Getting Started with UPS Direct Shipping

UPS requires a shipper to have a UPS shipping account and shipper number before shipments can be processed through the ProfitSystem.

Once the shop has a shipper number, they can register with UPS to ship via the ProfitSystem. 1. Go to Setup -> General Setup -> Stores (or Housekeeping -> General Setup -> Stores), select your shop in the list, and click on the the Shipping tab at the top. 2. Click the UPS registration button. The Register with UPS application will appears after a few seconds. NOTE: The Register with UPS application requires the .Net framework 4 from Microsoft. If it is not already installed, a message is displays to th

at effect. A web browser window should open to the page at microsoft.com where the .net framework can be downloaded and installed. The URL is http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17851 3. Fill in the fields shown. The country, company name, customer (usually the shop owner), title, address, city, state, zip, phone, email, and UPS account number are required. For additional verification enter the invoice number, date, amount, and contr

ol id from the most recent UPS invoice. 4. Click the Scroll down button to view the entire legal agreement, the Register button will enable at the end of the Agreement. You must scroll all through to the bottom of the Agreement before the Register button will become available. 5. Click Register, and wait for the process to complete. Once it completes the Register with UPS application will close and the UPS registration button in the ProfitSystem will change to Already UPS registered. 6. The registration process is complete.

Go to Setup->General Setup->Printers (or Housekeeping -> General Setup->Printers). Under Ship Labels, select the correct printer for the shipping labels. Next to the printer, select the correct print format. The 2 printer types supported are EPL and Page. Page is used for page printers such as laser or inkjet printers. EPL is used for Zebra LP2844 or GC420 2844 thermal printers.

You can now ship packages via UPS through the ProfitSystem.

Technical Details

When the registration process starts, the ProfitSystem runs UPSREG.EXE, located in the install folder. The ProfitSystem then waits for a file called UPS.TXT to appear in the data folder. This file contains the result of the registration process.

During the registration process the UPSREG.EXE program creates UPSREGLOG.TXT in the data folder. This file logs the interactions between UPSREG.EXE and the UPS registration servers.