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Split Ship, Auto-Split, and multi-package shipments are three different things and people conflate them constantly. Here's what each one does, and why none of them decides how to split an order that doesn't fit in one box.

Why comparing carrier flat-rate programs against your standard rates isn't something a rate shopper can do — the decision is packing and rating together, and Rate Shopper takes the package as an input.

A complete reference for what ShipStation automation rules can and can't do — when they fire, what order they run in, the single-line-item limitation, and the specific cases where rules silently fail.

The specific rate, packing, and carrier program mechanics that actually lower shipping costs in ShipStation including one most brands miss entirely.

Why standard ShipStation rules can't fully protect perishable or temperature-sensitive orders, and what it actually takes to automate the packaging, insulation, and carrier decisions that keep them safe in transit.

Why tags and filters aren't the same as true batch automation, and what it actually takes to group orders by zone, cutoff time, priority, and carrier automatically in ShipStation.