Setting Up Ship Vias for StarShip

Assign keywords to the system ship vias that use StarShip carriers. The StarShip program uses these keywords to determine how to process the shipment.

To set up ship vias for StarShip:

  1. From the Maintenance menu, select Ship Via to display the Ship Via Maintenance screen.

  2. In the Ship Via/New field, select the ship via to set up for StarShip.

  3. Use the Freight hot key to display the Freight Data screen.

  4. Complete the freight data fields to set up automatic freight and handling charges and enter surcharge information.

  5. In the StarShip / Clippership Keywords field, enter the appropriate shipping keywords for the ship via. Leave a space between each entry, but do not use commas.

The following table lists keywords recognized by StarShip.

Select the row that describes the shipping method and enter one word from each Key column in this field.

Input Value

 

Interpreted as...

Key 1

Key 2

Key 3

USA

UPS

(DEFAULT)

 

UPS Ground

UPS

3, THREE, ORANGE

 

UPS 3rd Day

UPS

2, SECOND, BLUE

 

UPS 2nd Day Air

UPS

2, SECOND, BLUE

AM

UPS 2nd Day A.M.

UPS

1, NEXT, RED

SAV

UPS Next Day Saver

UPS

1, NEXT, RED

 

UPS Next Day

UPS

LETTER, LTR

 

UPS Next Day Letter

UPS  

LETTER, LTR

SAT

UPS Next Day Letter, Saturday Delivery

USPS

(DEFAULT)

 

Parcel Post

USPS

PRIORITY

 

USPS Priority

USPS  

PF

 

USPS Priority Flat

USPS

1ST, FIRST

 

USPS 1st Class

USPS

EXPRESS

 

USPS Express

USPS

LETTER, LTR

 

USPS Letter

USPS

BOOK, 4, SP

 

USPS Media Mail

USPS

BOUND

 

USPS Bound Printed Matter

FEDEX

G

 

FedEx Ground

FEDEX

XPR

 

FedEx Express Saver

FEDEX

2, TWO, ECON

 

FedEx Second Day

FEDEX

(DEFAULT)

 

FedEx Standard Overnight

FEDEX

STANDARD

 

FedEx Standard Overnight

FEDEX

PRIORITY

 

FedEx Priority Overnight

FEDEX

1ST, FIRST

 

FedEx First Overnight

FEDEX

LETTER, LTR

 

FedEx Standard Letter

FEDEX

LETTER, LTR

PRIORITY

FedEx Priority Letter

AIRBORNE

2, TWO, SECOND, SELECT

 

Airborne Second Day

AIRBORNE

NEXT, AFTER

 

Airborne Next Afternoon

AIRBORNE

(DEFAULT)

 

Airborne Express

Canada

UPS

(DEFAULT)

 

UPS Standard

UPS

EXPEDITE, BLUE

 

UPS Expedited

UPS

AIR, RED, EXPRESS

 

UPS Express

FEDEX

(DEFAULT)

 

FedEx Ground

International

UPS

(DEFAULT)

 

UPS Expedited

UPS

EXPRESS, RED

 

UPS Express

USPS

PP SURFACE, PARCEL POST, ECONOMY

 

Parcel Post Economy

USPS

PP AIR, PARCEL POST AIR, AIRMAIL

 

Parcel Post Airmail

USPS

LP SURFACE, LETTER POST ECONOMY

 

Letter Post Economy

USPS

LP AIR, LETTER POST AIR

 

Letter Post Airmail

USPS

PUBLISH, PERIODICAL

 

Publishers' Periodicals

USPS

EXPRESS

 

Global Express Mail

USPS

PRIORITY

 

Global Priority Mail

FEDEX

(DEFAULT)

 

FedEx Priority Overnight

FEDEX

2, ECON

 

FedEx Economy

AIRBORNE

(DEFAULT)

 

EXPRESS

USPS Options

 

 

DC

Deliver Confirmation

 

 

RRM

Return Receipt for Merchandise

 

 

RD

Restricted Delivery

 

 

SH

Special Handling

 

 

CERTIFIED

Certified Mail

 

 

REGISTERED

Registered Mail

 

 

RETURN

Return Receipt

Note: You can add EARLY to any service.

  1. Save the settings and exit the Ship Via Maintenance window.

See Also:

Setting Up Eclipse for StarShip Overview