This section lists the key words that Aptean Ship recognizes when interpreting input values. Note that Aptean Ship ignores upper/lower case letters when interpreting the input fields.
Country
Aptean Ship looks at the Country field before interpreting the Ship Via/Service fields.
Input Value
Interpreted As
USA, U.S.A., U.S., United States
USA
Canada
Canada
any other value
Country other than the USA or Canada can be selected from the Country drop-down list.
Ship Via
These tables show Aptean Ship’s interpretation of the following Ship Via values:
Carrier
Carrier keywords are used in conjunction with their corresponding domestic and international service and option keywords. Example: Aptean Ship translates UPS & 2ND & AM as UPS 2ND DAY AIR A.M
Input Value
Interpreted As
UPS, U.P.S
UPS
FDXG, FDX G, FEDEXG, FEDEX G
FedEx Ground
FEDEX, FDX
FedEx Express
USPS, PARCEL POST, MAIL
USPS
DHL, D.H.L
DHL
SPEE-DEE
Spee-Dee
User-Defined Short Name, User-Defined Long Name
User-defined Carrier 1-10
Contract Services
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
STANDARD
100, HWT, MWT
UPS HWT FDXG MWT
UPS Domestic
An ”&” symbol indicates that both values are present.
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
GROUND
GR, GT
GROUND
3
3RD DAY SELECT
2ND & AM, 2ND & A.M, SECOND & AM, SECOND & A.M, BLUE & AM, BLUE & A.M
2ND DAY AIR A.M.
2ND, SECOND, BLUE
2ND DAY AIR
1 & SAV, NEXT & SAV, RED & SAV
NEXT DAY AIR SAVER
1, NEXT, RED
NEXT DAY AIR
EARLY
EARLY A.M.
GROUNDTRAC
GROUNDTRAC
HWT
HUNDREDWEIGHT
(ANY SERVICE) & COLLECT
BILL RECIPIENT
UPS Canada
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
STANDARD
EXPEDITE, BLUE
EXPEDITED
AIR, EXPRESS, RED
EXPRESS
UPS International
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
EXPEDITED
EXPRESS, RED
EXPRESS
FedEx Express Domestic
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
STANDARD OVERNIGHT
XPR
EXPRESS SAVER
2, ECON
2ND DAY
PRI
PRIORITY OVERNIGHT
1ST, FIRST
FIRST OVERNIGHT
FREIGHT & 1
1DAY FREIGHT
FREIGHT & 2
2DAY FREIGHT
FREIGHT & 3
3DAY FREIGHT
FedEx Express International
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
PRIORITY OVERNIGHT
ECON
FEDEX INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
FREIGHT & ECON
ECONOMY FREIGHT
FREIGHT
PRIORITY FREIGHT
FedEx Ground Domestic
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
GROUND
FedEx Ground Canada
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
GROUND
USPS Domestic
Input Value
Interpreted As
1ST, FIRST
FIRST CLASS
(DEFAULT)
PARCEL POST
PRIORITY
PRIORITY
EXPRESS
EXPRESS
BOOK, SP
MEDIA MAIL
BOUND
BOUND PRINTED MATTER
USPS International
An ”&” symbol indicates that both values are present.
Input Value
Interpreted As
USPS, MAIL, PARCEL POST
PARCEL POST AIRMAIL
PARCEL POST ECONOMY, PARCEL POST SURFACE, PP SURFACE
PARCEL POST ECONOMY
PP AIR, PARCEL POST AIR, AIRMAIL
PARCEL POST AIRMAIL
LP SURFACE, LETTER POST SURFACE, LETTER POST ECONOMY
LETTER POST ECONOMY
LP AIR, LETTER POST AIR
LETTER POST AIRMAIL
PUBLISH, PERIODICAL
PUBLISHERS’ PERIODICALS
EXPRESS
GLOBAL EXPRESS MAIL
PRIORITY
GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL
DHL International
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
PRIORITY EXPRESS
DOCUMENT SERVICE
Spee-Dee
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
GROUND
Packaging
Input Value
Interpreted As
(DEFAULT)
OTHER
LETTER, LTR
LETTER
Terms/COD
Aptean Ship interprets the input value in the Terms (also called COD) field as defined below. Note that the Primary COD Type can be set up from Setup > Preferences.