February 13, 2010
Shipper 3 Trial Installation Instructions
The Shipper 3 system has 3 parts:
- Shipper 3, a Windows desktop application to manage orders.
- Shipping Agent, a free, open source web service for your website that connects Shipper 3 Gold Edition with your ecommerce store.
- ShipRush and/or UPS WorldShip, Windows desktop applications to print shipping labels and postage.
Shipper includes a 30 day free trial license. The Shipper 3 trial license lets you try both Gold and Platinum Edition features. ShipRush includes a 14 day free trial. The rest of this article describes how to install and try the Shipper 3 system.
Install ShipRush or UPS WorldShip
Shipper can use ShipRush and/or UPS WorldShip to print carrier labels. If you plan on using UPS WorldShip, follow the installation instructions on the UPS WorldShip site. If you plan on using ShipRush, follow these instructions:
- Download the ShipRush installers for the types of labels you want to print.
- Run the installers to install ShipRush on your computer.
- When you are prompted to enter a ShipRush Serial Number, click on the Try ShipRush button.
Install Shipping Agent
A Shipping Agent is not required for eBay stores. To work with other online stores such as AbleCommerce and Magento, follow these instructions:
- Download the Shipping Agent package for your e-commerce platform.
- Run the installer (exe) or unzip the file (zip) to extract the Shipping Agent files.
- Copy the extracted Shipping Agent files to your website as described in the readme.txt file (one of the extracted files).
Install Shipper 3
- Download Shipper 3.
- Unzip the download.
- Run Setup.exe to to install Shipper 3 on your desktop computer.
Please see the Getting Started document next.
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