Getting your standard packaging sizes right makes package allocation easy, makes sure you get the right quote for your packaged goods, and means the right information is getting to the carrier.
Set up package presets
Set up your most commonly used package sizes as package presets, to make things easier when you create a new order. The package presets you set here become the available options for creating an order, meaning all you have to do is accept the default, or select a more appropriate package size.
Setting up package presets
Log in to your Shippit account.
Open the drop down menu in the top right of your screen, and click Settings.
Navigate to the Packaging allocation section.
In the Package presets section, the most common satchel sizes, weights, and dimensions are already included for you. Toggle off any satchel size that do you not use. This means that the satchel size is not available for selection when you create a new order in Shippit.
Optional: Click Add preset to add any additional standard package sizes that you require. Name the new package preset, and provide the dimensions. Click Save and enable to add the new preset.
In the Auto-set Default Package Preset section, select a default package size. The package size you choose does not need to be enabled to be able to work as a default. For more information about this setting, see the Default package preset section.
Click Save to save your changes.
Additional package allocation settings
The additional settings in the package allocation settings allow you to further customise how your package allocation works.
Show a summary of the order before you confirm it
Toggle this setting on to see a summary of each order before you confirm it. If you leave this setting off, orders can be confirmed immediately.
Allocate each item in an order to its own individual package
Toggle this setting on to seperate orders with multiple items into multiple packages. If you leave this setting off, orders with multiple items are combined into a single package.
Consider all dimensions and weight during package allocation
Toggle this setting on to change how your package size is determined. If you ship large and light, or small and heavy packages, this setting takes into account the dimensions of the package in addition to the weight. If you leave this setting off, only weight is considered.
Default package preset
The default package preset is used as a fallback if an automatically synchronised order has missing dimensions.
If you usually create orders directly in your Shippit account, and you are using package presets, select a default preset value that matches your most common package type. For example, if you mostly ship clothing in satchels, choose the 500g satchel as your preset. If you usually ship larger items, you might need a much larger preset package to avoid misdeclaration charges.
If you automatically synchronise orders from an ecommerce or warehouse management integration, you might not need to use package presets. However, you can still set a default preset value, which is used if dimensions or weight are missing when they are synchronised into Shippit from your integration:
Log in to your Shippit account, and navigate to Settings → Packaging allocation.
In the Package presets section, select or add the package size you want to use as a default package preset value.
Change the Control toggle to off.
In the Auto-set Default Package Preset section, select the package preset you created.
Click Save to save your changes.