Ship Better With String

If you use FedEx One Rate to ship orders, you probably want to know if it's the lowest cost shipping method for your shipments. Can ShipStation Rate Shopper do that for you automatically?

How do you make sure ShipStation always applies the correct size package to each order? We'll tell you how in this post!

ShipStation offers deeply discounted rates for UPS. But you may have your own negotiated rates with UPS. Should you use your own rates or the rates offered by ShipStation?

There are multiple options for rate shopping in ShipStation, but most of them have tradeoffs. Is rate shopping in ShipStation worth it despite the tradeoffs?

How can you rate shop in ShipStation? Learn the different ways this is possible by reading this post.

Does ShipStation Rate Shopper (previously Shipping Strategies) actually choose the best rate for each shipment? Is there a better option?

USPS increased pricing across the board on July 1st, 2024 for shipping services offered to ShipStation users. On average, you should expect your shipping costs to go up by about $0.50 per shipments with USPS. Learn more about what these price increases look like in this article.

If you’re an Amazon seller using ShipStation to fulfill orders, Amazon Buy Shipping is a huge competitive advantage. But, it adds complexity to your shipping process by making you manually select a shipping option for each order. String solves this by automatically selecting the best Amazon Buy rate for each order you ship.

Does ShipStation charge a fee for shipping labels?

Does ShipStation calculate shipping cost for all of your shipments?

A major benefit of web based shipping platforms is discounted shipping rates. Does ShipStation offer discounted rates for shipping?

ShipStation offers discounted UPS rates. But, are they actually any good?

Discounted rates with the USPS are a great reason to use a shipping platform like ShipStation. If you're considering ShipStation, how good are the discounted rates you get with USPS?

Is there a better option for rate shopping in ShipStation than the rate calculator feature?

Order fulfillment can be an expensive and time consuming task. Fortunately, ShipStation is a robust shipping tool that can help you save both money and time shipping/fulfilling orders. This guide shows you how to configure ShipStation to maximize your fulfillment efficiency.

A well designed packing slip can help your fulfillment staff be up to 25% more efficient when fulfilling orders. How can you make your packing slips better to save more than 20 seconds per order? Let's find out!

Entering what package to use for every order into ShipStation can be a time consuming task. In this post, I'll show you how to automate this process with ShipStation automation rules.

Deciding what package to use to ship an order has big consequences. It impacts that time your staff spends fulfilling each order and it impacts the total cost of a shipment. Cartonization is a way to automate this process. But what exactly is cartonization?

ShipStation provides users with tools to configure shipments automatically called "automation rules". A common use case is creating automation rules to automatically assign orders with the cheapest shipping method.

Can ShipStation automatically apply the right size package to orders you're going to be shipping?

Rate shopping is the process of comparing the cost of different shipping services to each other to determine the best one for a shipment. Does ShipStation do this for you?

USPS Cubic Pricing can help businesses that ship small but heavy items save big on postage. Learn more about cubic rates and how you can leverage them by reading this post!

If you’re considering shipping with a single carrier to receive volume based discounts, you may be stepping over dollars to pick up dimes. The carrot that carriers dangle in front of you is in fact usually too good to be true. Not only do you typically end up not saving money by shipping with only a single carrier, you end up with highly leveraged risk. Learn more about why you should consider using multiple carriers instead of just one!

String for Cold-Chain finds the lowest cost shipping method for your cold chain orders without sacrificing freshness on delivery.

The cost of ShipStation automation rules might be higher than you think. While automation rules save you time, inaccuracies from static rules cause expense leakage on a meaningful portion of your shipments. Read this article to find out how high that cost can actually be.

Businesses using String save $1.07/shipment, which on average, comes out to about $10,000 per month! But, what should they do with that money? In this post, we talk about the top 12 best ways to spend the $120,000 that you save on shipping every year with String.

Using inaccurate dimensions to requests rates from carriers will result in your 3PL getting hit with adjustments. These adjustments cause negative short term cash flow positions and result in the selection of overly expensive shipping options. In this post we discuss the implications of using inaccurate dimensional weight for rate shopping and how you can fix it!

USPS will not be implementing peak season surcharges or price hike in 2023. How can you get the most out of this recent announcement?

What if you could turn lost and damaged packages into a profit center that improves customer LTV?

There's a lot of hate out there about economy shipping services like USPS Ground Advantage. But when used right, these services can make a huge impact on your bottom line without sacrificing delivery speed and quality. In this post, I'll tell you how to properly leverage economy shipping options

Don't let your customers pick a specific shipping service at checkout. Customers don't care how you get them their order, they just want the order to arrive when they expect it to. In this post, you'll learn how to deliver a better shipping experience to your customers with simple shipping options at checkout.

You're paying carriers more than you think you are! In this blog post, I'll show you how you can view your actual bill and any adjustments applied to your ShipStation carrier balance.

If you use expedited shipping services like 2nd-Day Air, you should audit shipments for on-time delivery. Expedited services cost multiple times more than standard ground because they come with delivery guarantees. In this blog post, I'll show you how to find and get refunds for shipments delivered outside of the guaranteed window.

Today, String is announcing the launch of our API! String is the first API to help you ship at the lowest cost with 99.9% accuracy. Our AI finds the smallest package and cheapest delivery service for every shipment.

Deciding whether to use a 3PL is a tough decision. But what if I told you there's a simple framework to make the decision easier? Read on to help you decide if a 3PL is the right next move for your business!

The price you see on shipping labels is not necessarily the price you pay carriers. Inaccurate weight or dimensions, and changing surcharges can have a dramatic effect on the total cost you end up paying carriers. In this article we discuss why carriers can charge you fees and adjustments and how you can avoid them.

If you offer express delivery to customers, you may not need to pay for express shipping services to deliver customer orders on time. In this blog, we'll talk about how you can intelligently select the cheapest service options that will get orders to customers in time.

You might think that all that matters when getting a shipping rate is how much your package weighs. It turns out that most of the time the rate you see is based on your packages dimensional weight. In this post we'll talk about how to minimize dimensional weight and save money on shipping.