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Ship the day's orders in one pass

Pick the orders, add the tracking numbers, print the labels. One screen, one pass, nothing retyped.

For: Anyone who packs parcels themselves and posts them in a batch

The way it goes without this

The parcels are packed and the courier is coming at four. Now comes the part nobody counts: opening each order to copy the address, keeping a spreadsheet of tracking numbers, pasting them back in one at a time, and then emailing customers so they stop asking where their parcel is. Twenty orders is an hour of retyping, and one mistyped number means a parcel nobody can find.

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    Tick the orders going out today

    Filter to Processing, tick the ones you have packed, and the bar along the top offers everything you can do to the batch at once: add tracking, print labels, print packing slips, generate invoices, email the customer. The Tracking column shows you at a glance which orders already have a number and which do not.

    Shop Manager orders list with four orders ticked and the bulk action bar showing Add Tracking, Shipping Label and Packing Slip
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    Paste the tracking numbers in one go

    Choose the courier once and it applies to the whole batch. Then paste a tracking number against each order. Leave a row empty and that order is skipped, so a half-finished batch is fine. Pick from 151 couriers across 55 countries, or type your own name for a local courier that is not on the list.

    The Add Tracking dialog with UPS selected and a tracking number typed against each of the four orders
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    Print labels with a scannable barcode

    The label carries the delivery address, your return address, what is in the parcel and a Code 128 barcode, the same symbology couriers print themselves. It comes out of your browser, so there is no PDF plugin and no label software. Print on A4 or A5 sheets, 4x6 inch, or an 80 mm or 58 mm thermal roll.

    A printed Shop Manager shipping label showing a Code 128 barcode, the delivery address, the return address and the parcel contents
And then it looks after itself

WooCommerce sends the tracking number to each customer in its own order email, with a Track your parcel link, and it shows up on their My Account page. You do not email anyone. If a parcel comes back, scan the barcode on the label with any USB scanner and Shop Manager pulls that order straight up, or moves it to the status you choose.

Couriers
151, across 55 countries
Barcode
Code 128, scannable
Label sizes
A4, A5, 4x6 in, 80 mm, 58 mm roll
Courier account
Not needed
API key
Not needed
Price
Free, in the free plugin

Features this job used

Every order in one fast list Change fifty orders at once Tracking numbers for 151 couriers Shipping labels with scannable barcodes Customers get the tracking link automatically Scan a label to find the order
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