Re-classification of USPS First Class Mail on eBay

We have updated our default ebay shipping method to map USPS First Class Package to "Standard". This follows eBay changes last week announced below:

USPS First-Class Service No Longer an Expedited Shipping Service

Starting the first week of May, USPS First-Class will be reclassified on eBay from an Expedited to a Standard shipping service. Expedited shipping services have an estimated delivery time of 2-3 business days and Standard shipping services have an estimated delivery time of 2-5 business days, and since USPS First-Class did not always meet the Expedited delivery time requirement, it is being reclassified. The shipping service name changes from First-Class Mail to First-Class Package.

Note that Teapplix provides a tool to override the default eBay shipping methods classification.

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Customizable Order Queues

We have released ways to rename Custom1 and Custom2 queue, as well as add additional queues. Details here.

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Change in “Use Custom Label as Item Name”

If you are in "PayPal" mode for your eBay / PayPal integration, and you selected "Use Custom Label as Item Name":

The behavior in Teapplix, for multi-variation listings, is that we will import title + variation chosen as item name.

For all other listings, we will import the custom label as item name.

This is a change in behavior staring 4/3/2012.

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Open Order Search Enhancements

We have enhanced search on open orders page. Search semantics are now identicial between open orders search and order history search:

  • order id and zip code search are prefix based
  • name, street, memo search will match as long as search string shows anywhere in the field
  • Item name, sku search are prefix based
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New eBay Configuration and Shipping Method Mapping Tool

We have released a new UI that provides you more options to manage your eBay integration. Click on Setup => eBay to see the new config screen. Changes are:

  • You can select eBay mode vs PayPal mode yourself. Note that if you link any PayPal account to Teapplix, all the eBay account that uses that PayPal account must be linked to Teapplix in PayPal mode.
  • You can adjust the "date" from which Teapplix pull your eBay orders from, subject to eBay limitations.
  • You can set the option (global) to import custom label or listing title as item name.
  • You can also override the default Teapplix shipping class mapping rules.
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UPS WorldShip Direct Print

We have released a "Direct Print" feature for people using UPS WorldShip integration. This eliminates the steps to save a file and manual upload of your output file:

https://www.teapplix.com/help/?page_id=893

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Companion Ads

Teapplix is beta testing a pay per ship advertising service in connection with our partners.

The service works this way:

1) Teapplix customer enables the service, which will cause Teapplix to insert an ad image in the ship notification email that is sent out.

2) The tracking page on Teapplix will also contain a graphical banner.

3) At the end of the month, Teapplix will credit your account with revenue from the ad, based on a fixed fee per package shipped. Our revenue model is fixed $ per shipment, regardless of the click back rate of the ad.

Initial Campaign
Our initial advertiser is freeshipping.com. We are looking for shippers that has a large number of daily US shipments through Teapplix. The following orders will qualify: (orders that does not qualify will not be affected and will continue to use existing logic:

  • Orders with a direct email address
  • Order must be shipped with tracking number
  • Order is shipped to a US customer

The graphical ad that will be inserted into your ship notification email is here.

If you are interested in participating, please contact us. there will be no change to any behavior in your account, other than that qualifying orders will have a slightly different ship notification email.

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Overstock.com support

We just added support for Overstock. Details here.

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Open Order Search

We added new methods to search open orders.

Above the open orders table, there is a yellow search bar, enter some value and click on the "Search" button or the magnifying glass next to the field.

Search parameters are sticky. They are applied as you click on links to go to additional pages, until you log out. If you want to remove the search, just click on the "Show All" button.

Details https://www.teapplix.com/help/?page_id=816

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USPS Price Change January 22nd

The upcoming USPS price change contain some very important changes. Teapplix suggest that you attend Endicia's webinars to fully understand the change.

The biggest impact will be on first class mail. There is now a new name, "First Class Package Service". Also, the "Delivery Confirmation Fee" seems to be removed, however, there are some conflicting stories on how exactly that works. It is not clear yet on how this impacts First Class letters, flats, non machinable letters etc. So make sure you attend one of the webinars below:

Thursday, January 19, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Tuesday, January 24, 8:00am – 9:00am

This change has more impact than prior year changes, so make sure you understand the impact to your shipping operations.

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