Third-Party Shipping
The experience of third-party shipping providers can help supply chains run more efficiently while also saving time and money. In addition, it can significantly improve the way your store runs and free you up to concentrate on raising your overall customer value.
With OnPrintShop, you can avail UPS and FedEx third party shipping methods after integration.
Configure Shipping Types and Shipping Setting
Go to Admin >> Store Configuration >> Shipping Method >> FedEx or UPS >> Action Menu >> ‘Edit’ Option
- Using the help links you can create UPS accounts and set up the manual calculator.
- Later provide the shipping name, customers and user groups it is to be made available for.
- Select the Shipping types which will be reflected at the front end under the shipping details.
- With the Third-Party billing shipping option, Admin can bill the receiver’s account when processing a shipment. This feature is controlled by a site variable settings (contact the technical team for the same). It is beneficial for receivers who have contractual billing enabled on their Shipping Accounts (FedEx, USP or USPS).
- If enabled 'Yes' you will find Third Party Billing Shipping in the configuration setting of Stores or Customers or both depending upon the site variable setting.
- In the next section set up the shipping method settings such as account details, package details, and configuration details (For UPS and FedEx).
Admin can also allocate sort order to the Shipping Types and manage their structure at the front end. Follow the steps shown in below picture-
For Account Details refer UPS Account Details and FedEx Account Details.
Go to the Admin >> Store Configuration >> Shipping Method >> FedEx or UPS >> Action Menu >> Markup/Delivery Days.
- Add a Markup Rule on different Shipping Amounts. Here, Admin can define different percentages, which will help them efficiently manage the shipping cost of varying order rates.
- Admin can set Maximum Markup for each Shipping type of the Shipping method. This will help the system effectively calculate the Shipping Prices at the front end.
- Also, you can define the Approx. Delivery Days for each Shipping Type, this will facilitate the calculation of Estimated Delivery Days.
Configure product-wise shipping packages, you can enter details such as weight class, max weight, length class, package length, weight, height, etc.
Go to the Admin >> Store Configuration >> Shipping Method >> Third-Party Shipping >> Action Menu >> Shipping Package Configuration
- You can also add Box Weight, this can be used in the calculation of Package Shipment Weight.
- Here, you can configure multiple packages for a product. Out of the configured packages, the best package combination with minimum wastage will be used for calculations for Shipping rate & label generation.
- Example: You have assigned Three Packages to a Product, with max weight - 40 LBS, 30 LBS, and 20 LBS respectively. If Total Product weight in order is 100 LBS, then the system will auto-pick ‘Two Packages’ of ‘40 LBS’ and ‘One Package’ of ‘20 LBS’. If Total Product weight in order is 110 LBS, then the system will auto-pick ‘Two Packages’ of ‘40 LBS’ and ‘One Package’ of ‘30 LBS’. Thus, leaving no space for wastage.
- For the products not having the packages configured, the default shipping configuration values will be taken.
- There is a revised screen that will show a summary of all the products with the details of their configured package.
- The screen shows all the products with their configured package.
- Click on the edit icon to edit the packages or to configure a new package.
- A Not Set symbol indicates no packages are configured for the product. Thus, the system will consider the master package.
- All the product sizes and its attribute is displayed if the package is configured attribute-wise.
- For Custom size products you can define different methods for calculating the Shipping pricing for the online shipping method. You will have a choice to define any one method from below 2 methods:
- Sheet / Rigid: In the pricing method the system will calculate the box size of the package to be sent in the shipping API call.
- Roll Material: In this pricing method the height and width of the package will be fixed the box depth will be a smaller number from the height and width of the product.
In the current business model, based on the ordered product quantity custom shipping packages are created within the height range allowed by the Third-party shipments. Thus, the height of the package is dynamic and is based on the ordered quantity.
For this, we have added Dynamic Height calculation for Shipping Package of Standard Products. Following this you'll get an option named – ‘Height Calculation’ in the Product Shipping Packages configuration.
Follow the below steps to configure packages with dynamic height –
- Set height calculation as ‘Dynamic Height’
- This will display a column – Material Thickness. Here, enter the per unit thickness of the material (per piece). Material Thickness: The thickness of the material used for manufacturing the product.
- Next, enter additional height to be summed with the dynamic height. Additional height: The increase in height of the product due to the packing material.
Dynamic height calculation will be carried out only for the product with the following pricing method:
- Range-based with Multiplication
- Range-based without Multiplication
- Fixed Quantity & Price
Dynamic Height Calculation
Dynamic Height = Material Thickness * Quantity in Particular Package.
The system’s calculation for package allocation is shown below with an example –
The dynamic height of the package will be calculated and will be auto-displayed in ‘Package Configuration’ while creating ‘Shipment Label’.
While creating the shipment package, the system will automatically pick the package with the least wastage keeping the count of the package boxes minimum.
Note: Dynamic height will only be calculated if the Material Thickness is configured. If it is not configured then the height configured in ‘Product Shipping Package’ will be taken into consideration.
This section lets you calculate the best fit box and the right number of box packages required for Order Shipment all by yourself, for an existing product, or any custom product.
- Here, the first selection is Product Type.
- If chosen Existing, then the ‘Select Product’ dropdown will list all the products. If the selected product packages are configured with ‘Size with product options’ then additional options of the selected product having input type dropdown, radio and checkbox will also be displayed. Next, enter the order weight and height calculation method – Default or Dynamic Height.
- If chosen Custom, then only enter the product weight.
- Next, define the Product Shipping Packages. Here, the configured product packages will be displayed. Admin can anytime add new packages using the +Add button.
- When done click on the Calculate Package button.
- This will display the best package summary with all the details along with the Package Combination Summary with package wastage.
You can also import package configuration for all shipping methods from the Admin >> Store configuration >> Shipping Method >> Any Shipping Type >> Product Shipping Packages >> Import Package Configuration.
The Interface is almost similar to other import pages. If the master package is to be selected, ID or title is to be imported for it.
You can schedule a pickup of an order or multiple orders for third-party shipping service providers using this interface. Go to the Admin Panel >> Store Configurations >> Shipping Methods >> Select UPS or FedEx >> Action >> Schedule Pickup
Search any order using the order id, enter the number of packages, Total Weight and Shipping Type, Pickup date, Close Time, Ready time, Residential Indicator, etc. in the interface. You can enter the pickup location in the Pickup Address section on the screen, also you can manage different pickup locations from Manage Pickup Address section.
- Transfer: This will transfer all the data filled in this section to the third-party shipping service provider i.e. they will be informed about the pickup scheduled.
- View Pickup Log: View the pickup log, you can also cancel the scheduled pickup later using this section, in case there are more changes to be made in the order.