UPS Shipping Settings determine the behavior of your Shipping Rates on your store. When you have registered to use integrated UPS functionality with your store, Shipping Settings control the modules to be displayed on your checkout pages as well as the calculation of UPS Shipping Rates.

Please note: UPS Settings on checkout are only available to customers who have registered with UPS.

Shipping Calculations

You may specify whether the checkout process calculates shipping in real-time (based on your Ship Rates), after the order has been placed, or not at all. 

UPS Tools

• UPS Branding - Display We ship via UPS logo on your checkout pages.
• Address Validation - Verifies that your customer's City, State, and ZIP are valid for UPS delivery. Note: Address Validation is only available for Official UPS Shipping Methods and U.S. addresses.
• Time In Transit - Display UPS Time in Transit for each UPS Guaranteed Service supported at your store. Tells buyers how many business days from shipment date until delivery date. Note: Time in Transit is only applicable to official UPS Shipping Methods.
• Rates and Services - Display UPS Rates for each UPS Guaranteed Service supported at your Store. Note: Rates and Services is only valid for Official UPS Shipping Methods.

UPS Shipping Settings

• UPS Rate Code - Your UPS Rate Code is assigned during UPS registration and is used to display rates to buyers at checkout.
• Rates Used in Checkout -The selected rates will be shown to buyers during checkout. Choose to display your UPS Negotiated Rates (applies only to merchants with UPS-negotiated account rates), or UPS Published Rates.
• Rates Shown in UPS Ship Tool: Choose rates to display in the UPS Ship Tool when processing a shipment. This setting does not affect rates shown in checkout.
• Shipping Location - This is the location from where you ship your packages from. The Shipping Location is pulled from the information provided when you registered to use integrated UPS functionality with your store. To change this, you must re-register for the integrated UPS functionality.
• Ship-to Address Type - The ship-to address type (residential or commercial) is determined by UPS based on the information provided in the Address Line 1 field in checkout. If the address type cannot be determined by UPS based on the information provided, the rate calculation will default to your default Ship-to Address Type setting.
• Account Type - Determines the UPS rate chart used to calculate rates during checkout.
• Allow Declared Value - Determines if UPS Rates calculated at checkout include UPS declared value protection against damage or loss. Declared value is based on the order value.
• Reference Number - Reference numbers 1 & 2 are passed to UPS when using the Shipping Tool. Reference numbers 1-5 are included in the UPS WorldShip export.
• Label Format - Choose to print your shipping labels to a general printer format (HP Compatible Laser Jet or Ink Jet) or formatted for the UPS Thermal Printer (Zebra LP 2844, Zebra S4M, or Zebra ZP450).
• UPS Returns - The option you select will be used as your default UPS return service.