Applying Discounts to USPS Shipping Rates
NetSuite Ship Central is NetSuite’s standard shipping solution. For more information, see NetSuite Ship Central.
The Shipping Integration with FedEx, UPS, and USPS/Endicia is not available to new customers. It is available with limited support only for existing customers before they transition to NetSuite Ship Central.
For more information about transitioning to NetSuite Ship Central, including the self-service procedure, see Upgrading from Integrated Shipping to NetSuite Ship Central (SuiteAnswers article 1015202).
If you receive discounts from U.S. Postal Service (USPS) or want to offer a discount to your customers and cover the remainder of the cost, you can display discounted shipping rates to your customers.
Discounted USPS rates can be offered when you use real-time rates. To learn more, see USPS Real-Time Rates.
To offer free shipping, use promotions or create a shipping item with a flat rate of $0.00. Do not set the discount rate on an existing shipping item to 0. To learn more, see Promotions and Free Shipping With an Item.
To offer a discount for a USPS shipping item:
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Edit the shipping item record for the method on which you want to offer a discount.
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On the Shipping Rate subtab, in the Discount Rate field next to the USPS rate, enter a number to multiply the rate by to receive the correct discount.
For example, if you want to offer a 25% discount off the real-time rate USPS returns, enter 0.75.
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Click Save.
The discounted rate now shows on transactions and in your Web site.
The USPS real-time rate is multiplied by the discount rate to calculate the discounted shipping rate.