USPS is releasing an update to their API and price increases on January 17, 2016.
What are the changes?
There are price increases to many services across both retail and commercial base pricing including Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express and First Class Parcel (international). In some cases there is a significant price increase. See the USPS press release for more details, or take a look at the USPS 2016 Price Change video by our partner Pitney Bowes.
ShipperHQ will automatically show these price increases when they are rolled out on January 17, 2016.
The API update also includes
- Renaming Standard Post to Retail Ground
- Removal of several flat rate box services
These changes will automatically be rolled into ShipperHQ and no action is required by merchants.
Will I be affected?
I’m using Magento’s built-in USPS carrier
If you are using standard Magento USPS carrier and your Magento Community Edition version is 1.7.x or below, your customers will no longer see USPS Standard Post rates. To resolve this you will need to download the updated USPS patch extension.
Users of Magento Enterprise Edition version 1.13.x and below will also not be able to see rates for Standard Post service, please contact Magento for the recommended course of action.
If you are using Magento Community Edition version 1.8.x and above or Magento Enterprise Edition version 1.14.x and above, no action is required to see the newly named USPS Retail Ground rates.
I’m using a WebShopApps extension to get my USPS rates
If you are a WebShopApps customer we’ve also updated our extensions for
- WebShopApps Dimensional Shipping
- WebShopApps USPS via Endicia
You can contact us for an upgraded version of your extension (charges may apply if you are outside of your support period).
I use ShipperHQ to manage my rates
You don’t need to do anything. ShipperHQ will automatically show these prices increases when they are rolled out on January 17th, 2016.
How can I reduce my shipping prices?
Within ShipperHQ we support rate shopping. We have many customers that utilize this to compare live carrier rates automatically in the cart, presenting the cheapest options to the customer. Talk to us for further information and a no-obligation 30-day free trial.
