How do I setup UPS for Real-Time Shipping?

  • Created : Wednesday, February 28, 2018
  • Last Updated: Monday, August 30, 2021

Your store can be integrated with the main shipping carriers in order to provide your customers with real-time shipping calculations for their orders.  This guide will show you how to set up your account registrations with UPS and then integrate your credentials to your Power-eCommerce store.

Note:

This process will involve first registering for a UPS account in order to receive an account number from their service. Once this information is available, you will use it to complete your registration directly from your Power-eCommerce Admin interface.

Register with UPS 

To register your UPS account, please follow these steps:

  1. Go to the UPS home page.
  2. On the page, click the button labeled "Open Your Account"
  3. Complete your Registration Process as prompted on the UPS pages

Once you have registered your new UPS account you will have a UPS Account number.

This information will be entered into your Power-eCommerce Admin to complete the registration process.


Adding your UPS credentials to your Power-eCommerce:

 

 

Once you have registered your UPS account and have received an Account Number, proceed with the following steps to complete your UPS registration process.

  1. Log into your Power-eCommerce Admin
  2. Go to Settings -> Shipping -> UPS
  3. Select to make UPS Active
  4. Enter all your UPS Credentials : UPS Access License Number. 
  5. Enter all your UPS Credentials : UPS Shipper#. 
  6. Enter all your UPS Credentials : UPS UserID. 
  7. Enter all your UPS Credentials : UPS Password. 
  8. Select your UPS Pickup Type.
  9. Enter Free Shipping (0=no free shipping) . If you would like to offer free shipping when a shopping cart total is over a given number this is where you set that value.
  10. (a) If Cart is under this then use shipping rate below: (b): Leave at "0" if you do not want to use this option, this option is designed to set a fixed shipping rate for items under a given dollar amount.*
  11. (b) Rate for above option: (a) : The is the shipping rate that will be charged if the above criteria is meet.*
  12. Click "Save Changes"
* This is an advanced option, be sure to test it after making changes to # 10 and # 11.

Important Note

When filling out the Registration Form on your Power-eCommerce Admin be sure to enter the information exactly as it appears in your UPS account.