USPS Shipping Module by MarcoB - RateV4, IntlRateV2 - Support Thread

Ok I attached it in a Zip File.

It was to long for me to Post....

Thanks again For Helping me figure this out.

Blessings

What is your lowest weight Product that you ship First Class?

And what Prices are you thinking you should see?

Ajeh:

What is your lowest weight Product that you ship First Class?

And what Prices are you thinking you should see?

Well I ship on Ebay and Etsy, And the Amount that I ship For 1-3 Oz Is $1.69, It goes up The More Weight added to the Package.

on a Normal Day I sell 3 oz Items, And everything over 13oz I use Priority mail flat Rate boxes.

When I list the Items in My Zen cart, I Put the 3 oz amount Like this 0.1875, for the Weight. Is this where I'm Going Wrong?

Thanks :D

I am not sure how you are getting the rate of $1.69 for up to 3oz when the USPS.com web site is giving higher on their website ...

There is something moofy that I need to look into on the way USPS sends back its quotes as it will send all three back as:
First-Class Mail Parcel

once it gets over 3oz ... even through the quotes are asked for for the 3 different types so I am going to have to see if I can't come up with a slightly better translator for that for when people want to use all 3 First-Class methods based on Max/Min weights ...

Well For now, I've only selected Parcel 1st Class and Priority mail.... International is Working JUST FINE Now....

But still having an Issue With 1st Class Mail... But I guess Parcel will work for now.

Is there a way to set this up for International orders only? i am currently using this in my store and while it works fine the way i set it up, it might be confusing to our customers. I have setup the USPS settings to only allow International Priority shipping - no domestic options as we use UPS and Fedex for those. The trouble is that when a customer in the US is checking out in Step 1 where it shows shipping options, it shows USPS as an option but with the following message - We are unable to find a USPS shipping quote suitable for your mailing address and the shipping methods we typically use. I would like it to not show anything at all for USA customers and USPS. Same for International customers, i would only want it to shows USPS and not our domestic shipping options.

Thanks.

Make a Zone Definition for the Rest of the World and add it to the USPS shipping module and it will block the USPS shipping from showing ...

If you look in the FAQs at the Zone Definition something like this one:
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?308-prepared-zone-definitions

will help you build a Zone Definition for the Rest of the World excluding the US ...

Can this module be used with version 1.5.x ?

Yes it can ...

Ajeh:

I am not sure how you are getting the rate of $1.69 for up to 3oz when the USPS.com web site is giving higher on their website ...

There is something moofy that I need to look into on the way USPS sends back its quotes as it will send all three back as:
First-Class Mail Parcel

once it gets over 3oz ... even through the quotes are asked for for the 3 different types so I am going to have to see if I can't come up with a slightly better translator for that for when people want to use all 3 First-Class methods based on Max/Min weights ...

This is likely the commercial price. $1.69 is what I see for 1-3 ounces through Endicia as well.

Hello - running v. 1.5.1.

I can only get quotes for international shipping and not domestic in the US. Comes up as an error. Any thoughts of what it could be? See screenshots for settings. (Yes, I know it's set to false right now). Thanks!!

I posted this question in a separate thread but no answer... so maybe I should post it here:

Hi, after installing, configuring and testing this version I noticed that if I select to have "insurance" as an additional feature for the package/order, it adds it to the quote INSTEAD of showing it as an option as you can do on usps.com. Is it possible to accomplish this? I don't want to force shoppers to pay for something that's actually optional with USPS.

Trying to figure this out and looked through more then half this thread but didn't see my question. New to the whole css and everything. I need to install this for my site but don't understand this:
Extract usps.php into your zencart shipping module directory. (what is the actual path name?)
The zip archive matches the default directory structure in ZenCart. (Is it supposed to be still zipped when we upload through filezilla?)
You must Uninstall (how-just delete?)and reinstall your usps shipping module and re-enter your configuration(what configuration). Remember to keep your USPS UserId handy before you uninstall the module. (I don't have one-where do I go to get one?)

Using current version of zencart.

You will probably find this version more useful. It is better supported, better documented and tested in all current zen-cart versions.

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1292

It may be out of date but it has for support for dimensions

I would be more the willing to offer a little $'s get dimensions in

"USPS United States Postal Service"

Or don't users care ?

-pete

I just added the new files to my shipping folders and now the USPS option has disappeared from my modules, help!

I'm using Version 1.3.9h

Usually this will happen because yo uhave:

1 backup/renamed files in the:
/includes/shipping

2 have accidentally added the code module to:
/includes/languages/english/shipping

3 do not have a usps.php language file in:
/includes/languages/english/shipping

Peek in your debug logs at:
/cache or /logs depending on your Zen Cart version ...

What does the newest debug error say?

loaded in two places, fixed now thanks!

Hello, after my upgrade to J5 version (1.3.9h) each time I go to the shipping modules page, I get this error:

Shipping Configuration errors!
The parameters set in Package Dimensions Config #1 are invalid, please enter valid shipping parameters. Current setting will be overridden with default: 'regular;+'
The parameters set in Package Dimensions Config #2 are invalid.

I didn't find any sql file nor admin files to upload on the package.

Which version are you "really using" USPS J5 or Marco's code?

If you've been using Marco's code, that error is the Admin file:
/your_admin_dir/modules.php

there are references in Marco's release in that file ... just upload a clean modules.php for your version of Zen Cart and it should clear up that error message ...

Then use the USPS J5 release instead.