kraropy Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hi, I am going to be selling thing on my site via drop shipping from several different vendors. I have downloaded MVS and set up accounts and received all keys for UPS and USPS. I'm not understanding something though: When my customer submits an order, with lets say selecting UPS, does UPS debit my account right away ? (I know the merchant receives the monies for both product and shipping) I ask because I will be providing my drop shippers with my UPS account so that they use it to send the products to my customers and if UPS debits my account right away, its like I'm paying double shipping. Or how does this work? Thank you for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥mdtaylorlrim Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Hi, I am going to be selling thing on my site via drop shipping from several different vendors. I have downloaded MVS and set up accounts and received all keys for UPS and USPS. I'm not understanding something though: When my customer submits an order, with lets say selecting UPS, does UPS debit my account right away ? (I know the merchant receives the monies for both product and shipping) I ask because I will be providing my drop shippers with my UPS account so that they use it to send the products to my customers and if UPS debits my account right away, its like I'm paying double shipping. Or how does this work? Thank you for your help! When your supplier prints the shipping label for the shipment your account will then be charged. Quote Community Bootstrap Edition, Edge Avoid the most asked question. See How to Secure My Site and How do I...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraropy Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Thank you very much for your reply. Does that mean that I should be on the "production" server for UPS and when the customer checks out, it doesnt debit my UPS account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraropy Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 So my UPS account only gets charged when the supplier prints the shipping label, and not when someone places an order on my site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥mdtaylorlrim Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 So my UPS account only gets charged when the supplier prints the shipping label, and not when someone places an order on my site? Correct. Use the production server. Your account is only charged once a shipping label is printed. Quote Community Bootstrap Edition, Edge Avoid the most asked question. See How to Secure My Site and How do I...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraropy Posted March 29, 2010 Author Share Posted March 29, 2010 what about usps? I am already on the production server with them, but how do I get billed for my customer shipping orders? or do I not get billed, but just pay for them in person? Thank you for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraropy Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 How do my vendors bill to my USPS account? Do I give them the same account info i entered in to oscommerce? or is there a separate account? how does this part work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥mdtaylorlrim Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 what about usps? I am already on the production server with them, but how do I get billed for my customer shipping orders? or do I not get billed, but just pay for them in person? Thank you for your help! How do my vendors bill to my USPS account? Do I give them the same account info i entered in to oscommerce? or is there a separate account? how does this part work? Neither bill your account until labels are printed. How that happens is between you and your shippers. Quote Community Bootstrap Edition, Edge Avoid the most asked question. See How to Secure My Site and How do I...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pradvan Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Neither bill your account until labels are printed. How that happens is between you and your shippers. Hello Mark, Thank you for your time, you've been very helpful! Forgive my ignorance, but what is the typical way for a vendor to print labels? Do they use the USPS Shipping Assistant? Or is there another way of printing labels? What about UPS? Do they have some kind of label printing program? Thanks again, PR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥mdtaylorlrim Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hello Mark, Thank you for your time, you've been very helpful! Forgive my ignorance, but what is the typical way for a vendor to print labels? Do they use the USPS Shipping Assistant? Or is there another way of printing labels? What about UPS? Do they have some kind of label printing program? Thanks again, PR It really depends on the technology available to the vendor and the skill level of the personnel. Either can print directly off the internet using the account of the shop owner, and most will likely do it this way unless there are solutions available that a vendor can choose the store to bill to when printing the labels, and I do not think UPS or USPS provide this. It would have to be a custom program. Quote Community Bootstrap Edition, Edge Avoid the most asked question. See How to Secure My Site and How do I...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraropy Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 Thanks a lot for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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