Alibris manages shipping options and rates based on your location, the location of your buyer, and the shipping preferences that you set. To manage your Alibris shipping preferences, sign in to your Alibris seller account. Then, to configure shipping preferences, see the Alibris website.
As part of configuring your shipping preferences, you can offer your customers expedited shipping options.These expedited methods are optional and can be tracked by your customers. Standard shipping is not optional. For Standard shipping, you must deliver within 3 to 14 days. You can choose any carrier available to you as long as that carrier can deliver within this target. Standard shipping is mapped to either the Standard or Standard International shipping method in Monsoon Marketplace.
The following table lists the Alibris options for expedited shipping, the Alibris-approved shipping carriers, and the shipping method that each Alibris option is mapped to in Monsoon Marketplace.
| Alibris expedited shipping method | Approved shipping carrier | Monsoon Marketplace shipping method |
|---|---|---|
| Priority Mail | USPS | Expedited |
| Trackable Expedited | UPS, UPSMI, Newgistics, OnTrac, DHL Global, FedEx, DHL | Expedited |
| Trackable Two-Day Air | UPS, FedEx, DHL | Two Day |
| Trackable One-Day Air | UPS, FedEx, DHL | One Day |
Monsoon Marketplace supports Alibris seller-level shipping. When you opt in to more than one shipping method, this feature allows a buyer to select different shipping methods for items from different sellers within an order. When Monsoon Marketplace downloads a multiple-item order with different shipping methods, it splits the order into separate orders by shipping method. If the new split orders have more than one order item, Monsoon Marketplace applies current Alibris shipping charges as usual: one charge applies to the first item and a different charge applies to each additional item.
For more information about shipping orders, see the following Alibris resources: