Multi-Carrier Shipping Software

Looking for resources or recommendations

[mattb]

We are looking for a multi-carrier shipping software solution that can interface with our SQL Server database via ODBC. The software should rate shop Fedex and UPS. Our volume is between 150 - 350 packages per day. Our budget is under 5 figures. Let me know if there are any reviews or resources available from those that have tested this type of software. If you have any real world experiences, I would appreciate a sticky note.

[hoosierdraft]

Any luck on sourcing software Matt?

[sja65]

I've written a system to do this in house. I'm set up for UPS, FedEx, DHL, and USPS. The commercial carriers are all easy to code for (and very similar). I was able to do all 3 in less than a day of my time, and less than a month for certification by them. USPS took longer to write (lot of different ship types and a lot of forms), plus the certification is a pain.

[Easy_Coder]

matt, talk to ups professional services...

I have set up almost identical to what you described.

1 UPS rate server
1 FedEx Rate server

Tell them you want a demo of ConnectShip.

[mattb]

Thanks for the feedback. I am looking for an off the shelf package that can import the shipping address, pick the cheapest carrier, and then print the label. It would then export the tracking number back to our database. I'd rather not get into writing the software ourselves. So far I've been stickied one package. Any others out there?