How to add and set up a Worldwide Express (Small Parcel) Billing Account [Step-by-Step guide]

NOTE: This article provides instructions on how to add and set up a Worldwide Express (Small Parcel) billing account. For information on adding and setting up a Worldwide Express (LTL) billing account, please refer to: How to add and set up a Worldwide Express (LTL) Billing Account [Step-by-Step guide]. 

When setting up your Clients in techShip, you will have to configure Billing Accounts to ship through them. These use a Baseline Account as a foundation, but their way to work could be different based on the Client's needs.

When setting Billing Accounts, you will be able to specify how it should work for that specific client, setting label references, packing slips usage, rate shopping, markups, WMS information updating and Carrier options such as the default service level, address validation, sender and return addresses, etc.

This article describes the procedure to set up a Worldwide Express (Small Parcel) billing account, while others are specifically written for other Carriers.

To set up a Worldwide Express (Small Parcel) billing account, define the following and then Save:

ADD THE ACCOUNT TO THE CLIENT PROFILE

1. Access Clients under the Maintenance menu

2. Click on the Client for which you wish to set up the billing account

3. Press Add Billing Account

4. Select the source account which will be used and Save

5. Edit the Billing account

SET UP THE GENERAL OPTIONS

 
The General Options tab is the same for every carrier. If you are already acquainted with it from previous setups, please configure it accordingly.

If this is your first time setup or you aren't acquainted to it, refer to the following article and once finished, return to this one to set up the carrier specific options:

How to configure the Billing Account General Options tab [Step-by-Step guide]

SET UP THE CARRIER OPTIONS 

The Carrier Options tab allows to set up basic and advanced features of your Worldwide Express (Small Parcel) billing account.

These are the key elements:

REQUIRED

A) Default Service Code: Choose a service code to assign to imported orders which don’t have a service code or keep it if they have.

B) Package Type: Specify the value from the list, which will be the package type stated as used to the carrier (Pallet, box, etc).

C) Sender Information: Specify the Sender Name, Company, phone and e-mail.

D) UPS account number: If you intend to ship internationally with this billing account, you must enter the UPS account number for international billing. This will overwrite the account number provided for the baseline account.

OPTIONAL

E) Return service type: Select the desired service type for returns.

F) Override billing Address: Enables billing to a third party or collect on delivery.

G) Broker Information: Specify the Broker full address, e-mail and phone information.

SPECIFYING RATE SHOPPING SERVICE CODES (OPTIONAL)

If you are Rate Shopping with this account, you might want to specify which services you want be taken into consideration or excluded. Read this article to set up your inclusion/exclusion list.