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 window.

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

  3. Click the Freight tab and complete the freight data fields to set up automatic freight and handling charges and enter surcharge information.

  4. 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

   

UPS Ground

UPS

GROUND

 

UPS Ground

UPS

EARLY

 

UPS Early A.M.

UPS

2ND, SECOND, BLUE

 

UPS 2nd Day Air

UPS

NEXT, RED

 

UPS Next Day Air

UPS

LETTER, LTR

 

UPS Next Day Letter

UPS  

LETTER, LTR

SAT

UPS Next Day Letter, Saturday Delivery

UPS

2ND, SECOND, BLUE

LETTER, LTR

UPS 2nd Day Letter

UPS

3

 

UPS 3rd Day Select

UPS

GROUNDTRAC

 

UPS GroundTrac

USPS

LETTER, LTR

 

USPS Letter

USPS  

1ST, FIRST

 

USPS 1st Class

USPS

4TH, PARCEL POST

 

USPS 4th Class

USPS

PRIORITY

 

USPS Priority

USPS

EXPRESS

 

USPS Express

FEDEX

   

FedEx Standard Overnight

FEDEX

STANDARD

 

FedEx Standard Overnight

FEDEX

LETTER, LTR

 

FedEx Standard Letter

FEDEX

LETTER, LTR

PRIORITY

FedEx Priority Letter

FEDEX

PRIORITY

 

FedEx Priority Overnight

FEDEX

TWO

 

FedEx Two-Day

Canada

UPS

   

UPS Standard

UPS

GROUND

 

UPS Standard

UPS

AIR, RED, EXPRESS

 

UPS Express

UPS

LETTER/LTR

 

UPS Express Letter

Mexico

UPS

AIR, RED, EXPRESS

 

UPS Express

UPS  

LETTER, LTR

 

UPS Express Letter

Other Countries

UPS

   

UPS Air

UPS

BLUE

 

UPS Air

UPS

LETTER, LTR

 

UPS Letter

FEDEX

TWO

 

FedEx Two-Day

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