How to automate shipping process?

[fastfire667]

Howdy fellow Stealthers,

I've been getting back into selling on eBay again over the last few months and was wondering what everyone uses to help automate the shipping process? Back in the day I think I used a program called Endicia, but am not sure. Lately, I have been using eBays built in shipping program to print postage. I have found this useful because it automatically adds tracking to eBay and Paypal, and emails the tracking number to buyers.

However, as my sales have been ramping up, this has become way to time consuming to do manually. Does anyone know of any programs or apps that would allow me to automatically do the following:

1. Grab all of the addresses from the days sales from eBay
2. Print the appropriate postage for each order depending on the item
3. Print some type of packing slip or sheet with info on what item goes with each label
4. Upload tracking info back to eBay
5. Send email with tracking number to buyers

Any help would be appreciated! Even if their is not something that does all of that in one program, any pointers from the veterans on ways to automate the shipping process would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!

[thready]

Theres a bunch. You might want to check the software section of this forum. To name a few stamps.com, shipstation, and shipworks

[rsot]

Havent really automated processes here but look forward to your experiences as you try this out.