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How to bulk print FedEx, UPS, Canada Post and USPS shipping labels with ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On?

This article explains the step-by-step tutorial to bulk print FedEx, UPS, Canada Post and USPS shipping labels using EasyPost, with ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On. For more information on the plugin, refer to the product page.

EasyPost is a flexible, modern tracking API that makes it easy to add tracking and shipping to your app. You can use an EasyPost label to ship with any of the supported carriers. All other API calls to EasyPost are free. For USPS, all accounts receive a USPS Commercial Plus Pricing, and EasyPost charges you directly via bank account or credit card for anything you ship. For UPS and FedEx your carrier account information in minutes via EasyPost website. All billing for packages will continue through your carriers with your negotiated rates.

This Add-On works only with ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Shipping Plugin with Print Label & Tracking which allows you to access real-time rates from FedEx, UPS, Canada Post & USPS, print shipping labels, track shipments and helps in packing items into boxes. With this add-on, you’ll be able to print FedEx, UPS, Canada Post and USPS shipping labels in bulk.

You can watch the video tutorial below.

Or continue reading the article.

Overview

Some of the major highlights of this add-on include:

  • Bulk printing shipping labels using Order ID and Date range: You can select one or more WooCommerce order IDs or select date range to generate printing labels.
  • Merging shipping labels: Once the labels are generated, the add-on merges all the labels into a single PDF file. This merging is processed using the iLovePDF tool.
  • Simple and intuitive interface: Single-click download & delete options, a custom view based on the number of labels, quick access to individual orders, tabular view for generated labels, and view label creation date and time.

Prerequisites

For bulk printing EasyPost (FedEx, UPS, Canada Post & USPS) shipping labels, you need the following:

  1. ELEX EasyPost (FedEx, UPS, Canada Post & USPS) Shipping & Label Printing Plugin for WooCommerce
  2. ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On
  3. Project key and Secret key from an iLovePDF developer account.

Getting started with ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On

Read an article to know how to complete the checkout process on ELEX. You can also read how to download, install, activate ELEX plugins.

The core label printing process is determined with the ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Shipping Plugin settings and not the add-on settings. Hence you need to set up the ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Shipping Plugin first and then proceed with bulk printing of shipping labels. Once the add-on is installed and activated, you can navigate to Dashboard > WooCommerce > EasyPost Bulk Print Labels.

Now that we have explored the features of the add-on, and have installed it, let’s get down to configure it.

Registering for an iLovePDF developer account

Although iLovePDF offers different tools to process PDF files, this add-on uses iLovePDF API only to merge the shipping labels into a single PDF file. Every single PDF file (includes multiple labels from various orders) generated corresponds to a single API call made to iLovePDF API. You can make 250 API calls per month with a free developer account, which means you can generate 250 PDF files per month. This is more than enough for a small or medium size business owner. If your requirement is more than 250 PDF files, you can opt for desired subscription plans.

Our bulk printing add-on uses the iLovePDF API to merge the shipping labels into a single PDF, hence you need to register for an iLovePDF developer account and use the credentials in our ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Shipping Plugin settings to make use of the add-on. Without these credentials, the bulk printing add-on will not work.

Once you have registered for an account, log in to your account and click My projects from the left sidebar menu. A project key will be shown. Click on Show Secret Key link to reveal secret key. These are the two credentials that you will need for using in our plugin.

The credentials, with its status, will be as shown in the screenshot below.

How to bulk print FedEx, UPS, Canada Post and USPS shipping labels | iLovePDF Project and Secret Key
iLovePDF Project and Secret Key

Entering iLovePDF credentials in ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Shipping Plugin

To enter the iLovePDF credentials received from the previous step in our ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Shipping Plugin settings, go to WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping > EasyPost > General settings. Read the product documentation to know how to configure the plugin.

When the add-on is installed on your WordPress site, a new section appears in the General section of the plugin settings. You can enter your iLovePDF project key and secret key in the respective text fields, as shown in the screenshot.

ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On | Project and Secret Key in the Plugin
Entering Project and Secret Key in the Plugin

Remember, it is mandatory to select default shipping services for bulk shipment, in the label settings of the plugin. To know how to configure this, you can read the Label Generation section of the plugin documentation. Once the plugin and add-on settings are configured, you are now ready to start bulk printing FedEx, UPS, Canada Post & USPS shipping labels using EasyPost.

Bulk printing FedEx, UPS, Canada Post & USPS shipping labels using EasyPost

The add-on, first automatically creates shipments for the orders with the help of ELEX EasyPost Shipping Plugin. If any shipment is already created, the plugin skips the shipment creation for the respective order and proceeds to print labels.

Remember, even though if there are multiple packages in a single order, the plugin will create shipments (and labels) for each individual packages. The same applies to all the shipping services. For example, if there are three packages in Order1, two packages in Order2, and one package in Order3, then a total of six labels will be generated and merged into a single PDF file.

To access the add-on settings, go to WooCommerce > EasyPost Bulk Print Labels as shown in the screenshot below.

How to bulk print FedEx, UPS, Canada Post and USPS shipping labels | Add-On settings
ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On settings

There are two ways to bulk print EasyPost shipping labels:

  1. Using Order IDs – Select multiple WooCommerce order IDs to generate bulk shipping labels.
  2. Using Date range – Select a start and end date for bulk printing. The labels will be generated for orders that were placed within the given date range.

Let me demonstrate each method for you to understand better.

1. Bulk printing FedEx, UPS, Canada Post & USPS shipping labels using WooCommerce Order IDs

Each order in your WooCommerce store will have a unique order ID. The add-on will auto-fill order IDs from your WooCommerce orders as and when new orders come in. You can select multiple order IDs for which you want to generate labels. First, the add-on requests the ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Shipping Plugin to create shipments for the selected orders and then generate the shipping labels. If the shipments are created for some of the orders, the shipment creation will be skipped and will proceed to generate shipping labels.

To do this, select the bulk editing method as “By Order IDs”, select desired orders from the given drop-down list, and click Submit. Sample settings are shown in the screenshot below.

ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On | Using Order IDs
Bulk label printing using Order IDs

The add-on will then generate shipping labels and merges into a single PDF file. You can manage the labels in the given table. You can click on respective download icon of the instance to download the PDF file, You can click on delete icon to delete the PDF file. You can also view the shipment creation date & time.

How to bulk print FedEx, UPS, Canada Post and USPS shipping labels | Download PDF
Download Generated PDF

2. Bulk printing FedEx, UPS, Canada Post & USPS shipping labels for the given Date range

The second method is to use date range values. You can select a start date and end date from the date pickers to generate labels of orders that fall under the selected date range.

Sample settings are shown in the screenshot below.

ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On | Using Order Date Range
Bulk label printing using Order Date Range

Once you hit the Submit button, the add-on will generate labels and merge in a PDF file.

Sample EasyPost (FedEx & USPS) shipping labels

Once you download the PDF file, open the file to view. A single PDF file will contain multiple shipping labels as shown in the GIF below.

How to bulk print FedEx, UPS, Canada Post and USPS shipping labels | Sample Labels in PDF file
FedEx and USPS Sample Labels in PDF file

Below screenshot shows a sample USPS shipping label.

ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On | Sample USPS Label
Sample USPS Label

 

 


To explore more details about the add-on, go check out ELEX WooCommerce EasyPost Bulk Label Printing Add-On.

Or check out the parent product – ELEX EasyPost (FedEx, UPS, Canada Post & USPS) Shipping & Label Printing Plugin for WooCommerce and its product documentation for a better understanding of the plugin.

You can also check out other WooCommerce and WordPress plugins in ELEX.

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