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Calculating Shipping In the UMSS - August, 2007

The UMSS To Manage School Uniform Stores

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On opposite ends of the country, two uniform suppliers are using the UMSS to gear up for back-to-school sales.

Bancroft Uniforms in California has set up two schools in their area with online stores available through the Bancroft Uniforms web site. The parents don't need any special user name and login though. They just go to a simple link that includes the school name such as www.mydomain.com/SCHOOL-NAME. Since UniformMarket policy is to never disclose private store locations that are not publicly available we can't send you directly to the links.

A link to see this program is available though. All the way on the other coast in New Jersey is industrial launderer American Wear, who landed some major public school uniform programs this year. The company needed a web site up and running quickly to manage the online sales to these schools and used the UMSS as their tool.

The site inserts Spanish words alongside English for certain product names and options. And the drill down goes from school name, to grade level, to product type and then product details.

 

Calculating Shipping In the UMSS

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Choices, choices, choices!

The administrative tools to manage shipping in the UMSS can be found by clicking on the Shipping/Tax menu in your UMSS administration center. It is also available from the dashboard when you first login.

As is the case with so many tools in the UMSS, shipping options are set on a store by store basis. That means you may set the shipping one way for your public store, making UPS options, for example, available to everyone that visits your web site. You can then set completely different shipping options for one of your other stores. One store may have be granting discounted or free shipping, for example, while all the other stores maintain fu.

What are the different options currently available for calculating shipping?

FLAT RATE - Set a single value that covers all charges. Can also have several values ($5.00 flat rate ground; $25.00 flat rate overnight).

FREE SHIPPING - Set text that says it is free.

SHIPPING BY PRICE - Set flat rate shipping prices based on the dollar value of an order. Can specify the ranges for each store such as orders from $1 to $50 pay $5.00 for shipping; $50.01 to $100 pay $10.00 for shipping and over $100.01 get shipping free, for example.

SHIPPING BY QUANTITY - Set flat rate shipping prices based on the number of items included in an order.Can specify the ranges for each store such as orders with 1 to 3 items pay $5.00 shipping; 4 to 10 items pay $10.00 shipping; 10 to 20 products pays $22.00 shipping, for example.

SHIPPING BY WEIGHT - Set flat rate shipping prices based on the projected weight of the items in an order.Can specify the ranges for each store such as orders weight 1 to 3 pounds pay $5.00 shipping; 4 to 10 pounds pay $10.00 shipping; 10 to 20 pounds pays $22.00 shipping, for example.

UPS COMPUTED - Set the shipping based on a real-time calculation of retail UPS rates plus applicable handling charges. The UMSS will go UPS servers to get a price to use based on the store owner's specified shipping from zip code, the customer's ship-to zip code and the expected weight of the items in the order. The UMSS allows you to also set handling charges, fuel surcharges and more. Those fees are then added to the UPS rate so the customer sees just one total shipping price in their order. The UMSS owner can also set which UPS services to make available and what order to display them in (Ground, Next Day, Second Day, etc.)

If you are wondering where the weight calculations come from, each product in the UMSS has a weight assigned to it. The weight can be adjusted using the edit product functions. Here at UniformMarket we typically use an estimated weight for a product based on the type of product.

For a chart of the estimated weights we use based on product type, click here.

 

DayStar Apparel makes 2007 Catalog Free for Current and New UMSS Users

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DayStar Apparel sells premium American made apparel.

The company says they have spent years developing a product line synonymous with quality. Everything is manufactured using only American-made fabrics and materials. There are currently 82 individual products in the UniformMarket Product Library ready for import into any UMSS store.

"The label we use in our garments is more than just a piece of taffeta cloth with our embroidered name; it is a symbol of who we are — a company striving to be the very best in the industry," says Jeremy Hall of DayStar Apparel.

To see how the line looks on a web site and what would be loaded into your UMSS, click here.

If you are not a distributor for DayStar Apparel, you can find out more by visiting their website and requesting distributor information.

If you would like the entire DayStar Apparel 2007 Catalog loaded to your UMSS system for FREE, courtesy of DayStar Apparel, use the work request form link; or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The catalog and products will be imported for FREE along with DayStar Apparel's categories. UniformMarket staff is of course available to add the products to existing categories, create a graphic link from your home page to the new catalog or rearrange prices/categories in your UMSS to accommodate the new products. Note that standard labor rates would apply here though. (You can't expect everything for free, eh?)

Click here for a work request form.

 

 

Introduction

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Hello:

This month we are pleased to offer you something special from DayStar Apparel. Get the catalog for FREE! Take a look at the offer below.

Many UMSS users ask us about how the UPS shipping calculator works. We have an overview this month on how that, and other, shipping options work.

Lastly, we recently helped two uniform dealers on opposite ends of the country put up online stores to help manage the back-to-school business.

Enjoy!

Rick Levine
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