Setting up your USPS WebTools connection is a multi-step process. Follow the instructions below to ensure your connection is set up properly.

1. Visit the USPS web site at http://www.usps.com/webtools/ and click the registration link that's presented.

2. Complete all of the information requested on the registration page, be sure to agree to the USPS WebTools terms and conditions and submit the form.

3. After submitting the form you will recieve a username along with a development URL via email. Save the username and disregard the development URL.

4. Between 7:00 AM and 11:00 PM Eastern time, call the USPS Internet Customer Care Center center and speak to a representative. Provide the representative with your username, inform them that you have completed testing your integration, and are ready to have access to the production server. The representative will send you an email with the production server URL.

5. Once you receive the production server URL via email from USPS, your account is production-ready. Enter in your username below and click the 'Submit' button to activate your connection.