Who is Stamps.com Professional Shipper for?
The Stamps.com Professional Shipper is for businesses such as fulfillment houses, online merchants and other companies that would like to process their shipping efficiently by directly pulling order and customer information from an existing database or file. Professional Shipper is right for you if you process a large number of orders everyday or need an easy way to connect your shipping department to your orders database.
What are the benefits of Stamps.com Professional Shipper?
Professional Shipper can reduce the amount of time you spend every day in the shipping process. Professional Shipper saves time and reduces errors from typing addresses and order information incorrectly. It also helps you improve your daily workflow with advanced features such as bar code scanner support for easy order retrieval, auto print and SCAN forms.
How much does Professional Shipper cost?
Professional Shipper comes at the low cost of $34.99 per month. Customers shipping more than $500 a month in the following mail classes: Priority Mail and Express Mail (domestic and international) and Global Express Guaranteed are eligible for a free waiver of $34.99. Each month that your shipping exceeds this threshold, a fee waiver of $34.99 will be applied to your account.
As a high volume shipper, what type of shipping discounts can I get with Stamps.com?
In addition to regular shipping discounts, we support Commercial Plus pricing for high volume shippers. Your USPS activity must meet minimum annual volume requirements. You will receive discounts up to 62% for Express Mail, up to 31% for Priority Mail, up to 15% for Express Mail International and up to 10% for Priority Mail International. At even higher volumes, Commercial Plus Cubic pricing can also generate substantial savings. Additional volume or negotiated discounts may be available for Priority Mail and Express Mail International shipments as well.
How can I sign up for Professional Shipper?
To get started immediately, click here to register for a Stamps.com Professional Shipper account and download the Professional Shipper software.
How can I use Professional Shipper to retrieve the orders in my Database?
Professional Shipper can be configured via ODBC (Object Database Connectivity) to retrieve orders from a variety of order data sources. ODBC is a Microsoft standard for configuring database connections that can be used by any software including Stamps.com Professional Shipper. For a full list of available fields, please email us your request for additional information.
What types of databases and sources can I map into Professional Shipper?
Professional Shipper supports a wide variety of data sources including, MS–Access, Excel, CSV (Comma Separated Values) files and other standard databases such as SQL Server or Oracle. Simple data sources such as MS–Access, Excel or CSV files can be configured from within Professional Shipper. Advanced databases such as Oracle or SQL Server can be configured from within the Control Panel on Windows. For help configuring ODBC sources dedicated customer support is available Monday through Friday between 6 am and 6 pm Pacific Time over the phone at 1–888–434–0055.
Does Professional Shipper process international shipments?
Yes, Professional Shipper can be used to process both domestic and international shipments.
What fields can I map into Professional Shipper from my orders Database?
All the fields required to process a package including Address, Mail Class, Weight, Dimensions and Package Type can be configured using Professional Shipper. For a full list of available fields, please email us your request for additional information.
Does Professional Shipper support high speed thermal printers?
Yes, Professional Shipper supports high speed Zebra–Eltron thermal printers apart from a variety of other commonly available InkJet and LaserJet printers. Stamps.com also provides technical support with installing and configuring printers via a toll free customer support line. For customer support information, please click here.
Does Professional Shipper have limits on postage balance?
Professional Shipper by default allows you to purchase and maintain a maximum of $500 in postage balance. However, if you need to process a high volume of shipments you can contact customer support to increase your postage balance limit.
How do I customize shipping labels with Professional Shipper?
Professional Shipper allows you to customize your label by adding a message, a professional image of your company’s logo or other graphic to your shipping labels. You can also customize the font and style of the text on the shipping label. Professional Shipper’s advanced features allow you to create multiple profiles to multiple databases and files each of which can have a different graphic image.
Can I set default values within Professional Shipper?
When creating a new profile for a new data source you can specify default values for fields such as return address and whether you want to hide postage or not.
