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Post by jesmelric on Apr 7, 2022 17:02:47 GMT
I just wanted to fuss about Paypal shipping. Since they combined with Shipstation it is impossible to find the link to create a shipping label! I wanted to mail my daughter a couple of books, and click n ship does not support media mail. It literally took me 18 minutes to find the link and I didn't even find it on Paypal but in Googling where to find it, a paypal help thread came up and a member posted the link for someone who was asking about it. I have now saved it in my toolbar, I don't use it a lot so that didn't occur to me until now. When they first combined I didn't realize they would bury the link somewhere. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Post by labbypaws on Apr 7, 2022 19:43:54 GMT
Can you post the link? I am at work and don't know if I have it. Thanks.
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Post by Desire on Apr 7, 2022 21:18:31 GMT
Jes - no matter how many times I save that Paypal shipping link, it disappears. I think someone else here mentioned that also. I usually google Paypal Ship Now and the secret squirrel lady has the link on her blog.
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Post by denise15601 on Apr 8, 2022 17:24:08 GMT
Jeremy has the link. I have mine bookmarked but it shows up with my name and is way too long.
Everytime I have a computer crash, I go nuts trying to find it again.
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Post by 57roses on Apr 8, 2022 18:03:18 GMT
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Post by Emerald_Door on Apr 9, 2022 16:14:47 GMT
57roses The link directs me to sign up for ShipStation. What is ShipStation? Has it replaced PayPal's previous shipping option? Is it only for shipping items you've sold, or can you ship personal packages as well?
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Post by jandsknight on Apr 9, 2022 17:13:06 GMT
Emerald, PayPal has "sub-contracted" shipping to ShipStation. A few weeks ago I needed to ship a personal package and tried to use PayPal/shipnow. I was told I had to link to ShipStation, which I did. Now, when I tried the link 57roses provided I had to sign in using my PayPal name & password and it opened to a page where I could create a label. The page title was PayPal/ShipStation-Orders.
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Post by jesmelric on Apr 9, 2022 18:36:03 GMT
I wonder why they have made it so difficult? When I googled I kept finding things that said you can ship under the activities tab but there's no shipping link there. It was VERY frustrating!
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Post by jandsknight on Apr 9, 2022 20:06:01 GMT
Yes, jes, it was frustrating doing the initial linking of PayPal to ShipStation. I didn't know if I'd ever "verify" enough. I had about decided to quit and just use Pirateship when I finally got the chore completed.
Even today when I checked to see where the link 57roses posted would take me, I had to go through 2 of the picture verification things. I hate some of those. I got one that asked for the spaces that contained traffic lights. There were 2 lights. Each light was placed so it straddled 4 squares. I clicked all 4 squares for each & that must've been wrong because they made me do another set of pictures.
I think I have to do those verifications more than most people because I purge cookies every night before I turn off my computer.
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Post by 57roses on Apr 9, 2022 20:17:36 GMT
I've had Paypal shipping bookmarked for years because I had the same problem with finding it through the Paypal site. It takes me directly to the Paypal ShipStation now. I don't remember having to verify anything when they changed over to ShipStation, but my memory isn't what it used to be, either.
I only occasionally ship personal stuff, so it's been awhile since I've even used it.
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Post by Pantlandia on Apr 9, 2022 20:51:48 GMT
I use Pirateship for everything now.
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Post by denise15601 on Apr 9, 2022 22:42:11 GMT
I haven't had any problems with PayPal shipping. Maybe it is because I joined ShipStation many years ago? I think that I still have a $10 credit there, but never use it since I had eBay shipping.
jandsknight-interesting about the verifications. Since I was hacked, I run CoffeeCup cleaner every night. And I also put on my VPN and do a full virus scan every night.
I can't use the VPN during the day since some of my sites won't load up with it on.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Apr 10, 2022 16:59:58 GMT
Thanks for the information. It sounds like it will be easier to use PirateShip for personal packages.
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Post by jesmelric on Apr 10, 2022 18:20:00 GMT
Also I hate that you get a shipstation receipt that doesn't give the tracking and you have to log back into your paypal to see that.
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Post by val2525 on Apr 19, 2022 22:37:21 GMT
Thanks for the information. It sounds like it will be easier to use PirateShip for personal packages. That's what I do. I like being able to save recipient's addresses. |
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Post by denise15601 on Apr 20, 2022 1:06:24 GMT
When I print out a PP shipping label I always use scrap paper for a duplicate of the label. Then I jot a note on what the item was and file it in a notebook that has a section for each selling site.
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Post by blissfullymiserable on May 9, 2022 20:20:31 GMT
Haven't used paypal shipping for a few years. Love everyting about Piratehship. Had a buyer contact me last week about a still in transit pacakge that went to Hawaii instead of Iowa so I sent a picture of her info on pirate ship which included a map picture of where the package was sent from, where it was currently at at where it was supposed to be headed. Put her mind at ease real quick as she thought I sent her package to the wrong place.
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Post by RetroMonde on May 14, 2022 3:35:19 GMT
As of today I'm a Pirateship convert too! I sold a tee on my website and needed international first class shipping. USPS only allows for priority mailing- domestic OR international, which really sucks!! I'd used Shipstation before and it worked fine but today it refused for some reason (tho they offer FCI). So remembering the positive comments about them here, I created an account, had the label paid for, printed and the package in the mail within an hour. It's so frustrating when a new improved system is created works worse than the previous version. Yay Pirate Ship!!
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Post by denise15601 on May 14, 2022 14:06:40 GMT
I also use PayPal shipping, since I am used to it.
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Post by labbypaws on May 14, 2022 19:01:56 GMT
I don’t understand why the USPS site can’t offer all shipping methods.
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