With the shipping carrier Address label, you can frank shipments yourself without using a carrier interface like DHL or GLS. Instead of generating a shipping label through an external service provider, Pickware creates a PDF with the sender and recipient address, which you print out and stick onto the package together with a stamp. This is particularly suitable for letters and small parcels that you frank manually.
Setting up the shipping carrier
The shipping carrier Address label can be selected like any other shipping carrier and assigned to each shipping method. In the shipping method configuration, you set the label size – you can choose between A6, A7, 89 x 36 mm, 101 x 54 mm and 102 × 76 mm. The labels are generated in landscape format.
Generating the address label
When creating the shipment, Pickware generates a PDF with one page per package in the shipment. The sender is shown small in the top left, and the recipient address is shown large and centered. The label is saved as a document on the shipment, so you can print it together with the other shipping documents.
The recipient's country is only printed if the sender's and recipient's countries differ. In this case, the country name appears in English and in capital letters below the address.
Requirements for the recipient address
For an address label to be generated, the recipient address must be complete:
Either a first and last name or a company name must be provided.
The street and city fields must not be empty.
If the address is incomplete, the shipment fails with a corresponding error message and no label is created. In this case, add the missing address data and create the shipment again.
You can delete a created address label from the shipment again. There is no tracking and no return labels for the Address label shipping carrier.
If you use Pickware WMS, a barcode with the order number is additionally printed in the top left. This allows the Pickware scanning device to recognize the order when you scan the label.