{"id":4347,"date":"2021-03-30T11:37:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T06:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:19:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:49:33","slug":"what-is-a-shipping-label-how-to-create-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/what-is-a-shipping-label-how-to-create-one\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Shipping Label &amp; How to Create One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A shipping label is a type of identification label that helps describe and identify the contents of a container or a package. These labels contain crucial information like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addresses, names, weight, and tracking barcodes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though shipping labels may seem like a tiny piece in the e-commerce domino, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they are critical to both <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/inbound-and-outbound-logistics-whats-the-difference\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inbound and outbound logistics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are also vital to your online store\u2019s success, reach, and customer satisfaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also read: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/e-commerce-shipping-best-strategies-and-practices\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E-commerce Shipping: Best Strategies and Practices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through shipping labels, you can monitor and keep control of your orders, create a good customer experience, increase brand loyalty and customer retention, and ultimately increase profits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since shipping labels contain crucial information regarding the orders, they play a crucial role during an inspection at any time in the supply chain management process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the use of the latest technology and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/grow-business-with-e-commerce-automation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the days of giving out manual instructions about where to ship the order and how to process them are over. Nowadays, automated printed labels are required to ship the product to your customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also read: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/inventory-days-on-hand-calculation-definition-examples\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inventory Days on Hand: Calculation, Definition, Examples<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do shipping labels work?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A modern-day shipping label generally has the following information specified:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Origin and destination address<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weight of the package<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internal shipping information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bar code for tracking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Priority of the order<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above information is critical for delivering your orders where they need to go as quickly as possible. This is especially important if your online store offers more than one shipping option as your customers want to get what they paid for and awaited.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The below image is a generic example of a shipping label. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shipping carrier you choose to ship your packages with may have some additional fields on its preferred labels.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4350\" style=\"width: 568px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-24-at-1.15.22-PM.png\" alt=\"The primary requirements for a shipping label \" width=\"568\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d6xcmfyh68wv8.cloudfront.net\/learn-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-24-at-1.15.22-PM.png 568w, https:\/\/d6xcmfyh68wv8.cloudfront.net\/learn-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-24-at-1.15.22-PM-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The primary requirements for a shipping label<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without a just shipping label, orders can be delayed in transit, delivered to the wrong address, or get misplaced completely. Any of these situations lead to either a financial loss or a loss of customer trust, which makes a clear shipping label all the more important.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to create a shipping label?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses that ship out only a few packages a week often make the mistake of purchasing labels in a carrier\u2019s office, as they are paying for postage charges at the retail\/bulk rate, which is a very expensive road to take.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To save time and expenses, you can create a shipping label yourself. In doing so, you can take the advantage of postage discounts, and make pickup arrangements from your desired location with the carrier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can create a shipping label manually through your carrier\u2019s services. As long as you are shipping a low volume of packages, this should do you no harm. Simply visit the carrier\u2019s website, fill out the needed information in the shipping label template, and then download the file and take a print-out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carriers like UPS, FedEx, USPS, and DHL for instance are examples of carriers that can do the needful in creating shipping labels.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though there is also an option of handwritten shipping labels (as long as it\u2019s eligible), you will still need a carrier barcode, which has to be generated by the carrier. Depending on the number of orders you have, handwriting shipping addresses can become time-consuming. So, you\u2019re better off using the variety of online tools that make the process easy and less cumbersome.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Template for shipping labels<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shipping labels are designed, printed, and used by e-commerce companies to expedite their delivery rate of orders. Certain labels are usable only by specific companies and can\u2019t be used by other businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shipping carriers like UPS, DHL, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiprocket.in\/blog\/fedex-shipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FedEx<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Amazon, etc. use specific templates for their shipping labels. This helps them and the end-consumer to monitor and track their order. Tracking the order\u2019s point of delivery is easily possible only through these shipping labels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shipping labels usually come in different shapes, sizes, and colors, as the labels are order-specific and customizable. This flexibility attribute of the labels makes tracking of individually placed orders much-much easier and efficient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before printing the final shipping label on the desired order, many companies go through a sample process of these labels. Once the sample(s) have\/has been approved for printing, the shipping label making process is complete and the order is dispatched for delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Print your shipping label today!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shipping is a pivotal part of the selling process. Yet it\u2019s something that many people overlook. The more you know about printing labels, choosing the right carrier, and using the right packaging, the more efficiently your business can operate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all or any of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/e-commerce-order-tracking-why-tracking-packages-is-a-must\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">order tracking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and delivery processes, the customer needs to be kept in the loop and be informed about the delivery process, as customer satisfaction and retention is the ultimate objective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irrespective of whether you are just starting out in the e-commerce industry or not, you need to partner up with a reliable shipping carrier to take care of your shipping needs to tackle the huge problem of RTO<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When orders cannot be delivered and have to be shipped back to the warehouse, that is RTO. This puts a significant cost burden on e-commerce businesses as they lose a lot of money in shipping it back and forth and during transit as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what\u2019s the way out?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/thirdwatch\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Razorpay Thirdwatch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can now detect fraudulent factors before shipping the order and significantly bring down RTO rates. Furthermore, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you can detect impulse purchases, non-deliverable addresses, irregular purchase patterns, and <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/payment-links\/\">send payment links<\/a> to your customers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can choose from a variety of features such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/thirdwatch\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order Confirmation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/thirdwatch\/prepay-cod\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PrePay CoD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/shipping-address-ecommerce\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address Correction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and many more, that will help upscale your e-commerce business like never before!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #68458A; padding: 15px; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: white;\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.shopify.com\/thirdwatch-stop-fraud-and-reduce-rto-using-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take Me To Thirdwatch<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through a shipping label, the days of giving out manual instructions to execute shipping and logistical operations are over. 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