flexible-shipping-usps

Woocommerce store owner and sysadmin with many years of experience in both, could not figure out how to get this plugin to work. Documentation they provide on getting a USPS api key is totally incorrect, but I figured out how to anyways. But the plugin was another story. This plugin seems like it could be awesome, but it isn’t.

This plugin works very well. I don’t have much traffic at the moment and try to avoid paying for plugins. If I need to, I will write the code for simple things like using WP hooks or registering endpoints with the REST API. But if there is an option for a free version of a plugin that is actually helpful, it’s the obvious choice. The PRO features look great. And if I need them down the road, I will pay for them. But right now, I am happy that the free version works as advertised.Far too often do I see freemium plugins use trickery to increase paid subscriptions by providing an intentionally buggy and unusable free version. I am happy to say that this is not the case here and it really shows integrity on the developer’s part. This made it an easy decision when it came time to looking for a UPS Live Rates plugin.

I love freemium things that are fully functional in the free version, and this is! The paid version definitely adds to its usefulness and I’m sure I’ll grow in to needing it. But as a small, self funded start up I need something that works and saves me aggravation and fussing over details so I can do the thing I do. The dev even took time out to help me set things up properly, thank you! This experience has made it so I will be happy to upgrade once I’ve grown in to needing it. I love giving people money who have made my life easier =)

Be aware you need to contact USPS to get an API. You have to go to the USPS page and scroll down and you’ll see a small link that says legacy API, register, then send an email to USPS to request your application status for approval which takes a few days. They’ll prompt you for additional information and then after a couple days, you may get approved as long as you provided all of the necessary information.

Great plugin that does what you need it to do.

Great stuff