Shipper 3.9 is now available with faster downloads.

Some other new features:

• Ability to set order status
• Automatic database cleanup
• Better handling of address validation to reduce calls to commercial verification service.

Please see the Shipper Update page to read the complete release notes and download Shipper 3.9.

Shipper 3.9 online help and release notes.

The Shipping Rate Rule Providers for BVC5 are now available for BVC 5.7. This is a free upgrade if you already have a license to Shipping Rate Rule Providers for BVC5.

If you are upgrading from a previous release*, just copy the new files over the old ones. You existing rules will continue to work.

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* Please see the Release Notes if you are upgrading from a very old release.

FedEx recently released an update to Ship Manager that is not compatible with Shipper 1.4. Unfortunately, Shipper 1.4 is no longer being updated or supported.

You have several options:

• Do not upgrade Ship Manager or (if you already have) work with FedEx to install the previous version of Ship Manager that you were using. Remember, Shipper 1.4 is no longer being updated or supported, so if something goes wrong, you are on your own.
• Work with FedEx to connect the new version of Ship Manager directly to your store's database.
• If you have a compatible store, switch to Shipper 3. 

When you first install Shipper, 5 reports are created for you:

Using the report designer embedded within Shipper, you can customize these reports and create your own. Shipper 3.8 includes an updated report designer which is easier to use, and Shipper > Help > Report Designer was just updated to reflect the updated designer. This blog post on the vendor's web site describes the new user interface. And there are several online videos that go over several features of the Report Designer.

Links

• Shipper 3.8 Help > Report Designer
• Vendor blog post about updated Report Designer
• Vendor videos about Report Designer

Shipper 3.8 is now available with support for UPS WorldShip. Several people asked for integration with UPS WorldShip over on UserVoice. And now you can use Shipper to automatically export and import shipment information to and from UPS WorldShip. If you are trying to decide between using ShipRush for UPS or UPS WorldShip, see "Do I need ShipRush for UPS or UPS WorldShip?".

This release also addresses these suggestions on UserVoice:

• Add a "Completed Package View"
• Add ability to show orders with backordered items
• On Packages tab, add Paid/Unpaid to filter

Some other new features:

• User defined filters
• Real full text search
• Support for AddressDoctor in both Gold and Platinum editions

Please see the Shipper Update page to read the complete release notes and download Shipper 3.8.

If you have used Magento for more than a few minutes, you know there are a lot of extensions available in the Magento Connect marketplace. One of the great features of Magento Connect is built-in installation. Once you find the community extension you want, just type if the extension key and Magento Connect will automatically download and install the extension.

I'm very happy to say Shipping Agent for Magento is now available as a community extension in Magento Connect:

Shipping Agent for Magento

Now installation and updates are much easier.

Lots of new stuff including custom filters.

As before, Shipper 3.8 beta 3 uses Shipping Agent 3.7, so you can install the beta on a separate computer for testing will using Shipper 3.7 in production.

Download Shipper 3.8 Beta 3
Release Notes

Someone recently asked me if there was a way to list all of the errors so he did not have to scan through 100's of packages. Now there is! The attached report lists all of the current packages that have an error, along with the error.

Installation Instructions

1. Download the report file and unzip the contents.
2. Select Reporting > Reports from the navigation pane in Shipper.
3. Create a new Report using Package data.
4. When the report designer appears, select File > Open from the menu and open the report file.

Shipping Agent for BV Commerce was updated today to update the customer address book.

When you upload a package, you can include the actual destination address that was printed on the label. If the destination address is different than the shipping address in the order, the shipping address in the order is updated to match.

The new build will scan the customer's address book for addresses that match the original order shipping address. All matches are also updated with the actual destination address. So if your customer orders from you again, they will be much more likely to use the new, corrected address.

http://shippingagent.codeplex.com