Easypost is a 3rd party service that provides shipping rates from multiple vendors and producing shipping labels from those vendors. Using an API we have integrated the Easypost functions into CFWebstore. 

EXAMPLE: A customer comes to your website. In the shopping cart they see shipping rates from UPS, FedEx, and USPS for ground and expedited methods. They can see when their package will be delivered depending on the method. They select a rate, check the box to get text message updates, and then checkout.

You check the order in the admin. You create a shipment (you can create multiple shipments) and click 'generate label'. Easypost verifies the shipping address and then gives you a choice of shipping methods. You don't have to use what the customer chose. Easypost then generates the label which you print it out on your label printer and adds the tracking number to the order. The store sends an email to the customer with the tracking number and link back to your website where they can follow their package. Slap the label on a box and it's ready to go. 
 

Front End

• Display rates to customers - Easypost offers dozens of shipping companies including USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and many more. Choose the one you want to return rates from. 
• Show expected delivery date - Easypost returns an expected delivery date. Through CFWebstore you can add prep days and give your customer a fairly accurate delivery date. That date is a combination of:
  • Delivery Days - The shippper returns how many day it takes to deliver.
  • Product Prep Days - If it takes 5 days to prep a product, the longest prep day value is added to the delivery date.
  • Universal Prep Days -  If you don't ship same day, add one prep day to all orders.
  • Holidays - The new Holiday manager lets you add days that you're closed and those are added to the delivery days. You can include federal holidays, vacation days, etc.
  • Sundays - It's assumed most delivery services don't deliver residential on Sunday so if delivery falls on a Sunday, one day is added. This can be manually removed as more services offer Sunday delivery.
• Address verfication - Check the customers address when they enter it. This can save you a lot of time and money having to correct a shipping address.
• Track packages - You can now track packages on your website. Instead of sending the customer to the shippers website, keep them on your website by showing them all the tracking updates. 
   

Back-End Admin

• Choose shipping method - You can select which shipping method displays to the customer from among multiple shippers.
• Handling Fees - You can also had handling fees to all shipments. 
• Address verfication - If you print a label on the backend, it always gives you a choice between the original address and the suggested address.
• Generate shipping labels - You can now print labels direct from the CFWebstore admin.
  • Validate the shipping address.
  • Choose the shipping method and rate.
  • Download the label, print out on your label print.
  • Tracking number is added to the order, ready to be filled.
• Email and SMS shipping updates - When you complete the order you can send out an email and a text message letting the customer know the order has shipped, the tracking number, and a link back to the website to view the tracking.
  • *SMS requires the Twilio service which is an extra $5 per month.