Applying Discounts to USPS Shipping Rates
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.