I see that USPS is going to institute a new “Ground Advantage” rate NEXT WEEK that will combine various rates for low-weight parcels. Most of what I sell goes out as First Class Parcel (which I offer for free).
Two questions:
What will the rates be? (I know it’s going to be zoned, but what’s the range of prices? I might have to either raise prices on some items or simply take them down.)
Will there be a bulk-editing tool for migrating listings using First Class Parcel (and the other services that are being folded into this new one) to Ground Advantage?
Ground Advantage is here. It’s more expensive and slower. Thanks USPS. Sticking it to small business owners as usual. And of course to Shopify, it’s like Ground Advantage doesn’t even exist (as of July 9th 2023 at least). So bad all around.
I am wondering the same thing, I printed out 3 labels for Monday and they all say “First Class” instead of ground advantage on them. Will Shopify update this by Monday? I’m wondering if I need to print new labels tomorrow. Or will usps still accept them??
USPS says there is a grace period. First Class is still OK. I noticed that ShipStation already has everything updated, however Shopify is totally behind on this and I don’t know if or when they will catch up.
I sold an item yesterday and went to ship it, had some trouble with odd results as a first class parcel so went to PayPal and got the ground advantage rate through ShipStation. I’ll probably be shipping via PayPal until this is resolved.
EDIT Problem fixed. It was not Shopify’s fault, but an app Boxify, which had a checkmark in a box to activate “New services when they become available”…Once turned off, this was fixed.
So I have sendle and used them because Shopify not being ready and also my being charged 131.67 in those adjustments. So Sendle had the right price but then on their billing instead of 6.44 the charges were 39.00 - 44.00 for 8 of them!!! Now I get to fight them too.
USPS will accept them through September 30, but I tried to schedule a pickup for a First Class Package today and it won’t let me for free anymore. I guess until Shopify fixes this I’ll be forced to go to the Post Office to send my packages
The “problem” you are referring to was that USPS Ground Advantage rates appeared at checkout unexpectedly–is that not right? This would be normal behavior if a merchant checks the checkbox marked, “Automatically show new shipping services to customers when they become available.” After all, USPS Ground Advantage is a new service, so when it became available it would automatically be shown to customers at checkout by Shopify, which follows whatever settings the merchant has set with those checkboxes. In the documentation for how to set up our app, we advise merchants not to check that future-services checkbox (to avoid just such surprises).
You are correct “Boxify Support”. I found that to be the issue, unchecked the box, (Do we know if by default that box is checked upon installation?) All the same, no matter how it was checked, it isn’t now and it resolved my issue anyway. Thanks Dave. (I’m guessing that is) Steve
We’re using Pirate Ship, and Ground Advantage CUBIC is overall cheaper than the previous Parcel Select. We use Shopify to ship UPS 1/2/3 Day Service, but Pirate Ship for everything else, as they continue to negotiate for lower rates with USPS & UPS.
I’d probably use Shopify for labels IF they offered ability to pass CUBIC rates onto my customers. Instead, I pay a Third Party App Developer $15/mo to do that, and give Pirate Ship the business since they’re free to use and offer the best possible rates for USPS.
Although I used to charge a small surcharge to Western State customers who selected PARCEL SELECT, I now cannot differentiate them from FIRST CLASS from GROUND ADVANTAGE (PKA Parcel Select).
Also notice that when you enter in tracking (if using an outside postage service) it defaults to DHL instead of USPS like it used to. Obviously Ground Advantage number protocols were not changed in Shopify’s back-end. Seems like these are easy things to anticipate/revise for such a large company…
I did notice that it gave me a DHL number when I tried to buy the label
– I backed out of the Shopify fulfillment and bought my label on PayPal
instead. But if they’re defaulting to DHL numbers then something is very
buggy on Shopify’s end.
