When setting up a new shipping integration with a courier company or parcel post provider it is often difficult to choose which solution will work best for you as there are usually multiple companies that offer extensions for the same courier company. How do you know which on is best for you?
We are often meeting clients that are setting up a new store and/or adding a new shipping extension to a current store and finding the ‘stock’ extensions available don’t fully cater for our client’s needs.
Your requirements maybe to integrate with another component of your system (quoting, returns, etc.) or work alongside existing shipping extension. There are often other function that rely on your shipping integration that help your customer make the decision to buy or not.
Being able to offer the customer estimated shipping costs on a product page may help with that decision making process. Naturally accuracy is the most important concern when estimating shipping quotes.
The Requirements
We have recently setup Australia Post eParcel shipping using Parcel Post and Express Post, alongside StarTrack Express Road Courier & Air Courier as per the requirements of our client.
Our clients solution required both shipping integrations to work alongside each other and provide live shipping estimates based on order size and weight, individually for both extension.
The Solution
To fulfil our clients requirements, we added functionality to the existing extension to provide estimated shipping information on the product pages. We also had to add a calculating function to asses when there was a requirement for additional packages or boxes per order based on max size or weight. The calculation function would asses how many satchels or boxes would be required per order and provide an accurate shipping amount at the checkout. This function would be actioned when a customer would move from the store, clicking on the ‘Checkout’ button.
Do You Want Something Custom
If you have a similar requirement or you are looking to shipping rates based on location or setting shipping rates based on customer groups or something altogether different, whatever the complication, we can help you find a solution.
If you have trouble finding a shipping integration to suit your needs, we can work with you to understand your requirements and build a custom integration that fulfils your needs.
We have experience building custom solutions for multiple different industries, including fashion, consumer goods, electronics, food and education, to name a few. We can build a custom solution and integrate with any shipping provider you require that allows us to integrate, via an Application Plug In (API).
Contact Us
Get in touch with us if you would like to discuss the options on making you shipping integration work like you want it to. Apprato can make this process less daunting for you.
