As we have updated the theme of our
Multi Vendor Marketplace app for Shopify,
so please head over to the provided link to get the updated blog for this app:
Multivendor Marketplace for Shopify-USPS Shipping (New Theme)
Now you can use USPS Shipping within Multivendor Marketplace App for Shopify. With this, the sellers/vendors can ship the products with USPS and can also generate the ‘shipping label’ from their account on the app.
Please note that this will be at a monthly charge of 10$ USD per month + current charges for the multivendor app.
You also need to enable “Real Time Carrier Calculated Shipping” from the Shopify Store.
Features
– Sellers/Vendors can ship the products using USPS Method.
– Sellers can generate the Shipping Label easily from the app account.
– All the shipping rates will be as per USPS.
– Seller need not have their own USPS account.
– The Admin/Store Owner needs to have an account on USPS.
USPS Activation
The activation of USPS needs to be done at both the admin and the seller end.
The admin needs to manage the app configuration this way :

Activation Steps: Admin End
First, you need to enable “USPS” from the “Feature Apps” menu in the Multivendor App. The app is chargeable at 10$ per month in addition to the Multivendor App charges and other feature apps (if enabled).

Admin needs to enable “USPS” from the app configuration menu.

Once you have enabled USPS, you need to “agree” on the additional charges for every month. Then the sellers can use the USPS for their products.
Now a new “USPS configuration” will be added in the menu, here you need to write the USPS User Id.

This is all from the admin end. Activation – Seller End :
Now each seller has to enable the USPS from the “shipping configuration” menu in the app from their account.

Once the USPS is enabled, a new menu will be added “USPS configuration”. The seller needs to fill in the details in the same.

Once the seller configures this, USPS will be enabled for the seller products.
All the shipping rates will be as per USPS rates.
Shipping Label Generation
The seller can create the “Shipping Label” from the order detail page.

This way seller can generate the shipping label.
Recommendation for the Admin: It is advised that you either use Multivendor Shipping or USPS Shipping at a time. In case you enable both the shipping then the seller can also select from multivendor shipping or USPS.
You need to disable the USPS or any other shipping from the Shopify Store so that only Multivendor USPS methods are available for the customer on checkout.
NOTE: Sometimes to generate the shipping label from the app, you might need some extra permission within your USPS account, so in this case, you need to contact USPS.
Demo Details
Support
For any kind of technical assistance, just raise a ticket at http://webkul.uvdesk.com/ and for any doubt contact us at [email protected]
4 comments
Shipping is still not great but we have been able to manage by trying to simplify the shipping options.
They probably have some upgrades in the works – but shipping in general is a really difficult thing to do especially globally.
Ideally we want to give our vendors the same flexibility as a site like Etsy or Amazon…
Hopefully they’ll get there soon.. but I’ve been using them for several months now and I’m happy with the service! 🙂