nor will they be given a choice of these Priority options to select from.īut for sellers the type of Priority will show on the order page.Through the Postal Store® website, the Postal Service ships all in-stock orders with USPS Tracking® service. Priority is all that will be shown.Īll the shopper will see on the cart page is Priority, It won't show up flat or regional rate. If not, it won't matter if the flat rate is cheaper because the calculator can not fit the item in the flat/regional rate boxes so reg. There's no reason to charge a buyer the flat rate price when regular Priority rates are less.Īnd your item dimensions need to be smaller than the box size. Even if the box is heavy most times it's cheaper to send reg. Priority is cheaper then the flat rate or regional rate won't be used.įlat rate is usually not the cheapest especially for shoppers close to you. The only time CS (calculated shipping) will select a flat rate or regional rate box is if it's the cheapest Priority. Imagine your item as a rectagular box that has to fit in another rectangular box as that is how CS sees 'I followed your directions to find the flat rate boxes and I added them as choices but when I went back to my listings, the flat rate boxes did not show up as shipping options.' For that you state the length as less than actual.whatever the length of the flate rate is minus an inch/.5 inch to get CS to put it in that box.and in that instace if only 2 fit and the box is 10' wide I'd enter the width as 4.5' so 2 and not 3 would fit. CS does not figure diagonals unless you make it. Sometimes you can fit 2 items in at an angle that are actually longer than the box length. 5 inch so you can fit 3 and not 4 for your item dimensions. take the box inner dimensions ( written on the outside of the box) and divide by 3 and subtract maybe an inch or. If you KNOW you can get say 3 ( and not 4) in a particular flat rate ( or regional rate) box. NOTE do not use BOX size as item size, use ITEM size plus an inch or so if it is fragile. Once you have the boxes, enable them and CS will offer them as an option on your label page and put them IN them if you use the correct item dimensions so they fit IN the box.

You have to set up an account, but that is free and a one time thing. Etsy doesn't auto enable flat rates because not everyone has the boxes on hand. Flat rates ARE included in CS, you have to add the boxes at shop manager>settings> shipping settings> package preferences> find the flat rates you plan to use on the list and enable them.

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