Keywords

Article • 1/29/2025 • 3 min read

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 ValueInterpreted As
USA, U.S.A., U.S., United StatesUSA
CanadaCanada
any other valueCountry 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 ValueInterpreted As
UPS, U.P.SUPS
FDXG, FDX G, FEDEXG, FEDEX GFedEx Ground
FEDEX, FDXFedEx Express
USPS, PARCEL POST, MAILUSPS
DHL, D.H.LDHL
SPEE-DEESpee-Dee
User-Defined Short Name, User-Defined Long NameUser-defined Carrier 1-10

Contract Services

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)STANDARD
100, HWT, MWTUPS HWT FDXG MWT

UPS Domestic

An ”&” symbol indicates that both values are present.

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)GROUND
GR, GTGROUND
33RD DAY SELECT
2ND & AM, 2ND & A.M, SECOND & AM, SECOND & A.M, BLUE & AM, BLUE & A.M2ND DAY AIR A.M.
2ND, SECOND, BLUE2ND DAY AIR
1 & SAV, NEXT & SAV, RED & SAVNEXT DAY AIR SAVER
1, NEXT, REDNEXT DAY AIR
EARLYEARLY A.M.
GROUNDTRACGROUNDTRAC
HWTHUNDREDWEIGHT
(ANY SERVICE) & COLLECTBILL RECIPIENT

UPS Canada

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)STANDARD
EXPEDITE, BLUEEXPEDITED
AIR, EXPRESS, REDEXPRESS

UPS International

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)EXPEDITED
EXPRESS, REDEXPRESS

FedEx Express Domestic

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)STANDARD OVERNIGHT
XPREXPRESS SAVER
2, ECON2ND DAY
PRIPRIORITY OVERNIGHT
1ST, FIRSTFIRST OVERNIGHT
FREIGHT & 11DAY FREIGHT
FREIGHT & 22DAY FREIGHT
FREIGHT & 33DAY FREIGHT

FedEx Express International

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)PRIORITY OVERNIGHT
ECONFEDEX INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
FREIGHT & ECONECONOMY FREIGHT
FREIGHTPRIORITY FREIGHT

FedEx Ground Domestic

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)GROUND

FedEx Ground Canada

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)GROUND

USPS Domestic

Input ValueInterpreted As
1ST, FIRSTFIRST CLASS
(DEFAULT)PARCEL POST
PRIORITYPRIORITY
EXPRESSEXPRESS
BOOK, SPMEDIA MAIL
BOUNDBOUND PRINTED MATTER

USPS International

An ”&” symbol indicates that both values are present.

Input ValueInterpreted As
USPS, MAIL, PARCEL POSTPARCEL POST AIRMAIL
PARCEL POST ECONOMY, PARCEL POST SURFACE, PP SURFACEPARCEL POST ECONOMY
PP AIR, PARCEL POST AIR, AIRMAILPARCEL POST AIRMAIL
LP SURFACE, LETTER POST SURFACE, LETTER POST ECONOMYLETTER POST ECONOMY
LP AIR, LETTER POST AIRLETTER POST AIRMAIL
PUBLISH, PERIODICALPUBLISHERS’ PERIODICALS
EXPRESSGLOBAL EXPRESS MAIL
PRIORITYGLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL

DHL International

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)PRIORITY EXPRESS
DOCUMENT SERVICE

Spee-Dee

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)GROUND

Packaging

Input ValueInterpreted As
(DEFAULT)OTHER
LETTER, LTRLETTER

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.

Input Value
Key 1Key 2
COD, C.O.D.
COD, C.O.D.CERT, GUAR, CASH

Bill Freight

This is the input value of the Billing field.

Input ValueInterpreted As
SUPS Prepaid; FedEx Express and FedEx Ground: Sender; DHL Sender; USPS Sender
RUPS Freight Collect; FedEx Express and FedEx Ground: Recipient; DHL Recipient; USPS Recipient
TUPS, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, DHL: Third Party
RECIPFedEx Ground Recipient
CUPS Consignee Billed; FedEx Express and FedEx Ground: Collect
COLLECTUPS Recipient FedEx Ground Collect
CLTFedEx Ground Collect