Where the label sits on a Flipkart sheet
Flipkart’s panel gives you one A4 page per order carrying two things: the shipping label on the upper portion and the tax invoice below it.
Only the label goes on the parcel. The invoice goes inside it, or is kept for your records — it is not a shipping document, and putting it on the outside displays the order value to everyone who handles the box.
The default window takes the top 46% of the page, which clears the label with a few millimetres of margin on a standard Flipkart sheet. If your panel emits a different layout, the sliders move the window and the preview shows exactly what will be kept.
What must survive the crop
The AWB barcode is the one that matters — it is what the hub scans, and a crop that clips it or its quiet zone makes the parcel unscannable. Above it sit the courier name and routing code; below, the delivery address and order ID.
Check the barcode is comfortably inside the blue window before running a batch. A few extra millimetres of white space costs nothing; a clipped barcode costs the delivery.
Printing so the parcel actually scans
A label that looks fine on screen and fails at the courier hub costs you the delivery and usually the customer. Five things cause almost all of it.
| Do this | Because |
|---|---|
| Print at 100%, never "fit to page" | Scaling shrinks the barcode modules below what the hub scanner resolves. This is the single most common cause of a rejected parcel. |
| Thermal, not inkjet, if you can | Inkjet smudges in transit and in humidity. A thermal print survives a monsoon delivery; an inkjet one often does not. |
| Check the barcode is fully inside the crop | A barcode clipped at the edge scans as nothing. The preview shows the exact window before you commit a batch. |
| Keep the quiet zone | Barcodes need clear space either side. Cropping tight to the bars is the same as damaging them. |
| Do not photocopy labels | Each generation loses contrast, and the AWB barcode is the first thing to become unreadable. |
The first one is worth repeating because it accounts for most failures on its own. Print at 100%. Every PDF reader defaults to “fit to page”, which shrinks the label a few per cent — invisible to you, and enough to push the barcode’s narrow bars below what a hub scanner resolves. This tool outputs at true label size precisely so that setting is the only thing left to get wrong.
Why this runs in your browser
A shipping label is not a neutral document. It carries your customer’s full name, complete address and phone number — for every order on the sheet.
Uploading a morning’s labels to a free online cropper hands a stranger a list of your customers, with contact details, in a format built for direct marketing. Most of those sites are ad-funded and none of them tell you what happens to the file.
This one does the work on your own machine. The PDF is read into the browser tab, cropped there and written back out. Nothing is uploaded, so there is nothing to retain, leak or sell. That is worth more than any feature on this page, and it is the reason to be wary of the alternatives rather than a marketing line.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I download the Flipkart shipping label?
From the Flipkart seller panel under orders — select the orders you are dispatching and download their labels as one PDF. That is the file this tool takes, and every page in it gets the same crop.
Do I have to include the tax invoice on the parcel?
The invoice belongs inside the parcel or in your records, not stuck to the outside. Putting it on the exterior displays the order value to everyone who handles the box, which is the last thing you want on a COD shipment.
The crop is cutting off part of my label. What do I change?
Increase the Height slider a few per cent and check the preview. Flipkart has changed its sheet layout before, so a label that used to sit in the top 46% may now need 50%. The window is adjustable rather than hardcoded for exactly this reason.
Is this label cropper free?
Yes, with no signup and no watermark. It runs in your browser using a client-side PDF library, so there is no upload queue and no per-label cost.
Do you see my customers’ addresses?
No. The PDF is opened, cropped and saved inside your browser tab — it is never sent anywhere. That matters more here than on most tools, because a shipping label carries a customer’s full name, address and phone number.
Why does my printed label not scan?
Almost always because it printed at less than 100%. Every PDF reader defaults to "fit to page", which shrinks the barcode enough that a hub scanner cannot resolve the narrow bars. Set scaling to 100% or Actual Size. The other common cause is a crop that clipped the barcode or its quiet zone.
Can I crop a whole batch at once?
Yes. Every page in the PDF gets the same crop window, so a forty-label sheet from your panel becomes forty cropped labels in one pass. Check the preview on page one before running a large batch.
What size should I print shipping labels on?
Four by six inches is the standard thermal roll and what most Indian courier partners expect. The metric 100 × 150 mm equivalent is marginally shorter and works identically. A5 is the fallback if you are printing on a normal office printer rather than a thermal one.
Do I need a thermal printer?
No, but it pays for itself quickly if you dispatch daily — no ink, and the print survives humidity and handling in a way inkjet does not. Until then, print on A5 or on plain paper and tape it to the parcel in a clear pouch.
Print at 100%, and check the barcode is inside the crop. Those two things account for nearly every label that fails to scan at the courier hub, and both are free to get right before you print a batch of forty.