Method and system for enterprise-level unassisted customer shipping

1. A method for processing a payment related to a shipment comprising:

receiving information relating to at least one item to be shipped in the shipment;

receiving information relating to a destination for the at least one item;

determining shipping information including a shipping cost for the shipment;

storing the shipping information on a server;

providing an identifier for retrieving the shipping information from the server;

printing a code representing the identifier on an identifier media before processing payment for the at least one item;

receiving the identifier media at a payment location and obtaining the identifier from the identifier media at the payment location; and

processing the payment for the at least one item and the shipping cost in a single transaction at the payment location using the identifier to obtain the shipping information from the server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the at least one item to be shipped at the payment location.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

receiving information relating to destination is obtained from a shipper using a keyboard.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the at least one item to be shipped at a kiosk;

using the information relating to the at least one item to query a do not ship list to determine whether the item type may be shipped.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein: the code comprises a temporary SKU label associated with the single transaction.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving shipper information related to the shipment; and

receiving recipient information related to the shipment.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the shipper information is obtained from a customer information database; and

communicating a recipient selection list to a kiosk user for obtaining the recipient information as a selection from the recipient selection list.

8. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

obtaining shipping parameters at the kiosk.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the shipping parameters include weight of the at least one item to be shipped and are obtained using a scale; and

further comprising,

using the information relating to the at least one item to query a item weight database to determine an expected weight for the at least one item; and

determining whether the weight of the at least one item obtained using a scale is substantially equivalent to the expected weight.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the shipping parameters include dimensions of the at least one item to be shipped and are obtained using a dimensional weighing system.