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Creating and Managing Shipping Accounts

Goflow supports integrations with a wide range of small parcel shipping carriers. Learn how to connect your carrier accounts to Goflow and configure the available settings.

Supported features include:

Major US Carriers

EasyPost Carriers

Smaller Carriers

Buy-Shipping Carriers

Connecting a Shipping Account

To connect a new carrier account to Goflow, follow these steps:

  1. From the left sidebar, go to DirectoryShipping Carriers.
  2. Click New Carrier in the upper-right corner.
  3. Select the desired carrier from the list. If more than one option is listed, pick the right integration type.
  4. Enter the required API credentials or account information for the carrier.
  5. Enter a unique Account Name to identify this carrier account in Goflow. It doesn’t need to match the name used with the carrier.

The Account Name cannot be changed later. Choose carefully.

  1. Click Save to add the account.

After creating the carrier account, proceed to add it to Store Carrier Accounts so you can use it to shop rates and create shipping labels.

Managing Shipping Account Settings

To update carrier account settings, follow these steps:

  1. From the left sidebar, go to DirectoryShipping Carriers, and open the shipping account.
  2. On the Settings card, click the pencil icon to edit.
  3. Adjust the settings as described in the sections below.
  4. Click Save to apply your updates.

Setting the Account Owner

The account owner determines who is responsible for the order shipping cost when using this carrier account:

Deactivating a Shipping Account

If a shipping account is no longer in use, you can deactivate it. Before doing so, make sure it has been removed from all associated stores and warehouse transfer settings.

To deactivate an account, follow these steps:

  1. From the left sidebar, go to DirectoryShipping Carriers, and open the shipping account.
  2. In the Status card, click the pencil icon to edit.
  3. Set the status to Inactive.
  4. Click Save to apply the change.