I was wondering if MIVA still has not been allowed for us to use both UPS and USPS together? If not do we have a time-line for this being implemented? If we still cannot use these 2 services together if someone has a workaround other than paying an extra monthly fee for a module that would be helpful. It's getting expensive paying extra for modules that cost monthly.
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Re: Using UPS and USPS together limitation
Someone else ??? mentioned using the FedEx rates module and then just renaming it as "ground shipping" or "ThreeDay" shipping, since the FedEx rates were close enough to the UPS rates...
I don't know if this is feasible for you or not. But it was at least some form of Out Of The Box thinking...
Hope this helps.Last edited by Siamese-Dream.Com; 12-29-15, 02:40 PM.Mark Romero
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Oh thats way too much of a hassle and would confuse customers. Our system is automated as well and all packing slips and tracking are digitally automated and that would kill the simplicity of how we have it setup.
Can you have both the MIVA USPS and UPS modules running at the same time? We already are using the Viking Coding Module for UPS but don't need all the extra bells and whistles and that added monthly expense is what is really killing it for me.
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Our Fedex and UPS contract rates are usually very close. Per Rick's suggestion a while back we used the Amazon approach, wherein we renamed our shipping options using the "Display as" function to Ground - Home, Ground - Commercial, 2-Day, etc... Then we mapped the Fedex pricing to them and they coexist with USPS on our site. See what we did in the table below. If you want to see it in action you can go partway through checkout on our site www.preparesmart.com. BTW, our Terms and Conditions allow us to ship via the carrier of our choice.
Shipping Options.jpgshipping.jpgKeith Oratz
PrepareSmart, LLC - Emergency Preparedness Supplies and Professional Grade Search and Rescue Gear
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Is an Endicia or Stamps.com account required to use the USPS Module or can we just get a USPS account?Highly caffeinated
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"Is an Endicia or Stamps.com account required to use the USPS Module or can we just get a USPS account"
If you ship via USPS, then I highly recommend it.
Even if you are doing NON Miva merchant postage / shipping, Endicia has a little desktop app (called Dazzle) which allows you to print out first class mail postage (you can't use the USPS website to print first class mail, as far as I remember, so you would either need stamps or a trip to the post office).Mark Romero
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Originally posted by Rick Wilson View PostRe: Using UPS and USPS together limitation
You can have both UPS and USPS from Miva running at the same time as long as UPS gives you a legal waiver.Highly caffeinated
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Sorry Rick, you are right. I was getting them mixed up. Thanks for the answer.Highly caffeinated
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