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UPS contract activation

Raquel
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Purpose: Learn how to connect your own UPS carrier contract with your Sendcloud account in three easy steps.

Important: UPS has changed its Authentification process, so you must re-enable your active UPS contracts in Sendcloud before June 1, 2024, to continue shipping. Follow these steps to re-enable your contract.

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Step 1: Activate your Sendcloud subscription 

Sendcloud offers three subscriptions with which you can use your transport contract: Lite, Growth, and Premium.

For more information regarding which plan is best for you and the needs of your business, you can always contact us via the support section of your Sendcloud account or visit our website here.

Step 2: Add your UPS contract

  1. In your Sendcloud account, go to Shipping > Carriers
  2. Click on the My Contracts tab
  3. Click + Add your own contract 
  4. Find UPS in the list of carriers and click Add contract.

Step 3: Activate your contract

Follow the instructions below:

  1. From the carrier activation page in Sendcloud, click Log in with UPS

  2. You are now redirected to the UPS website. Enter your UPS credentials to log in

  3. Once you provide your credentials and log in, you will be automatically forwarded back to the carrier activation page in Sendcloud, where the authentication code will have been generated automatically
    Note: If you are not forwarded to Sendcloud after logging in via the UPS website, you won’t be able to activate your UPS contract. Instead, you will be redirected to the “create a shipment screen” (known as CampusShip) which is not compatible. Please contact your Account Manager to make the existing account API compatible.
  4. It is also important that you enter your account number (6 characters, e.g. 12A3B4)
  5. Enter optional fields such as the name of your contract (e.g. "My UPS contract") and the country of your contract from the drop-down menu
  6. Click Add this contract
  7. Make sure the contract is set to active (toggle on)

Re-enabling existing contract 

Note: This section only applies to users who have already added and activated a UPS contract in their Sendcloud account.

UPS has changed its Authentification process, and you must re-enable your active UPS contracts in Sendcloud before June 1, 2024. Follow the simple steps below to re-enable your UPS contract:

  1. In your Sendcloud account, go to Shipping > Carriers
  2. Click on the My Contracts tab
  3. Find UPS in the contract list and click on the Pen Icon
  4. From the carrier activation page in Sendcloud, click Log in with UPS
  5. Now you are redirected to the UPS website. Enter your UPS credentials to log in

  6. Once you provide your credentials and log in, you will be automatically redirected back to the carrier activation page in Sendcloud, where the authentication code will have been generated automatically
    Note: If you are not forwarded to Sendcloud after logging in via the UPS website, you won’t be able to activate your UPS contract. Instead, you will be redirected to the “create a shipment screen” (known as CampusShip) which is not compatible. Please contact your Account Manager to make the existing account API compatible.
  7. It is also important that you enter your account number (6 characters, e.g. 12A3B4)
  8. Enter optional fields such as the name of your contract (e.g. "My UPS contract") and the country of your contract from the drop-down menu
  9. Click Save Changes 

Paperless trade

UPS offers the option to use Paperless trade. If you have your own direct contract with UPS, please keep in mind that you should enable paperless trade in order to use it. Click here to go to the UPS website and enable paperless trade.

FAQs

Q. The Auth code I received is much shorter than the one displayed here, is this correct?

A. Yes, Auth codes can vary in length, if the contract can be activated and you can create labels without issues it means everything is correct.

Q. I haven't used my UPS contract with Sendcloud in over 60 days and now its failing, why?

A. UPS Auth Code is only valid for 60 days, if you don't use it after this period you will need to login again and create a new Auth Code. 

Done! Once you've followed the steps above, your UPS contract should now be successfully linked to your Sendcloud platform and you can begin shipping on your UPS rates. When you create a label with a UPS shipping method, the label price will now show as 0.00 EUR in your account.