How to adjust my shipping settings so I don't get rekt?
Hi.
Since USPS updated their delivery timeframes for the Holidays, my ODR protected shipping methods have gone from $5 (USPS Ground) to $13 (Fedex 2Day).
Paying $13 in shipping costs for a $15 item is not what I want to be doing.
I would like to ship my items with USPS Ground while maintaining the appropriate ODR protected shipping times. How do I do this? What shipping setting do I need to change and how do I access that menu?
Thanks in advance.
How to adjust my shipping settings so I don't get rekt?
Hi.
Since USPS updated their delivery timeframes for the Holidays, my ODR protected shipping methods have gone from $5 (USPS Ground) to $13 (Fedex 2Day).
Paying $13 in shipping costs for a $15 item is not what I want to be doing.
I would like to ship my items with USPS Ground while maintaining the appropriate ODR protected shipping times. How do I do this? What shipping setting do I need to change and how do I access that menu?
Thanks in advance.
1 reply
Dominic_Amazon
Hi @Seller_Qvkq0XIyYVeNa,
You can manage your delivery dates using the tools we've provided, or you can manually adjust your transit time and handling time settings. We designed these tools to set accurate delivery dates, reduce late deliveries, and to meet or exceed the minimum OTDR requirement, and because Amazon is making calculations on your behalf that affect OTDR, you will get OTDR protection from late deliveries on items shipped through standard shipping if you use all three tools as follows:
Shipping Settings Automation (SSA), for Professional selling plans, sets accurate delivery dates through automated transit time calculations of your preferred shipping services. You must choose one of the preferred ship methods in the SSA templates, which will mark the transit time on the shipping template as "Managed by Amazon."
Automated handling time, for Professional selling plans, sets accurate handling times per SKU based on how long it usually takes you to pass each SKU to carriers. You must ensure that automated handling time is enabled in your shipping settings.
Amazon Buy Shipping, for both Professional and Individual selling plans, sells shipping labels that use highly-reliable ship methods. You can use Amazon Buy Shipping through Manage Orders, Shipping API, Veeqo, or select multi-channel integrators with access to Amazon Buy Shipping. You must choose shipping labels marked as "OTDR Protected" when using Amazon Buy Shipping or Veeqo.
Best,
Dominic
