{"id":1490,"date":"2022-04-19T11:04:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T11:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/docs\/vlc-smart-shipping\/endicia-shipping-account\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T12:40:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:40:22","slug":"endicia-shipping-account","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/docs\/vlc-smart-shipping\/endicia-shipping-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Endicia Shipping Account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Endicia Shipping Account<\/strong> comprises the Endicia shipping account information, postage, and account communication details. This information applies to the entire Smart Shipping and cannot be changed based on users.

The Endicia Shipping Account form can be accessed from
Smart Shipping Menu<\/strong>\u00a0 -> Setup -> Endicia Shipping Account<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The General Tab fields in the Endicia Shipping Account:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short Description for the General Tab Fields in Endicia Shipping Account:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fields<\/td>Comments<\/td><\/tr>
Account No<\/td>This field is used to specify the Endicia Shipping Account Number.<\/td><\/tr>
Description<\/td>This field is used to specify the Endicia Shipping Account Description.<\/td><\/tr>
Test<\/td>This field is used to specify whether the account number is a test account number or not.<\/td><\/tr>
Requester ID<\/td>This field is used to specify the Endicia Shipping Account Requester ID.<\/td><\/tr>
Passphrase<\/td>This field is used to specify the Endicia Shipping Account Passphrase.<\/td><\/tr>
PO Zip Code<\/td>This field is used to specify the Endicia Shipping Account Postal Zip Code.<\/td><\/tr>
Insured Mail Type<\/td>This field is used to specify the Endicia Shipping Account Insured Mail Type. Valid values are USPS online and Endicia.<\/td><\/tr>
Device ID<\/td>This field is used to specify the Endicia Shipping Account Device ID.<\/td><\/tr>
Account Status<\/td>This field is used to specify the Endicia Shipping Account status. Valid Values are: A-Active; I-Inactive<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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       The Postage fields in the Endicia Shipping Account form:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short Description for the Postage Tab Fields in UPS Shipping Account<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fields<\/td>Comments<\/td><\/tr>
Automated Postage Purchase<\/td>If the Automated Postage Purchase is set to true, then it checks the \u201cBuy Postage When Below\u201d field, and if \u201cPostage Balance\u201d is less than the \u201cBuy Postage When Below\u201d, then the system automatically buys the postage for the amount entered in \u201cBuy Postage Amount\u201d in the Pack Order form after closing the package.<\/td><\/tr>
Buy Postage When Below<\/td>The system automatically buys the postage if the \u201cPostage Balance\u201d is below the value of this field<\/td><\/tr>
Buy Postage Amount<\/td>The Postage Amount to buy if the value is below \u2018Buy Postage When Below\u2019<\/td><\/tr>
Ascending Balance<\/td>The Total Amount of Postage Printed for this account.<\/td><\/tr>
Postage Balance<\/td>Total Current Postage Balance<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The menu bar across the top of the Endicia Shipping Account window displays the following elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>New<\/strong>: Adds the new Endicia Shipping Account Record.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Delete<\/strong>: Deletes the record from the Endicia Shipping Account List.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>First<\/strong>: Returns the first record as listed in the Endicia Shipping Account.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Previous<\/strong>: Returns the previous record of the Endicia Shipping Account.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Next<\/strong>: Goes to the next record as listed in the Endicia Shipping Account.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Last<\/strong>: Returns the last record as listed in the Endicia Shipping Account.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Change Passphrase<\/strong> option is used to change the passphrase. For the first time after the account creation, the user has to change the passphrase to use print postage services. Users can also change the passphrase at any point in time for security reasons.

Using Change Passphrase, <\/strong>users can change the Passphrase value in the general tab field. After entering the New Passphrase value, he or she can select the ok<\/strong> option to confirm or the cancel<\/strong> option to skip.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Buy Postage<\/strong> option is used to call Endicia \u2018Buy Postage\u2019 service exclusively to buy the postage. If Postage Balance<\/strong> is below the Buy Postage When Below<\/strong> amount then the user can buy the postage through the Buy Postage<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The amount to Purchase<\/strong> field is used to specify the postage amount to buy. After entering the amount, users can select the ok<\/strong> option to confirm or the cancel<\/strong> option to skip.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1209,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1490","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","comments-off"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1490"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1889,"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1490\/revisions\/1889"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1209"}],"next":[{"title":"Special Service Options","link":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/docs\/vlc-smart-shipping\/special-service-options\/","href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1492"}],"prev":[{"title":"Assisted Setup","link":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/docs\/vlc-smart-shipping\/assisted-setup\/","href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vlcsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}