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Setting up an account with Easypost | CI_Easypost_002

In this tutorial, we will learn how to set up your Easypost account, ready for linking to your Infigo storefront.

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In this tutorial, we'll take a look
at setting up an account

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with Easypost ready for use within Infigo.

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So in order to use Infigo's Easypost
plugin,

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you must ensure that you've created
an Easypost account which,

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if you haven't already done
so, can be done just on easypost.com.

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For information on Easypost costs,

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you can check out the rates
at easypost.com/pricing

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where you can access it

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from the homepage.

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Once you've signed up
for an account and logged

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in, you'll be taken to the dashboard.

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Now that you have an Easypost account,
the first thing that you need to do

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is link all of your carrier
accounts with Easypost.

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This means that you can start using them.

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An Easypost has access to fetch rates
and generate

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shipments,

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so log into or Easypost account
and then click on the down arrow

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next to your email address
in the top left corner.

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Then from there,
we're going to go to carrier

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accounts.

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Any carriers

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already linked to
your account will be displayed here.

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And from this screen, you can also edit
the information associated

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with those carriers

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to add a new carrier.

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Simply click on the add carrier
button at the top of the screen

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and then you'll be faced
with a search function

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where you can search for the exact carrier
that you want to add.

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If your carrier is not present

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in their default list,
then you can contact their support

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and ask them to add the carrier
that you want to utilize.

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A list of all the carriers that Easypost
currently supports

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can be found at easypost.com/carriers

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So once you've

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located and selected
the carrier that you want to add,

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you'll need to populate all of the details
required to connect to that carrier.

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Now, this information
usually includes your account number,

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address details, and any other specific
carrier information.

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So it's best to have these on hand
before you start

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this process.

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Next will set up the payment information

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that we require to create labels
within Easypost.

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Again, to begin with this process, click

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on your email address or top left corner

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and go to billing.

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From here, you can add bank details
or credit card details

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for any chargeable uses
of your Easypost account.

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So Easyposts
have a handy checklist feature.

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If you click on the symbol on the bottom
right, which says setup checklist,

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this will guide you through the steps
to get you initially set up

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with your Easypost account.

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So next, we're going to need to obtain
the API keys to connect with Infigo.

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So you can begin
by clicking your email address on the top

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left corner once again.

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And then we're going to go to the API Keys
section.

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On this page

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are presented
with a minimum of two API keys.

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So you'll have a section
which is for production API keys

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and one which is for test API keys.

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For now, copy and save both of those

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API keys somewhere safe and secure.

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You'll need to use these later
when setting up your Easypost

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Infigo plugin.

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Bear in mind that you can create multiple
API keys for each of the production

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and the test setups.

 

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