When Core is enough
Stay on Core when the job is labels. Upgrade only when orders and packout are the bottleneck.
Core is enough when you need discounted UPS and USPS labels and you do not yet need order import, packout, or warehouse rules. There is no monthly fee on Core and Plus.
Stay on Core if
- You buy labels one at a time or in small batches.
- You enter or paste addresses. You are not drowning in unshipped orders.
- Packing is still you, a scale, and a printer.
- The pain is postage cost, not picking and packing.
Move to OMS when
OMS is $19.99/mo flat. No per-order fee. Same account. You do not migrate off the label tool.
- Store orders pile up and you need import plus a packout flow.
- You want Rate Groups to auto-pick a service at fulfill time.
- More than one person is packing and you need a scan-to-pack lane.
If you still buy retail postage
Do not buy another shipping tool first. Run the 400-label audit. That page is the math. This page is the product decision after the math.
Next
Read How Billing Works and pricing. Then buy your first label on Core.