Adding a cost account in PitneyShip Pro

Cost accounts can help you track how you spend your postage funds by allowing you to assign shipping labels and postage refills to an account.

The features and options you see may vary depending upon your role and subscription. If you have any questions regarding your permissions, please contact your administrator.

The following characters are not allowed for cost account names or codes:

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1. Select Settings > Cost Accounts.
2. Select +Add Account.
3. Enter the Account Name (maximum 25 characters), Code, and Description (optional). Leave the Status set to Active.
4. To make the account billable, select Billable.
5. To protect the account with a password, select Password and enter the password and confirm the password by entering it again. This allows you to control whether users can assign charges to the account.
6. To set up budgeting for this account, select Set Budget Amount and Notifications. This feature provides notifications when the budget threshold is nearing or reached. It does not stop you or your users from shipping or mailing, it only notifies you.
   1. Select the desired budgeting options:
      • Time Period: Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly
      • Budget Amount: The amount that is budgeted for the specified time period.
      • Fiscal Year Begins: Select the calendar icon to choose the date on which your fiscal year begins. If typing the date be aware that it should be entered in format YYYY/MM/DD.
      • Notification Threshold: (Required) The amount at which you want the notifications to be sent.
      • Turn off system alerts for budgets: Select this if you do not want users to see notifications in the system when they approach or exceed their budget.
      • Set default shipping cost account: Select this to assign a default shipping cost account.
      • Set default postage cost account: Select this to assign a default postage cost account (This only applies to PitneyShip Pro).
7. Select Save and Close.

Related topics

• Importing cost accounts