[Mike C]

You guys probably already know about this, but I'm posting just in case:

Web Tools integrator;

On January 22, 2012, USPS will update domestic shipping services and international pricing and product features. For detailed information on prices and new product features, please reference the Federal Register Notices viewable at http://pe.usps.com/.

Price Change updates will be available in the Web Tools testing environment for integrator access on or around January 6, 2012. The test environment can be accessed, using your production UserID, via the following URL scheme, host and path:

Secure APIs: https://stg-secure.shippingapis.com/ShippingApi.dll

Non-secure APIs: http://stg-production.shippingapis.com/ShippingApi.dll

Please note that the changes below are intended to be backwards compatible, however, may not be depending on how individual programs are integrated with the APIs.

Web Tools APIs will be affected in the following manner:

· All Web Tools APIs with postage prices incorporated will be updated to reflect the price changes;

· Domestic Rate Calculator API Changes:

o New <Container> request enumerations added to RateV4 to support the USPS product offerings and prices listed in the Federal Register Notice:

§ FLAT RATE BOX (Express Mail Flat Rate Box),

§ REGIONALRATEBOXC (Priority Mail Regional Rate Box C);

o New <FirstClassMailType> request enumeration added to RateV4:

§ PACKAGE SERVICE;

o Optional <ReturnServiceInfo> tag added to RateV4 to return “Loss Guarantee Only” commitment information when an Express Mail Commitment is requested to certain destinations

o First-Class Mail Package <MailService> response values updated in RateV3 and RateV4 as follows:

§ Postage CLASSID="0" - Retail Pricing

<MailService>First-Class Mail® Package</MailService> will become:

<MailService>First-Class Mail® Parcel</MailService>,

§ Postage CLASSID="61" - Commercial Pricing

<MailService>First-Class Mail® Package</MailService> will become:

<MailService>First-Class Mail® Package Service</MailService>;

o New response nodes in RateV3 and RateV4 to support the USPS product offerings and prices listed in the Federal Register Notice (Express Mail Flat Rate Box and Priority Mail Regional Rate Box C, specifically);

o Rate and RateV2 responses will be modified to:

§ Return trademarked product names,

§ Enforce dimensional requirements through error messaging for large, oversize and S-restricted destinations.

· All Rate Calculator API integrators are encouraged to migrate to the latest API versions (RateV4, IntlRateV2):

o Rate and RateV2 versions of the domestic Rate Calculator will be retired on March 31, 2012, requiring all integrators to migrate to the latest versions;

· International Rate Calculator API:

o New response nodes in IntlRate and IntlRateV2 to support the USPS product offerings and prices listed in the Federal Register Notice (Express Mail Flat Rate Box, specifically);

· Express Mail Label and Hold For Pickup Express APIs:

o New <Container> request data tags to support the Express Mail Flat Rate Box;

§ FLAT RATE BOX

· Delivery Confirmation and Signature Confirmation APIs:

o New <Container> request data tags to support the Priority Mail Regional Rate Box C;

§ REGIONALRATEBOXC

· Express Mail International API:

o New <Container> request data tags to support the Express Mail Flat Rate Box:

§ FLATRATEBOX.


Please contact the USPS Internet Customer Care Center with any questions or concerns at 1-800-344-7779 or uspstechsupport@esecurecare.net.

- Web Tools Program Office

[Eugene Rimmer]

Mike, thank you for the heads up, we will definitely take care of Ecwid's compatibility with those USPS changes. Everything will continue to work, when USPS unrolls those changes.

[Catum LLC]

So is there anything that customers need to do on their end?

[Makfruit]

Originally Posted by Catum LLC

So is there anything that customers need to do on their end?

Please don't worry, no actions are required from store owners or their customers.

[Judith M]

Would this change in rates be the reason the Regional Flat Rate Box options are not currently working in the ecwid shopping chart shipping options? I have them enabled, but they don't show up now for customers to choose.

[Makfruit]

Originally Posted by Judith M

Would this change in rates be the reason the Regional Flat Rate Box options are not currently working in the ecwid shopping chart shipping options? I have them enabled, but they don't show up now for customers to choose.

Hello,

Please report the issue to our bugtracker:
http://www.ecwid.com/bt/bug_report_page.php

Please include all the details in the issue description. Our engineers will investigate it.

See also: Real-time shipping rates I get are incorrect

[Judith M]

Thank you, I will----------unless the problem is simply that the rates box can only show 5 rates, and also that the user-defined rates are called first (and I have two)...thus leaving only room for three shipper defined rates?

(My problem is that my products are somewhat small, but massy, so they fill up a small box more quickly than the shipper could tell, so I have to make defined rates.) So perhaps if I deleted my rates, the regional flat rate box would show up? I'll tinker a bit more before submitting a bug report, to see if it really is a bug.

[Judith M]

Updated to say, no, it must be some kind of bug, as no matter what I do, I cannot get them to show up unless I manufacture a setting for them. I'll submit the report straight away.

[Makfruit]

Originally Posted by Judith M

Updated to say, no, it must be some kind of bug, as no matter what I do, I cannot get them to show up unless I manufacture a setting for them. I'll submit the report straight away.

Ecwid allows having many user-defined and carrier-calculated shipping rates simultaneously. So, surely, the discovered issue should be investigated. Thank you for reporting it to our bugtracker, our engineers have started working on it.