When we purchase something from a website, the one thing we keep on checking once the order is placed is its tracking data. Customers, often out of anxiety, keeps tracking the order from its origin, till it’s arrived even when an estimated delivery date is provided. It is a basic tendency of a customer to do so. To satisfy the need of such customers, WooCommerce has arrived at certain plugins which will help the shop owners to achieve the same. The WooCommerce Shipment tracking plugins help vendors and customers to track their orders live while it is sent from the vendor to the customer. USPS is one of the pioneering shipping carriers widely chosen by vendors to ship their packages to their customers. With an efficient tracking system, USPS is one of the famous shipment carriers widely trusted by the retailers as well as the customers.
Here we take a closer look at how we can enable WooCommerce Shipment Tracking for USPS using ELEX WooCommerce USPS Shipping Plugin with Shipment Tracking & Print Label plugin.
How to enable WooCommerce Shipment tracking for USPS?
Let us take a look at the following steps to enable the WooCommerce Shipment tracking for USPS using the ELEX WooCommerce USPS Shipping Plugin with Shipment Tracking & Print Label Plugin.
Step 1:
In order to enable the USPS shipment tracking, firstly the plugin must be purchased and downloaded from Elextensions website. Once the plugin is downloaded, you can easily upload the plugin to your WordPress WooCommerce. You can either upload the zip file of the plugin obtained from the website on purchasing the plugin.
Step 2 :
Enable the USPS plugin using the recommended USPS login credentials and then enable the USPS Shipping method for the WooCommerce store.
Step 3:
Set the rates and Services for the USPS packages to appear when the customer checkout the order from the cart. 
These rates will be displayed as per customer’s choice for the packaging like Priority mail flat rate boxes or envelopes etc. It also lists domestic and international rates for customers to choose from the list. Once this setting is enabled, in the front end, when the customer is ready to place the order, they get the various packaging options.
Step 4:
The packaging settings are set up to ensure that the items are packed correctly. The rates are determined with the package weight and dimensions, which are then added up to the price during the checkout. The items are packed into the configured boxes ready to be shipped. You can choose a variety of options from the list in packaging.
- Pack the item Individually.
- Items packed into Custom Boxes with Weights and Dimensions
- Pack items on Weight-Based by firstly packing heavier items or lighter items first, or pack purely divided by weight.
Step 5 :
Enable label settings for the shipment.
Enable the Large Flat Rate Box for helping the customer with choosing flat rate boxes for shipping convenience.
Step 6:
You need to enable the USPS tracking for the orders processed. You can also customize the message to be displayed to the customer during the tracking.
Conclusion
Once these settings are enabled, your orders in the cart will receive the USPS messages as required.Once your order is in transit, the plugin will display the order tracking details with customized messages that keeps the customer posted about their package.
With the plugin, it eases the process of contacting the USPS separately and saves your time, with up-to-date data.
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