Shipping Box

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Save the package dimensions your shop uses so you can reuse them when preparing a shipment. Each shipping box stores a name, height, width, length, unit, and insurance setting.

Add a shipping box

  1. Open Configuration in the top navigation.

    Configuration in the top navigation

  2. Choose Settings.

    Settings in the open Configuration menu

  3. In the settings sidebar, click Shipping Box.

    Shipping Box in the settings sidebar

  4. Click the Shipping Box button with the plus icon at the top right.

    The Shipping Box button that opens the new-box form

  5. Enter a unique Name and positive Height, Width, and Length values. Decimals are allowed, such as 4.5.

    Small Mailer with height 4.5, width 8 and length 10

  6. Open Unit.

    Unit in the New Shipping Box form

  7. Choose inch or cm to match your measurements.

    The open Unit menu with inch selected

  8. Choose whether to keep Add Insurance selected.

    Add Insurance cleared in the New Shipping Box form

    Add Insurance starts selected. Clear it if you do not want this box marked as insured. Saving a box does not purchase a label. Review the parcel’s insurance amount when you prepare the label.

  9. Choose whether to select Set as Default.

    Set as Default in the New Shipping Box form

    Set the box you use most often as the default so it is ready when you prepare a shipment. Select it to replace your current default with this box. Leave it clear to keep your existing default.

  10. Click Save.

    Save in the New Shipping Box form

  11. Check the saved name and dimensions in the list.

    The saved Small Mailer row with decimal dimensions

    The unit appears beside each dimension. Default appears beside the default box’s name. Insured appears to the right of the dimensions when Add Insurance is selected.

Edit a shipping box

  1. Open More actions at the right of the box’s row.

    More actions for Small Mailer

  2. Choose Edit.

    Edit in the shipping box menu

  3. Update the fields you need to change.

    Small Mailer renamed in the Edit Shipping Box form

    You can change the name, dimensions, unit, or checkbox options.

  4. Click Save.

    Save in the Edit Shipping Box form

Change the default box

  1. Open More actions for the box you want to use as the default.

    More actions for the new default box

  2. Choose Set as Default.

    Set as Default in the box menu

  3. Check that Default appears beside that box’s name.

    Small Mailer 10x8x4.5 marked Default

    The previous box loses its Default badge. YoPrint changes the default without a confirmation dialog.

Remove a shipping box

You cannot remove the default box. Make another box the default first. If you have only the default box, add another box before changing the default.

  1. Open More actions for the box you want to remove.

    More actions for Small Mailer after another box became the default

  2. Choose Remove.

    Remove in the non-default box menu

  3. Check the box name in the confirmation dialog, then click Remove.

    Remove shipping box confirmation for Small Mailer 10x8x4.5

    Click Cancel to keep the box. Removing a box is permanent. You can add its measurements again later if you need it.

For package selection, actual parcel weight, insurance amounts, rates, and labels, follow How to get shipping rates and create labels.

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