Dangerous Goods, abbreviated DG, are substances that could pose a risk to health, safety, property, or the environment during transport.
ShipHero supports shipping Dangerous Goods for FedEx, DHL Express, DHL eCommerce, USPS (Shippo), Intenational Bridge and UPS Mail Innovations.
NOTE: If you are using Amazon Buy Shipping the acceptance of dangerous goods is determined by Amazon and the eligable carriers enabled through your Amazon store settings. If you attempt to ship a dangerous good for an Amazon order and recieve an error, please reach out to your Amazon representative to see which carriers provide those services and have them enabled for your account.
How to Apply a Dangerous Goods Code
Each product with a DG code should have a product description. Users can apply a DG code in ShipHero as follows:
- Open the product details page for the SKU.
- Click the Pencil Icon in the Details section to open the product's editing module.
- Select the applicable Dangerous Goods Code from the dropdown.
- Hit Update to save changes.
Important Notes and Limitations:
- For multi-warehouse accounts, this setting will be automatically set for all warehouses the SKU exists in.
- The dangerous good code does not transfer to the various UoM associated with other SKUs and must be enabled separately, especially if the UoM SKU will be used as a line item on orders.
Dangerous Goods Code List
Please contact your carrier used for shipping in order to obtain their carrier-approved DG codes.
Here is the listing of the DG product descriptions and approved codes that are available in ShipHero:
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Lithium-ion batteries packed with equipment
- Lithium-ion batteries contained in equipment
- Lithium metal batteries
- Lithium metal batteries packed with equipment
- Lithium metal batteries contained in equipment
- Limited Quantity US
- Small Quantity Provision
- Consumer Commodities
- Dangerous Goods
- Limited Quantity Canada