Live Shipping Rates
Setting up real-time carrier rates from USPS, UPS, and FedEx — activating a carrier, choosing which services to offer, and using your own negotiated account.
Live Shipping Rates Overview
How to set up real-time carrier rates from USPS, UPS, and FedEx — activating carriers, choosing services, handling residential vs. commercial addresses, and multi-package shipments.
Add a live shipping carrier
How to add USPS, UPS, or FedEx live rates to your store: activate a carrier, choose which services to offer, connect FedEx or UPS accounts, and test that rates return correctly.
Dynamically setting the shipping box dimensions for live rates
How to dynamically send your own package dimensions to live carrier rate requests instead of the 5"×5"×5" default, for more accurate USPS, UPS, or FedEx quotes.
Set the shipping origin point for live rates
Code snippet that allows you to change the shipping origin point dynamically from the one set in the store to your own custom location.