Shouldn't Royal mail be integrated by now with the shipping and fulfilment?

Squarespace has been around for a while and we all know who their competitors are. Its abit absurd that they haven't got a nice clean integration with likes of royal mail who are the biggest distributors in UK. Its a massive gap in the market that other website creation platforms are doing already.

Hi, I used your link to set up my Squarespace/Royal Mail integration - thank you!!

I have some questions though which I hope you wont mind answering:

So I have set up all my products in SS and in Royal Mail - with sizes, weights SKU's etc. I am not sure what to do with the shipping costs in SS? Do I input the Royal Mail prices into the Shipping Options in SS? Does the Royal Mail not select a price dependent on weight, which is why I've put the weights in. I'm literally so confused and looking for some clarification. 

I hope this makes sense.

Julie

15 minutes ago, jtspidercool said:

Do I input the Royal Mail prices into the Shipping Options in SS? 

You must manually add the prices. 

So, I add (into SS Shipping Options) whatever weight based prices RM are charging, and just keep an eye out for any changes and do it manually. Then (hopefully) those should correspond when I go into my click and drop?? 

This was what I thought at first but then started to go round in circles and confuse myself. 

Thanks again!

1 hour ago, jtspidercool said:

So, I add (into SS Shipping Options) whatever weight based prices RM are charging, and just keep an eye out for any changes and do it manually.

That’s correct. Squarespace doesn’t support automatic carrier-calculated rates outside the US yet. 

Thanks so much!

Is there an extension or third-party app that uses Royal mail from the UK, but other services internationally? Or is there a good international warehousing/mail fulfillment option around? I get orders internationally and it's a pain to do the fulfillment, plus expensive if sending to say Australia from the UK. Happy to be messaged directly by an expert as I'd pay for someone to help. But posting here as I thought others might have the same query.

I have the same problem, did you find a solution ?

On 9/21/2023 at 9:15 AM, GabrielleB said:

Is there an extension or third-party app that uses Royal mail from the UK, but other services internationally?

@GabrielleB @RosannaPrints Have you looked at the Squarespace Extension called Sendcloud? It's designed to be one platform for all carriers, including UK and Europe friendly ones. Below are just a few of them:

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Yet another feature squarespace is woefully behind on. It’s 2024 and still no standard integration for Royal Mail despite being the largest courier in the Uk. Even Etsy has this.
desperately thinking of leaving Sqsp at this point

On 7/9/2023 at 8:34 PM, paul2009 said:

 

That’s correct. Squarespace doesn’t support automatic carrier-calculated rates outside the US yet. 

If you are manually having to still put in the prices, what exactly is the benefit of adding a third party shipping service?

7 minutes ago, AllAboutMe said:

If you are manually having to still put in the prices, what exactly is the benefit of adding a third party shipping service?

I appreciate this isn't a substitute for solution that automatically calculates carrier costs outside the US but, if you're already using the Royal Mail Click & Drop service, this integration does help to reduce administration when orders are received. It automatically imports the Squarespace Commerce orders into your Click & Drop account, allowing you to easily generate postage labels and, if required, arrange collection.

Like everyone else, I am eager for Squarespace to create an API that allows rates to be calculated automatically (and accurately!) at the checkout.

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