Creating Shipping Items for your Shipping Services

The shipping item record enables you to define the shipping services, including settings for the shipping rate, labels, and tax schedule. Create shipping items for the services that you have integrated with Ship Central. You can view the list of available shipping services by going to Setup > Ship Central Setup > Manage ShipEngine Integration.

To create shipping items for your shipping services:

Using the Ship Central Manager role, go to Ship Central Setup > Packing & Shipping Records > Shipping Items > New.
On the Shipping Item page, set the following fields:
1. Ship Name - Enter a unique name for the shipping service.
2. Display Name/Code – Enter a unique name that appears in the Shipping Method or Ship Via field on printed forms, your web store, and all centers, such as the Customer Center. Otherwise, the value in the Ship Name field is displayed.
3. Subsidiaries – (Optional) You can change the default subsidiary setting for this shipping item.
Click the Shipping Rate subtab, and then set the following fields:
1. In the Account (Shipping) field, select the account you want to associate with this shipping item.
2. Choose Shipping Partner Rate.
3. In the Shipping Partner Rate section, select values in the following fields:
  - Shipping Partner – Select PackShip – Shipping Plugin.
  - Service Group – Select the carrier that provides the shipping service.
  - Service – Select the shipping service you want to associate with this shipping item.
Click the Shipping Labels subtab, and then set the following fields:
1. Shipping Partner – Select PackShip - Shipping Plugin.
2. Service Group – Select the carrier that provides the shipping service.
3. Service – Select the same shipping service that you have set up on the Shipping Rate subtab.
4. Return Service – If you set the return label preference, you can select the shipping service that you want to use for returns.
Click the Shipping Rules subtab, and then in the Charge Tax on this Shipping Portion of Item field, select the tax schedule you want to use to calculate the tax on the shipping charge.
(Optional) Click the other subtabs to apply more settings to your shipping item.

For more information about the subtab fields, see Creating Shipping Items.

Tip:
On the Packaging subtab, even if you check the Omit Packaging box, it does not apply to orders that you process through NetSuite Ship Central.
Click Save.

When you create orders, choose the shipping item for the carrier you want to use.

To create shipping items for your shipping services:

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