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title: Carriers
description: "**Audience:** admin · **Last updated:** 2026-06-07 · [Edit on GitHub](https://github.com/phreesoft/bizuno/edit/main/docs/04-modules-in-depth/06-shipping/01-carriers.md) # Carriers The Shipping module rates, buys, and prints labels through real carrier APIs, plus a set of rule-based \"carriers\" for when you don't need a live integration. The setup…"
url: "https://www.bizuno.com/docs/carriers/"
updated: "2026-06-18"
category: Shipping
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# Carriers

**Audience:** admin · **Last updated:** 2026-06-07 · [Edit on GitHub](https://github.com/phreesoft/bizuno/edit/main/docs/04-modules-in-depth/06-shipping/01-carriers.md)

# Carriers

The Shipping module rates, buys, and prints labels through real carrier APIs, plus a
 set of rule-based "carriers" for when you don't need a live integration. The setup
 screens are credential-heavy and look intimidating; this page de-mystifies what each
 carrier needs and how the pieces fit.

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## What's actually integrated

Bizuno ships more than the headline three. Two tiers:

**Live API carriers** (real rating, label purchase, tracking):

| Carrier | Notes |
| --- | --- |
| UPS | REST API; account must be certified before live labels |
| USPS | OAuth API (developer.usps.com) with an EPS payment account |
| FedEx | REST API; optional separate Freight (LTL) account |
| Endicia | USPS postage via Stamps.com/Endicia; buy/refund postage |
| Canada Post | SOAP API; domestic + international rating |
| XPO, ODFL | LTL freight carriers |

**Rule-based methods** (no API — you set the math):

`Flat Rate`, `Free Shipper`, `Percent` (of order), `Item` (per-item formula),
 `Best Way` (manual rate entry), and `Third Party` (bill a third-party account).
 Use these for simple or negotiated shipping without wiring up a carrier API.

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## Credentials

Carrier credentials are entered per carrier in its settings and stored **per
 business** (globally), in the carrier-methods configuration — **not** per store. The
 key fields by carrier:

| Carrier | Required credentials |
| --- | --- |
| UPS | account number, REST API key, REST secret, test/prod toggle |
| USPS | client ID + client secret (OAuth), EPS payment account, CRID, MID, price type |
| FedEx | account number, REST API key, REST secret, (optional) Freight account |
| Endicia | client key |
| Canada Post | customer number, test user/pass, production user/pass |

> **Test mode first.** Each live carrier has a test/sandbox toggle. Configure and
>  validate in test mode, confirm you can rate and produce a label, then flip to
>  production. UPS in particular requires **certification** with the carrier before
>  production labels work.

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## Per-store usage

Although credentials are global, an individual shipment chooses **which store's
 addresses** to use — the ship-from (pickup) store and the bill-to store — so a
 multi-store business ships from the right origin while sharing one set of carrier
 API keys.

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## Address validation

UPS, USPS, FedEx, and Endicia offer **address validation**; it runs when you check
 **Verify Address** on the label form, and can correct the address before you buy the
 label. (Canada Post's validation is not currently working — treat it as
 rating/labeling only.)

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## Rate shopping

You can **compare rates across carriers** for one shipment: select the carriers to
 quote, and Bizuno calls each one's rate API and shows the results in a table you pick
 from. There's also a programmatic rate path that quotes all default-enabled carriers
 at once. This is the fastest way to land on the cheapest viable service per package.

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## Pickup scheduling

Pickup handling is **partial**: the label form carries a pickup-type field (daily
 pickup, on-call, drop-box, counter, etc.) that's sent **with the shipment**, but
 Bizuno does not make a separate "schedule a pickup" API call or manage a pickup
 calendar. Treat it as "tell the carrier how this package is tendered," not a pickup
 scheduler.

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## Invoice reconciliation

The Shipping module can **reconcile a carrier invoice** against what you booked —
 currently implemented for **FedEx**: upload the FedEx invoice summary (CSV) and
 Bizuno matches it to your shipping log, flags over-charges and mismatches, and writes
 a reconciliation report. Other carriers expose **bulk tracking** but not invoice
 reconciliation. See [Label printing → reconciliation](/docs/label-printing/#reconciliation-and-end-of-day).

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## Related

- [Label printing](/docs/label-printing/)
- [Zebra Browser Print](/docs/zebra-browser-print/)