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LTL Freight Quotes ABF Freight Edition for WooCommerce Get a free 15 day trial The ABF LTL Freight Quotes plugin retrieves your negotiated LTL freight rates, takes action on them according to the plugin settings, and displays the results as shipping options in the WooCommerce cart and checkout page. ABF Freight Systems is a subsidiary of ArcBest Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCB). Headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas, it provides a variety of freight and logistics services, including less-than-truckload (LTL). If you don’t have an ABF Freight account, contact them at 800-610-5544. Promotional Video (1 min) Setup Tutorial & Demo (7 min) Features Requirements FAQ'S Documentation Installation & User’s Guide If you are taking advantage of a trial subscription, the plugin will stop working when the trial period ends. Be sure to read the Managing Your Eniture API Key section to learn how to upgrade your subscription. Overview Setting up the plugin consists of the following steps: Download the installation file. Install the plugin application file. Activate the plugin. Get your ABF Freight API ID Connect the plugin Quote settings Identify your warehouse and drop ship locations In-store pick up settings. Local delivery settings. Shipping rules Identify pallet sizes (or handling units). Enable the plugin. Configure your products. Other information contained in this guide: Logs. What your customer sees. What you see. Managing your Eniture API Key. Shipping with FreightDesk Online Using Validate-Addresses.com 1. Download the Installation File Return to top. On the Features tab of this webpage (you’re currently on the Documentation tab) is a list of available subscription plans and a description of the features included in each one. Click on the green button associated with the plan you want to subscribe to. The image below shows where to click to sign up for a monthly subscription to the plugin’s Basic Plan. There is also a button for a free 15 day trial beneath the name of the plugin at the top of the page. GlobalTranz LTL Freight Quotes for Woocommerce Choose Subscription You will be presented with a registration form. The email address and password you enter will serve as your credentials to eniture.com. Use these to gain access to your customer dashboard where you can download the plugin installation file, manage your licenses and update your payment information. When you download the plugin installation file, be sure to save it to a familiar location. You will need to navigate to the file during the installation process. Note: If you obtained the plugin installation file from the WordPress Plugin Directory, you still need to select a subscription package and complete the registration form. 2. Install the Plugin Application File Return to top. Login to the WordPress dashboard as the website administrator. In the left sidebar, hover your mouse over the Plugins menu to display the sub-menu options. Select Add New from the sub-menu options. The Add Plugins page will load. At the top of the Add Plugins page, click on the Upload Plugin button. upload_plugin Controls will appear in the middle of page that will allow you to chose and install the plugin application. Choose the Choose File button, navigate to the location where you saved the installation file and select it. choose_file Click the Install Now button. WordPress will display information about the installation progress at the bottom of the page. The plugin has been installed once the message Plugin installed successfully is displayed. 3. Activate the Plugin Return to top. Once the plugin has been installed, it must be activated. If you are still on the same page that you were on at the end of Step 2, you can click the Activate Plugin link on the bottom of the page. If you’ve already navigated away from that page, select Installed Plugins from the Plugins menu. installed_plugins Locate the LTL Freight Quotes – ABF Freight Edition plugin on the list and click the Activate link. 4. Obtain an ABF Freight API ID Return to top. To successfully connect the app to ABF Freight you need an API ID. If you don’t have one, access the API Registration form (https://arcb.com/apps/api). You’ll need to log in to the site to access the form. ABF API Registration Form Complete the form and afterward, copy the API ID you are given. You’ll use it later. 5. Connection settings Return to top. Select Settings from the WooCommerce menu. woocommerce_settings Click on the ABF Freight tab to gain access to the plugin configuration settings. Using the links at the top of the page, select Connection Settings. ABF LTL freight quotes for WooCommerce - Connection Settings ID Enter the API ID you retrieved in Step 4 here. Eniture API Key Enter the API Key you obtained from Eniture Technology. If you don’t have one, click the link to the right of this field to obtain one. Related documents: How To Obtain Your Eniture API Key Where To Find Your Eniture API Key ABF rates my freight on weight and… The commodity/shipment level details required to get shipping quotes will depend on your tariff (pricing agreement) with ABF. Check the tariff document to confirm which setting is required for your account, or contact ABF to inquire. Freight class Choose this setting if freight class is the central factor, in addition to weight, in determining your freight charges. This is the most common (and preferred) choice. Freight class and NMFC number Choose this setting if both freight class and NMFC number, in addition to weight, is required to get a freight quote. The requirement to provide both is common if there has been a history of billing disputes related to the proper classification of freight. Freight class and dimensions Choose this setting if dimensions, in addition to freight class, determine your freight charges. If this is the case, you may need to also install the Pallet Packing add-on plugin to obtain accurate shipping quotes. Freight class, NMFC number, and dimensions Choose this setting if freight class, NMFC number, and dimensions are required to get shipping quotes. This is uncommon. If this is the case, you may need to also install the Pallet Packing add-on plugin to obtain accurate shipping quotes. The plugin’s API Key will be tied to a subscription. The Trial Plan will give you 15 days of free access to the Basic Plan. Two other plans are available; the Standard Plan and the Advanced Plan. The features associated with each plan are listed on the Features tab of this web page. Each plan is available for a monthly or yearly subscription rate. To manage your Eniture API Key, including which plan is associated with it, see the section titled Managing your Eniture API Keys. at the end of this User’s Guide. When you’re done save your connection settings and then test them by clicking on the Test Connection button at the bottom of the page. A message will display at the top of the page letting you know if the plugin succeeded in establishing a connection to the ABF Freight servers. If you receive an error, confirm the values you entered and try again. Be particularly attentive to capitalization. Most of the information you enter on this page is case sensitive. 6. Quote Settings Return to top. If you don’t have visibility to the plugin’s navigation menu, select Settings from the WooCommerce menu. woocommerce_settings Click on the ABF Freight tab to gain access to the plugin configuration settings. Using the links at the top of the page, select Quote Settings. Quote Settings for ABF LTL Freight Quotes plugin Label As Identify how you want the quote labeled in the checkout process. A common choice for this field is “LTL Freight” or “ABF Freight”. If left blank quotes will be labeled “Freight”. Don’t sort shipping methods by price By default, the plugin will sort all shipping methods by price in ascending order. Check this box to disable this behavior. When checked, shipping methods will be ordered in the order they are listed in the WooCommerce Shipping Zones settings. Delivery Estimate Options Don’t display delivery estimates Only the shipping rate for the enabled services will display when this option is selected. Display the estimated number of days until delivery The estimated days until delivery will be displayed after each enabled service name and before the rate estimate.Weekend days and holidays are included in the estimate. For example, if an overnight shipment is quoted with a ship-date of a Thursday, the estimated number of days until delivery will be one. But if the same overnight shipment is quoted with a ship-date of a Friday, the estimated number of days until delivery will be three to include Saturday and Sunday; and provided that the following Monday is not a holiday.The shipment date will be the date of the order, unless you are using the Order Cut Off Time or Fulfillment Offset Days feature to adjust the shipment date. Display estimated delivery date The date and time of the estimated delivery date will be displayed after each enabled service name and before the rate estimate.Weekend days and holidays are accounted for. For example, if an overnight shipment is quoted with a ship-date of a Friday, the estimated delivery date date will be the following Monday, provided that the following Monday is not a holiday.The shipment date will be the date of the order, unless you are using the Order Cut Off Time or Fulfillment Offset Days feature to adjust the shipment date. Cut Off Time & Ship Date Offset The Standard Plan is required to use these features. If you aren’t on the Standard Plan the words Standard Plan required will be displayed. Click on the Standard Plan required text to upgrade your plan and gain access to these features. The features are only relevant if you have Show Delivery Estimates enabled. Workdays are Monday through Friday except for the public holidays on which the carrier does not provide pick up service. Order Cut Off Time Enter the cut off time for orders. When the plugin requests shipping quotes, it identifies a shipment date. The estimated delivery date is dependent on the ship date. The cut off time allows you to postpone an order’s shipment date by one workday. Orders received before the cut off time are quoted using the order date as the ship date. Orders received after the cut off time use the next workday as the ship date. Fulfillment Offset Days Enter the number of days to offset the ship date. When the plugin requests shipping quotes, it identifies a ship date. The estimated delivery date is dependent on the ship date. This setting allows you to postpone the ship date by a specified number of workdays. Example 1 If an order is received before the Order Cut Off Time on the 5th of the month and the Shipment Offset Days is set to 2 days, then the ship date will be the 7th day of the month (assuming the 5th, 6th and 7th are all business days). Example 2 If an order is received after the Order Cut Off Time on the 5th of the month and the Shipment Offset Days is set to 2 days, then the ship date will be the 8th day of the month (assuming the 5th, 6th and 7th are all business days). What days do you ship orders? Identify the days of the week on which you ship orders. The ship date used for the rate request will be modified accordingly, which may affect the expected delivery date. Always quote residential delivery When checked, the quotes returned will always include the carrier’s residential delivery fee. Auto-detect residential addresses Through the use of an add-on plugin titled Residential Address Detection, Ship To addresses are checked against database records from the USPS. When the address is identified as residential, the residential delivery fee is included in the rate estimates. If the message “Click here to add the Residential Address Detection module.” is present, then the addon plugin is not installed. Click on the link to install it if you’d like to use this feature. (Learn more) The settings below display only if the Residential Address Detection plugin is installed. Auto-renew Choose a plan that best meets your needs. (View available plans.) The credit card associated with quote plugin license will be billed immediately and the plan will become your current plan. Your choice will be retained for the auto-renew option. You can change your auto-renew selection at any time. Plans automatically renew at the end of every monthly billing cycle or upon the depletion of the current plan. To prevent a renewal, choose Disable from the list of options. Current plan Displays information about the current plan and the start and end dates of the current subscription period. Current usage Displays information about the consumption of the current plan. The date shown is the UTC timestamp of the last time a residential address detection event occurred. Suspend use Checking this box temporarily suspends the Residential Address Detection plugin. It does not permanently disable it and if the current monthly billing cycle expires, a new plan will be activated. To disable the plugin, deactivate it or choose Disable from the Auto-renew drop down. Default unconfirmed address types to: Select Residential or Commercial. In rare cases the plugin my be unable to confirm the address type. This occurs when a match for the address can’t be found in the USPS database. Invalid addresses are the most common reason for this. In extremely rare cases an address may be valid, but the match found in the USPS database has a low confidence metric. Choose how you want addresses treated in these cases. Address type disclosure Inform the shopper when the ship-to address is identified as residential address Choose this setting if you want the shopper to be informed that the ship-to address has been identified as a residential address. (The residential address delivery fee will be included in the shipping quotes.) Don’t disclose the ship-to address type to the shopper Choose this setting if you don’t want the shopper to be informed that the ship-to address has been identified as a residential address. (The residential address delivery fee will still be included in the shipping quotes.) Do not return rates if the shipping address appears to be a post office box Enable this setting if you don’t want the plugin to present shipping quotes when the ship-to address appears to be a post office box. Addresses in the United States will rely on metadata provided by the USPS for this determination. String matching, which is less reliable, will be used for addresses in other countries. Lift Gate Delivery Always quote lift gate delivery When checked, the returned quotes will include the carrier’s lift gate delivery fee. Offer lift gate delivery as an option An additional option for LTL freight will be offered that includes the lift gate delivery fee. Always include lift gate delivery when a residential address is detected Displays only if the Residential Address Detection plugin is installed. When enabled, if a residential delivery address is detected the lift gate delivery fee will be included in the shipping rate estimate. In such cases, the option to Offer lift gate delivery as an option will be suppressed, even if enabled. Enabling both the Offer lift gate delivery as an option setting and the Always include lift gate delivery when a residential address is detected setting allows commercial customers to choose whether or not lift gate service is needed while always requiring it for residential customers. Limited Access Delivery Always quote limited access delivery When enabled, quotes for LTL freight will always include the limited access delivery service. Offer limited access delivery as an option When enabled, the shopper will be offered additional options that will include limited access delivery service. Hold At Terminal The Advanced Plan is required to use this feature. If you aren’t on the Advanced Plan the words Advanced plan required will be displayed. Click on the Advanced plan required text to upgrade your plan and gain access to the feature. (Learn more about Hold At Terminal service.) Only quote Hold At Terminal service When enabled, the only option returned by the ABF app will be Hold At Terminal service. Offer Hold At Terminal as an option When enabled, Hold At Terminal service will be offered as an option in addition to the shipping rates normally quoted by the app. Adjust the price of the Hold At Terminal option The quoted amount will be the same as a quote to the ship to address if it were a commercial address and would not require lift gate delivery (the “standard LTL rate“). This will be a more economical option for customers who would otherwise be subject to the residential address and/or lift gate delivery fee(s). If you want the amount quoted for the Hold At Terminal option to be different than the standard LTL rate, use this field to modify the rate. The adjustment will be interpreted as dollars and cents unless it is follow by a % sign. Handling Unit Weight of Handling Unit Enter in pounds the weight of your pallet, skid, crate or other type of handling unit you use. The amount entered will be added to shipment weight prior to requesting a quote. Maximum Weight per Handling Unit Enter in pounds the maximum weight that can be placed on the handling unit. If the total weight of the cart exceeds this value, the weight of additional handling units will be added as needed. For example, if the maximum weight is 500 LBS, and the total weight of the cart is 1200 LBS, the weight of the handling units added to the shipment shall be 3 times the weight entered in the Weight of Handling Unit field. (=roundup(1200/500,0)*Weight of Handling Unit) Handling Fee / Mark Up Increases the amount of the returned quote by a specified amount prior to displaying it in the shopping cart. The number entered will be interpreted as dollars and cents unless it is followed by a % sign. For example, entering 5.00 will cause $5.00 to be added to the quotes. Entering 5.00% will cause each quote to be multiplied by 1.05 (= 1 + 5%). Enable Logs Enable the checkbox to have API transactions logged on the Logs page. The plugin’s navigation will only display an entry for Logs when this setting is enabled. The page will contain as many as 25 of the most recent transactions. Show WooCommerce shipping options (Yes|No) Permit or prevent the display of shipping rates from other plugins. Return LTL freight quotes when an order’s shipment weight exceeds the weight threshold When checked, the LTL Freight Quote plugin will return quotes when an order’s total weight exceeds the weight threshold, even if none of the products have settings to indicate that it will ship LTL. To increase the accuracy of the returned quote(s), all products should have a freight class or accurate weights and dimensions. Weight Threshold for Freight Quotes Enter in pounds the weight threshold for LTL freight. When the order’s weight is greater than or equal to the threshold, the LTL Freight Quote plugin will return a quote if the setting is enabled (enabled by next setting). Default = 150 LBS. Continue to display parcel rates when the weight threshold is met. Recommended. Choose this option if you want parcel rates to continue to display even after the weight threshold for LTL freight is met. Suppress parcel rates when the weight threshold is met. Choose this option if you parcel rates to be suppressed when the weight threshold for LTL freight is met. Requires the installation and use of one of Eniture Technology’s Small Package Quotes plugins. Checkout options if the plugin fails to return a rate Choose what you want to happen if the plugin fails to return a rate and no other shipping estimates are provided by an alternate source. You can choose to allow the shopper to complete the checkout, or prevent the shopper from doing so. Be sure to identify the message you want presented to the shopper. 7. Define Warehouse and Drop Ship Locations Return to top. If you don’t have visibility to the plugin’s navigation menu, select Settings from the WooCommerce menu. woocommerce_settings Click on the ABF Freight tab to gain access to the plugin configuration settings. Using the links at the top of the page, select Warehouses. Click the Add button in the appropriate sections to add warehouse and drop ship locations. On the Basic Plan you can define one warehouse and multiple drop ship locations. To define multiple warehouse locations you must be on the Standard Plan or higher. Warehouses should have a complete inventory of all products not otherwise identified as drop shipped items. If you have more than one warehouse defined, the warehouse closest to the shopper will be used to retrieve shipping rate estimates. You should define at least one warehouse, even if all of your products are drop shipped. This insures that quotes will be returned in the event the drop ship location was overlooked when the product entry was created. Drop ship locations usually represent vendors that supply items that you don’t inventory. These items are shipped directly to your customer on your behalf. When an order includes drop shipped items the shopping cart will display a single figure for the shipping rate estimate that is equal to the sum of the cheapest option for each shipment required to fulfill the order. Steet Address Optional. Enter the street address for the location. This will be displayed along with the city, state, and postal code when the setting for in-store pick up is enabled. ZIP Enter the postal code for the location. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. City The plugin will attempt to prefill the City based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. State The plugin will attempt to prefill the State based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. Country The plugin will attempt to prefill the Country based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. Use only the two character standardized country code. Handling Fee / Mark Up Increases the amount of the quote received for this location by a specified amount prior to displaying it/them in the shopping cart. The number entered will be interpreted as dollars and cents unless it is followed by a % sign. For example, entering 5.00 will cause $5.00 to be added to the quotes. Entering 5.00% will cause each quote to be multiplied by 1.05 (= 1 + 5%). Note: The app has four settings that can be used to mark up shipping quotes. They are applied to shipping quotes in the following order: 1) Product-specific Mark Up (Product settings); 2) Location-specific Handling Fee / Mark Up (Warehouse settings); 3) Service-specific Mark Up (Quote settings); and 4) General Handling Fee / Mark Up (Quote settings). 7a. In-store pick up settings Return to top. The Advanced Plan is required to use this feature. If you aren’t on the Advanced Plan the words Advanced plan required will appear adjacent to the settings header, and the fields associated with the feature will be inaccessible. In-store pick up can be offered as an option in the checkout process based the shopper’s postal code or proximity. It will only be offered if the feature is enabled and only one stocking location (warehouse or drop ship location) is involved in providing a quote. The settings for In-store pick up are visible on the page used to add or edit a warehouse or drop ship location. Enable in-store pick up Check the box to enable the in-store pick up feature. Offer if address is within (miles) The distance in miles within which you’d like to offer in-store pick up. The distance is route miles (driving distance). Leave blank if you don’t want to use distance to determine if in-store pick up should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, in-store pick up will display if either is satisfied. Offer if postal code matches The postal codes to which you’d like to offer in-store pick up. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. Leave blank if you don’t want to use postal codes to determine if in-store pick up should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, in-store pick up will display if either is satisfied. Checkout description The description to use to identify the option in the checkout process. The most obvious candidate is In-store pick up, but you can make it anything you’d like. Phone number Enter the phone number to display in the description of the in-store pickup option. 7b. Local delivery settings Return to top. The Advanced Plan is required to use this feature. If you aren’t on the Advanced Plan the words Advanced plan required will appear adjacent to the settings header, and the fields associated with the feature will be inaccessible. Local delivery can be offered as an option in the checkout process based the shopper’s postal code or proximity. It will only be offered if the feature is enabled and only one stocking location (warehouse or drop ship location) is involved in providing a quote. Local delivery can display as a free option or have a charge associated with it. Other shipping options provided by the app can be suppressed when local delivery is to be offered. The settings for Local delivery are visible on the page used to add or edit a warehouse or drop ship location. Enable local delivery Check the box to enable the local delivery feature. Offer if address is within (miles) The distance in miles within which you’d like to offer local delivery. The distance is route miles (driving distance). Leave blank if you don’t want to use distance to determine if local delivery should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, local delivery will display if either is satisfied. Offer if postal code matches The postal codes to which you’d like to offer local delivery. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. Leave blank if you don’t want to use postal codes to determine if local delivery should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, local delivery will display if either is satisfied. Checkout description The description to use to identify the option in the checkout process. The most obvious candidate is Local delivery, but you can make it anything you’d like. Local delivery fee Enter the amount to charge for local delivery. Leave blank to offer local delivery for free. Suppress other rates Check the box to show only the option for local delivery when the criteria for doing so (distance or postal code) is met. Leave unchecked to have local delivery offered in addition to the shipping options normally displayed by the app. 8. Shipping Rules Return to top. You can use Shipping Rules to modify the behavior of the plugin. To introduce a rule, click the Add Rule button and afterward complete the form to implement the rule. Rule Name Enter a name for the rule. The name is for your convenience. It will not be seen by your custoomers. Type Select the rule type. The following options are available: Hide Methods – If the criteria of the filters are met, the shipping estimates normally provided as options by the plugin will be suppressed. Override Rates – If the criteria of the filters are met, the shipping estimates normally provided will be replaced according to the settings. Liftgate Weight Restrictions – If the weight of a product or pallet exceeds the weight entered, an option for liftgate delivery will not be presented to the website visitor, even if it is enabled in the Quote Settings. Apply to Some rule types may not provide an option on how to apply the rule. Cart Choose this option if you want the shipping rule to apply to the entire Cart. Shipment Choose this option if you want the shipping rule to apply only to individual shipments. For example, the app is capable of combining shipping quotes from multiple ship-from locations. If you want the rule to apply only to the shipments that meet the rule filter(s), then choose this option. If you want the rule to apply to all the shipments if any of the shipments satisfy the rule filter(s), then choose the option for Cart. When the Type is “Hide Methods” No other settings apply to this rule type. If the rule filter is met and it applies to the “Cart”, then the app will not present shipping quotes during checkout. If the rule filter is met and it applies to the “Shipment”, then the quotes for the shipment will not contribute to the sum of the shipping rates retrieved for the other ship-from locations. When the Type is “Override Rates” Service Select the service for which you want to override the rate for. Service Rate Enter the dollar amount of the rate that will replace the service when the rule filter(s) are met. When the Type is “Liftgate Weight Restrictions” Weight Threshold Enter the maximum weight in pounds for a handling unit’s weight if the option to offer liftgate delivery is enabled. If an item in the Cart or a handling unit exceeds the weight, the option for liftgate delivery will not be presented. Filters Filter Name Enter a name for the filters you want to implement. The name is for your convenience. It will not be seen by your customers. Filter by weight Enable the checkbox if you want to use the weight of the cart as a criteria for the application of the rule. Enter the range for the weight in the From and To fields. The value entered in the From field will be included in the criteria. The value entered in the To field will be excluded from the criteria. If you enter “From 100” “To 150”, then a Cart with a total weight of 100 LBS will trigger the rule while a Cart with a total weight of 150 LBS will not. Consider the “To” field as the “Up to” value. Filter by price Enable the checkbox if you want to use the price of the cart as a criteria for the application of the rule. Enter the range for the price in the From and To fields. The value entered in the From field will be included in the criteria. The value entered in the To field will be excluded from the criteria. If you enter “From 100” “To 150”, then a Cart with a total price of $100 will trigger the rule while a Cart with a total price of $150 will not. Consider the “To” field as the “Up to” value. Filter by quantity Enable the checkbox if you want to use the quantity of items in the cart as a criteria for the application of the rule. Enter the range for the quantity in the From and To fields. The value entered in the From field will be included in the criteria. The value entered in the To field will be excluded from the criteria. If you enter “From 10” “To 20”, then a Cart containing 10 items will trigger the rule while a Cart with 20 items will not. Consider the “To” field as the “Up to” value. Filter by product tag Enable the checkbox if you want to use the product tag of items in the cart as a criteria for the application of the rule. Available Enable this checkbox if you want the rule to be applied. Disable it if you want to keep the rule settings for future use, but you don’t want to actively apply it. 9. Identify Pallet Sizes Return to top. The Pallet Packaging plugin is an optional add-on plugin that will allow you to identify the sizes of the pallets or other types of handling units that you inventory. If the pricing tariff you have with your LTL freight provider uses freight class and weight to determine your shipping rates (as is most frequently the case), you don’t need the Pallet Packing plugin to get accurate LTL freight quotes. However, if your LTL provider has you on a density-based pricing tariff then you’ll need to install the Pallet Packaging plugin. The plugin will determine which of your pallets should be used to ship the contents of the shopping cart and provide the overall dimensions of the handling unit (which will include the contents of the cart) to your LTL freight provider so that it can provide an accurate shipping rate. When the Pallet Packaging plugin is installed, you can identify: The sizes of the pallets or other types of handling units you inventory. The rotational property of the items for placement on the pallet or other type of handling unit. Items that ship as their own handling unit. (Aren’t placed on a pallet or handling unit with other items.) The packaging solution is saved as a step-by-step graphical illustration which you can access from the Order Details page. Use the step-by-step instructions to pack the order exactly as it was quoted. Pallet packaging solution for Woocommerce Pallet Packing plugin If you already have the Pallet Packaging plugin installed, Pallets will appear as an option in the plugin navigation menu. If it doesn’t and you want to use this feature, go to the Pallet Packaging product page where you can learn more and download the plugin installation file. Pallets In LTL Freight Quotes Navigation Menu Click on Pallets in the LTL Freight Quotes navigation menu to access the Pallet Packaging user interface. Below is an excerpt from the Pallet Packaging User’s Guide to assist you with populating the associated settings. Auto-renew Choose a plan that best meets your needs. The credit card associated with quote plugin license will be billed immediately and the plan will become your current plan. Your choice will be retained for the auto-renew option. You can change your auto-renew selection at any time. Plans automatically renew at the end of every monthly billing cycle or upon the depletion of the current plan. To prevent a renewal, choose Disable from the list of options. Current plan Displays information about the current plan and the start and end dates of the current subscription period. Current usage Displays information about the consumption of the current plan. The date shown is the UTC timestamp of the last time a packaging solution was identified. Suspend use Checking this box temporarily suspends the Pallet Packaging plugin. It does not permanently disable the feature and if the current monthly billing cycle expires, a new plan will be activated. To disable the plugin, deactivate it or choose Disable from the Auto-renew drop down. To add a pallet, click the Add Pallet button. A popup will display prompting you to enter the following information: Nickname Enter a nickname for the pallet. The nickname will be used to identify the pallet in the graphical illustration of the packaging solution. Length The length of the pallet in inches. Width The width of the pallet in inches. Height The height of the pallet in inches. Pallet Weight The weight of the pallet in pounds. Max Height The maximum height the pallet is allowed to reach, entered as inches. Max Weight The maximum weight the pallet is rated to hold, entered as pounds. Pallet Fee If you want to add a fee to the shipping quote for the pallet, enter the amount here. Available Check this box to make it available for the packaging solution calculations. 10. Enable the Plugin (WooCommerce 3.0 or later only) Return to top. Select Settings from the WooCommerce menu. woocommerce_settings Click on the Shipping tab and select the option for Shipping Zones. The shipping method needs to be added to a shipping zone. If an appropriate shipping zone isn’t already defined, click the Add shipping zone button and define one. Now add the shipping method to the zone. Click on the “+” inline with the shipping zone… …select the ABF Freight option from the drop down list of shipping methods… …and click on the Add shipping method button. Repeat this process for each shipping zone you want to the app to return quotes for. You should test each zone to make sure the geography defined by the shipping zone is supported by the app. 11. Product Settings Return to top. Navigate to your product list in the WordPress Dashboard by selecting Products from the Products menu. products_products Select the product you want to ship LTL freight from the list. Once you’re on the Edit Product page, locate the Product Data region and click on the Shipping option to access the product’s shipping characteristics. Weight Enter the weight of the product in pounds. Dimensions Enter the dimensions of the product in inches. Shipping Class If you have the Small Package Quotes plugin installed and you want the product to be quoted as shipping parcel, select the No shipping class option. If you have the LTL Freight Quotes plugin installed and you want the product to be quoted as shipping LTL freight, select the LTL Freight option. Enable Drop Ship Location This option will only be visible if there are drop ship locations defined. Refer to Step 5c: Define Warehouse and Drop Ship Locations for instruction on how to define drop ship locations. Check this box if this product ships from a drop ship location. Drop Ship Location This option will only be visible if there are drop ship locations defined. Refer to Step 5c: Define Warehouse and Drop Ship Locations for instruction on how to define drop ship locations. If the product is drop shipped, select the drop ship location from the list of options. Freight Classification This option will only be visible if the LTL Freight Quotes plugin is installed. Select the freight class for the product from the list of options. If you utilize both small package (parcel) and LTL freight shipping methods, you should identify the freight class for all products, even those that normally ship small package (parcel). The last option in the list of freight classifications is Density Based. In most cases this is an industry accepted alternative for identifying the freight class of an item or shipment. Validate the returned quotes if using this setting. There are exceptions in the NMFC Freight Classification Directory that can render the density calculator results invalid for particular commodities. To be used successfully the product must have its weight and dimensions populated in the Shipping sub-panel. NMFC Enter a value in this field only if ABF requires it for your account. Enter the NMFC number for the commodity. Markup Use this field to modify the shipping quotes returned by the plugin. Enter a dollar amount (e.g. 1.00 or -1.00) to increase or decrease the shipping quotes. The amount of the adjustment will be multiplied by the quantity of the item in the Cart. Enter a percentage (1.0% or -1.0%) to have a percentage of the item’s price added to or subtracted from the shipping quotes. When a percentage is entered and there is more than one of the item in the Cart, the percentage will be applied to the extended price (quantity x price). Note: The app has four settings that can be used to mark up shipping quotes. They are applied to shipping quotes in the following order: 1) Product-specific Mark Up (Product settings); 2) Location-specific Handling Fee / Mark Up (Warehouse settings); 3) Service-specific Mark Up (Quote settings); and 4) General Handling Fee / Mark Up (Quote settings). Nested item The Advanced Plan is required to use this feature. If you aren’t on the Advanced Plan the words Advanced plan required will appear adjacent to the settings header, and the fields associated with the feature will be inaccessible. Enable this checkbox if the item can be stacked into another identical item when it is shipped. An example would be 13 gallon trashcans or plastic cups. When this setting is enabled, the Freight Class is always Density Based. Nesting percentage This setting is only relevant if the Nested item setting is enabled. Enter the percent of the item that can be nested inside of another identical item. For example, if an item is 10 inches in height and after stacking two together the total height is 11 inches, the stacking percentage is 90%. (11 inches = 10 inches + (10 inches x 90%)) Nested dimension This setting is only relevant if the Nested item setting is enabled. Identify the dimension (length, width or height) on which the nesting occurs. Maximum nested items This setting is only relevant if the Nested item setting is enabled. Enter the maximum number of items you’ll allow in a single stack of nested items. Stacking property This setting is only relevant if the Nested item setting is enabled. Select Maximized or Evenly. If your Maximum nested items is 6, and there are 7 items in the cart, then the Maximized option will result in one stack of 6 and one of 1. If the Stacking property is set to Evenly, it will result in one stack of 4 and one of 3. If your product is a Variable Product, set the shipping parameters for each product variation on the Variations page. When you are done click the Update button located in the Publish widget located at the top right of the page. Logs Return to top. The Quote Settings page contains the Enable Logs setting. When enabled, the plugin’s navigation will include a link to the Logs page. Up to 25 of the most recent transactions will appear on the Logs page. The Response column shows the outcome of each transaction. Click on a transaction’s response result to view its details. When viewing the transaction details, click on the “+” symbols to expand the level of detail and “–” to collapse it. A basic understanding of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) will be useful when viewing the logs. Related document: Using Logs In Quoting Plugins From Eniture Technology What Your Customer Sees Return to top. To facilitate the successful conclusion of an online purchase the plugin always attempts to return an estimate of shipping charges. If multiple products are in the shopping cart and some are missing weight, dimensions or both, the plugin will use what is available to obtain the shipping rate estimates. For example, if you have two products in the shopping cart and the first has weight and dimensions and the second does not, the shipping rate estimate will be based solely on the first product. The plugin will fail to return shipping rate estimates only when none of the products in the shopping cart have weights or dimensions recorded. Please note that shipping rate estimates will be increasingly inaccurate the more omissions there are to the weight and dimensions of products in the shopping cart. The shopping cart won’t display shipping rate estimates the first time the shopper views the shopping cart because it isn’t aware of the ship to address. The user will be prompted to click on the Calculate Shipping Cost link to provide this information. Appearance of shopping cart when viewed by a shopper who is not logged in to the website. Appearance of the shopping cart after the user clicks on the Calculate Shipping link. After the user provides the ship to information, the shopping cart will display the shipping rate estimate based on the settings entered in the plugin. Appearance of shopping cart when viewed immediately after the ship to information is provided. If the plugin is unable to display shipping rate estimates, a message will display. Typical reasons why a quote may not be displayed include: 1) Insufficient data on the products in the shopping cart, such as weight or dimensions or freight class; 2) Invalid credentials due to a password change, an expired license, or a suspended account; 3) An invalid or incomplete ship to address was provided; or 4) The carrier’s web service is not operational. Appearance of shopping cart when the plugin is unable to display shipping rate estimates. What you see. Return to top. The plugin populates shipping related information in the Additional Order Details widget on the Order Details page. The content of the widget falls into two categories: 1) Shipment Origin & Services; and 2) Shipment Content. LTL Freight Quotes Additional Order Details Shipment Origin & Services This information block will identify the shipment origin, the selected carrier service and a list of any additional services (such as residential delivery) associated with the shipment. A separate Shipment Origin & Services information block will appear for each shipping location that will participate in fulfilling the order. This is particularly useful for stores with multiple warehouses and drop ship locations. Shipment Content A Shipment Content information block is presented beneath each Shipment Origin & Services information block. It identifies the products that were quoted as shipping from the location. Managing Your Eniture API Key Return to top. You can manage your Eniture API Key by signing into eniture.com with the email address and password you entered when you registered for the plugin. After you sign in, My Account will be added to the navigation menu. Click on it to access the Dashboard for your account. my_account Use the links below to navigate to documents in the knowledge base related to common topics of interest. How Do I Get The Plugin Installation File? How To Upgrade From A Trial To Paid Subscription Change The Domain For Your API Key How To Add Your Staging Site How To Update Your Username Or Password How To Update The Email Address For Billing Receipts Can I Use The Plugin On A Different Website? How To Update Your Credit Card On File How To Use PayPal As An Alternate Payment Method Shipping with FreightDesk Online Return to top. Shipping for e-commerce stores can be divided into two general challenges: How capture the cost of shipping on orders placed online. How to ship the order, including how to create the shipping label (or Bill Of Lading in the case of LTL freight), schedule the carrier to pick up the shipment, and update the customer with the tracking number. Quoting plugins, like this one, provide a solution for the first challenge. What are your options for the second challenge? Option 1 – The carrier’s website: You can log into the carrier’s website and manually enter all of the relevant information. Carrier websites are free to use since the carrier makes money when you use them to deliver an order. However, if you have more than a handful of orders each day this approach is time consuming and ripe for data entry errors which can be costly to correct. Option 2 – Use a plugin with “print-label” capabilities: It’s possible to find a plugin for certain shipping providers that will both generate quotes during the checkout process, and allow the merchant to print a shipping label. These plugins have very limited functionality and are usually an acceptable option only for merchants with very simple shipping needs and a low volume of shipments. They also require that the individuals responsible for preparing shipments have access to the ADMIN area of WooCommerce, which is not an acceptable arrangement to many merchants. Option 3 – Cloud-based Shipping Platforms: The next step up in capability are cloud-based shipping systems that will connect to your online store and retrieve the details of your orders, thereby eliminating the need for much of the manual data entry. Many of these shipping systems have arrangements with postal and parcel carriers that can provide the merchant with significant discounts. Where these systems excel is in the efficiency of the fulfillment process. That translates in to a much higher volume of shipments per unit of time. These systems are relatively inexpensive and the reduction in the amount of labor and time it takes to ship your orders will pay dividends. Option 4 – FreightDesk Online: FreightDesk Online (freightdesk.online) is also a cloud-based shipping system. It enjoys all of the benefits of other cloud-based offerings but expands the solution in two ways: It makes use of the detailed information collected by Eniture Technology’s quoting plugins (like this one) such as the packaging solution and the additional services included in the shipping option chosen when the order was placed. It provideds merchants access to more than two dozen LTL freight providers in addition to the typical postal and parcel integrations offered by other cloud-based solutions. These expanded capabilities will deliver you closer to true “click-and-ship” shipping than any other alternative, whether you’re shipping with a postal carrier, a parcel carrier, or an LTL freight provider. How to connect your WooCommerce store to FreightDesk Online Return to top. First, if you don’t already have one, register for a FreightDesk Online account (https://freightdesk.online/register). You can connect multiple online stores to FreightDesk Online, even if they use different e-commerce platforms, so you don’t have to create separate FreightDesk Online accounts for each one. The pricing for FreightDesk Online is á la carte. You’ll be able to pick a separate plan for parcel (and postal) shipments, and for LTL freight shipments based on the anticipated volume for each type of shipping. Your monthly subscription rate will be comprised of these two selections. You can begin a 30-day trial of both types of shipping by selecting Trial in the corresponding dropdown fields on the registration form. After you complete the registration process, log into FreightDesk Online. Click on your avatar located in the top right-hand corner of the browser window. Copy your FreightDesk Online ID which will be located below your company name. Location of FreightDesk Online ID Return to the plugin settings and click on the FreightDesk Online tab. Enter your FreightDesk Online ID and click the Connect button. WooCommerce Plugin Connect To FreightDesk Online Complete the connection by granting any permissions that you’re prompted for. Next, return to FreightDesk Online. Navagate to Settings > Connections. Locate the store in the list of Connected Marketplaces and click on its Show/Edit link. Update the marketplace’s connection settings using the instructions below. FreightDesk Online Edit Marketplace User Interface for WooCommerce Nickname Enter a nickname you’d like to use to represent the connection to this store. Be aware that the nickname will be used to identify the store if you enable FreightDesk Online’s shipment tracking email notifications. It is used as the value for the “{Merchant}” mail-tag. Marketplace URL This field will be prefilled with the URL of the store that was connected to FreightDesk Online. You can not edit this field. To disable the connection, chose the Inactive Marketplace status option at the bottom of the page. Order Import Status This setting is used to filter which orders are imported into FreightDesk Online. Processing is typically the only order status enabled. Order Shipped Status Choose Completed if you want an order status seen in WooCommerce to be automatically updated to “Completed” when the shipping label or Bill Of Lading is printed. If you’d prefer to manually update the order status in WooCommerce, choose the option Don’t update the order status. Order Shipped Status for Delayed PRO Number Assignment You can ignore this setting if you won’t be connecting Worldwide Express to FreightDesk Online as an LTL freight provider. If you will be, then please read the information provided on-screen and install the add-on plugin. The add-on plugin will add “PRO Pending” as an additional order status in WooCommerce and will delay the order status from being updated to “Completed” until after a PRO number becomes available for the shipment. This is usually by 10:30 AM Eastern Time the next business day. Auto Import Orders Enable this setting if you’d like newly placed orders with the status(es) you identified in the Order Import Status setting to be automatically imported in to FreightDesk Online. The alternative is to initiate the import manually each time using the Marketplace Status Select Activate Marketplace to enable the store’s connection to FreightDesk Online. To disable it, choose Inactive Marketplace. When you’re done editing your marketplace settings, click the Test Connection button to verify the connection to the store, and then Update to save the settings and return to the Settings > Connections page. Now that you’ve connected FreightDesk Online, unfulfilled orders can be imported in to FreightDesk Online for processing. To view them, log into FreightDesk Online and click on Orders in the navigation menu. If you have the Enable Auto Import Orders setting enabled, your orders will populate automatically. If not use the Import Orders button to manually initiate the process. You’ll need to connect your shipping providers before you can start shipping your orders using FreightDesk Online. Connecting your shipping providers is also done on the Settings > Connections page. You can find a quick start guide in FreightDesk Online by navigating to Help > Getting Started. Short instructional videos are also sprinkled through FreightDesk Online. Click on the movie camera icon to view the video. Using Validate-Addresses.com Return to top. Validate-Addresses.com is a cloud-based application that validates the ship-to address on online orders. The validation happens after the order is received so there isn’t additional friction during the checkout process that could increase the Cart abandonment rate. Shipping to an invalid address is costly. Shipping providers charge hefty fees to follow up on and correct undeliverable addresses, and additional transportation charges will be incurred if the shipment has to be redirected to a different terminal for delivery. If the shipment is returned to the shipper, the transportation charges will double in addition to the fees. Validate-Addresses.com costs as little as 1¢ per order and can be the difference between making money, or losing hundreds of dollars on an order. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. – Benjamin Franklin How does Validate-Addresses.com work? As soon as the order is placed, the order status is set to Pending Address Validation (a new order status that will be added to your store) until after Validate-Addresses.com confirms that the ship-to address is valid. If the ship-to address is valid, then the order status is changed to Processing and the order notes are updated to document that the ship-to address was good. The time between an order being placed and the validation of the ship-to address is typically 2 to 3 seconds. Validate-Addresses.com can be configured to automatically email the customer if the order’s ship-to address is invalid, provide the customer with options on how to correct it, or the option to confirm it as entered. If the customer corrects the address, the address is rechecked. If the corrected address is valid, or if the customer confirmed the address as entered, the order status in WooCommerce is updated to Processing and the order notes are updated to document the event. The merchant’s involvement in this process is completely hands off. The order status will remain Pending Address Validation until the address is corrected or confirmed so the merchant knows not to ship the order. There will be times when an order’s ship-to address can’t be validated and the customer fails to respond to the email notices about the invalid ship-to address. (You can configure these notices to reflect your brand and customize the message.) In these cases the merchant can contact the customer and if the outcome is favorable, override the Pending Address Validation status in Validate-Addresses.com. Afterward, the order status in WooCommerce will be updated to Processing, and the address will be added to the merchant’s address book so that future orders using the address won’t be flagged as invalid. How to connect your WooCommerce store to Validate-Addresses.com Return to top. Register for a Validate-Addresses.com account (https://validate-addresses.com/register). You can connect multiple online stores to Validate-Addresses.com, even if they use different e-commerce platforms, so you don’t have to create separate accounts for each one. After you complete the registration process, log into Validate-Addresses.com. Navagate to Settings > Connections. On the Connections page, click on the +Add Marketplace button. A modal will appear on the right side of your screen. Click on the tile that represents WooCommerce. Enter the URL of your store and then click the Connect bottom located at the bottom of the modal. Click the Approve button to grant the permissions requested by Validate-Addresses.com. You’ll need to log into the WordPress site if you aren’t being recognized as an authorized user. If you aren’t redirected to the Settings > Connections page, use the navigation menu to arrive there. You should see your store listed in the list of Connected Marketplaces. Click on its Show/Edit link located in the right margin of the page. Update the marketplace’s connection settings using the instructions below. Validate Addresses Connection Settings for WooCommerce Nickname Enter a nickname you’d like to use to represent the connection to this store. Marketplace URL This field will be prefilled with the URL of the store you entered to initiate the connection. You can not edit this field. To disable the connection, chose the Inactive Marketplace status option at the bottom of the page. Import orders with a status of… This setting is used to identify the orders are to be imported into Validate-Addresses.com. Processing is typically the only order status enabled. Change the order status of unvalidated addresses to… The installation of a plugin is required to set an order’s status to Pending Address Validation while the validation of the ship-to address is pending. You can use this link to download the installation file or the link provided in the onscreen instructions. Simply install the plugin. No additional setup is required. After validating the address, change the order staus to… Select how the order status should be updated once the ship-to address has been validated. Processing is the most common choice. After validating the address, add the following to the order notes… Enter the text you’d like inserted into the order notes when Validate-Addresses.com succeeds at validating the address. When an unverified address is confirmed by the customer, add the following to the order notes… Enter the text you’d like inserted into the order notes when Validate-Addresses.com is unable to validate the address but the customer confirms it to be correct as entered. When an unverified address is confirmed by the merchant, add the following to the order notes… Enter the text you’d like inserted into the order notes when Validate-Addresses.com is unable to validate the address but the merchant (you) intend to ship the order to the ship-to address entered. Marketplace Status Select Activate Marketplace to enable the store’s connection to Validate-Addresses.com. To disable it, choose Inactive Marketplace. When you’re done editing your marketplace settings, click the Test Connection button to verify the connection to the store, and then Update to save the settings and return to the Settings > Connections page. Now that you’ve connected Validate-Addresses.com, orders that meet your settings will automatically propagate the system. Orders that have ship-to addresses that were validated, corrected, or confirmed will appear on the Validate-Addresses.com History page and their status will appear as Processing on the WooCommerce Orders page. Orders with ship-to addresses that require attention will appear on the Validate-Addresses.com Orders page and their status on the WooCommerce Orders page will be Pending Address Validation. Use the Validate-Addresses.com Orders page to work on the ship-to address of orders that require attention. To enable the ship-to address correction/confirmation process, which begins with an email to the customer when an invalid address is provided, you must first configure your outbound mail server settings. In Validate-Addresses.com navigate to Settings > Email Setup. Afterward, navigate to Settings > Email Template to customize the content of the email your customer will receive.

LTL Freight Quotes ABF Freight Edition for WooCommerce

LTL Freight Quotes Label As Don’t sort shipping methods by price

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LTL Freight Quotes For Customers of FedEx Freight

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LTL Freight Quotes Shopify App for FedEx Freight LTL Freight Quotes For Customers of FedEx Freight ENITURE TECHNOLOGY AND THIS APPLICATION ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH, ENDORSED, OR SUPPORTED BY FEDEX OR ANY RELATED FEDEX SERVICE. This version of Eniture Technology’s LTL Freight Quotes app retrieves your negotiated LTL freight rates, takes action on them according to the app settings, and displays the results as shipping options in the Shopify checkout process. Promotional Video (1 min) Setup Tutorial & Demo (6 min) Features Requirements FAQ'S Documentation User’s Guide To use these instructions you must be logged into Shopify as the store’s administrator, or with a login that has administrative privileges. Setting up the application to display LTL freight quotes consists of the following steps: Prepare Shopify to use the application. Obtain Your API Credentials. Choose the desired plan. Connect the application to the carrier’s Rating API. Identify your warehouse and drop ship locations. In-store pick up settings. Local delivery settings. Choose the desired quote settings. Standard LTL freight settings. Freight Direct settings. Common LTL freight settings. Identify pallet sizes. Enable the pallet packaging feature. Identify your standard pallet or handling unit sizes. Items that ship as multiple pallets or handling units. Enter the product shipping parameters. Other information contained in this guide: What your customer sees. What you see. Updating products with the Import CSV utility or Product API. Import CSV Utility. Product API. Shipping with FreightDesk Online Using Validate Addresses 1. Prepare Shopify to use the application. Return to top. You must have the Third-party calculated shipping rates feature on your Shopify plan to have live carrier quotes displayed in the checkout process. It is standard on the Shopify Advanced plan and can be added to other Shopify plans by calling Shopify Customer Service at 888-746-7439. (Learn more) Navigate to the Settings>Shipping page. Click on the Manage rates link for the General shipping rates in the Rates at checkout section. General-Shipping-Profile In the General shipping profile, locate the shipping origin from which you want the app to provide quotes. Shipping-Origin If the only shipping zone you have is Rest of world, click on the Create shipping zone link and then enter a zone name (i.e. “Domestic”). Create-Shipping-Zone Locate the shipping zone for which you want to app to provide quotes. Click the Add rate button. Add-Shipping-Method Select the option Use carrier or app to calculate rates. Use App To Calculate Rates It may take a moment for Shopify to retrieve the list of apps capable of providing shipping quotes for your store. After it has, the appearance of the Add rate page will be similar to the image below. Perform the following actions: Select the app from the drop down list. Enable the Services are selected in the app preferences setting. If this setting isn’t available to enable, don’t be concerned. Click the Done button at the bottom of the page and continue on to the next step. Click the Done button at the bottom of the page. Select Quoting App Repeat the steps above to enable the app for any other shipping zone. You should only enable the app in shipping zones that the app is capable of returning quotes for. Check the Features tab for origins and destinations that the app supports. Note: You can define more than one warehouse in the app settings. Therefore, in Shopify, you can create single shipping origin, enable the app in the associated shipping zones, and have multiple shipping origins identified in the app. When the app is triggered to provide quotes, it will use the warehouse that is closest to the ship-to address. The advantage of this approach is that it will result in the lowest shipping cost and likely higher order conversion rates. The shipping origin the app selects is saved with the order and can be viewed with the order details. However, the app’s selection of a warehouse doesn’t account for inventory levels. The app assumes an unlimited supply of inventory from every stocking location. If you track inventory through Shopify and want to use stocking levels as a criteria for the selection of the shipping origin, then you should use Shopify’s “Locations” feature. If you choose to use Shopify’s Locations feature and Inventory Tracking, Shopify will select the shipping origin by sequentially evaluating the ability of each location to fulfill 100% of the order. You’ll set the order in which you want each location evaluated. Shopify’s selection will be made without regard to its impact on shipping cost. To learn more about Shopify’s Locations and to see an example of how it selects the shipping origin when more than one location exists, look over the example borrowed from Shopify’s Help Center. 2. Obtain Your API Credentials. Return to top. For 2024, FedEx released a new RESTful version of its API that replaces its SOAP version. Customers are asked to transition to the new RESTful API by August, 2024. The instructions in this User’s Guide will inform you how to get your credentials to FedEx’s new RESTful API. If you will be connecting to your FedEx Freight account via the SOAP (legacy) API, please follow the instructions located at the following alternate URL: Shopify / Legacy API Connection for FedEx Freight Log in to fedex.com. Afterward, scroll to the bottom of the page and locate the FedEx Developer Portal link in the footer. Click on it to access the developer portal.Click on the link My Projects in the navigation menu. In the center of the page, click on the + CREATE API PROJECT button. You will be presented with a popup containing a dropdown field. Select the option, Ships with FedEx and needs to integrate FedEx APIs into their system and then click the NEXT button. Click the SELECT button for the option titled, Ship, Rate & other APIs. Beneath the SELECT button, you’ll be presented with with several boxes, each representing a different API. Enable the checkboxes for the APIs that have the following names… Freight LTL API Rates and Transit Times API Service Availability API …and afterward click the NEXT button at the bottom of the page. On the next page, give your project a name or accept the default if one is provided. Beneath the project name field, is a Country/territory field. The purpose of this field is solely for test account purposes. You will be promoting the API credentials to Production in a moment, so select United States to satisfy the form. Answer No to the question, Do you plan on shipping using FedEx SmartPost Returns? Answer Yes to the question, Do you plan on shipping using FedEx Freight LTL? even if your immediate interest is only in FedEx parcel shipping. Click NEXT to advance to next page. Enable both checkboxes to accept terms, and then click the CREATE button. You will be delivered to a page where you will be viewing your Test credentials. You need to obtain your Production credentials. Near the top of the page, click the Production Key link. FedEx RESTful API Production Key Link Assign your production key a Key name or accept the default. Select your account number from the dropdown field and then click the NEXT button. Your Production keys will appear on the page. Copy them to where you can retrieve them later. You will need them later in this guide. Click the Done button to complete the process of obtaining your API credentials. 3. Choose the desired plan. Return to top. Begin by selecting Apps from the Shopify menu. Locate the entry for the LTL Freight Quotes app and click on the app name to access the app preferences. LTL Freight Quotes Shopify App For FedEx Freight The Plans page is used to confirm the plan you are currently subscribed to, see the features offered on each plan, and to perform upgrades or downgrades according to your needs. The plan you’re currently subscribed to will have This is your current plan above the monthly subscription rate. To change plans, click on the desired plan’s monthly subscription rate. You must be signed into Shopify with the Store Owner credentials to change plans. LTL Freight Quotes Shopify App For FedEx Plans 4. Connect the application to the carrier’s Rating API. Return to top. If you are connecting to the FedEx Freight SOAP (legacy) API, please instead follow the instructions located at the following alternate URL: Shopify / Legacy API Connection for FedEx Freight The Connection Settings page is used to establish the app’s connection to the carrier’s API. Enter the information prompted for, then click Save Settings. After the settings have been saved, click the Test Connection button. You will see a success message if your credentials validated. If not, correct them and try again. FedEx Freight app for Shopify - RESTful API Connection Settings FedEx Freight General Account Information Which API will you connect to? When obtaining your API credentials, if your experience was consistent with Step 2a: RESTful (new) API Credentials, choose New API from the dropdown. If your experience was consistent with Step 2b: SOAP (legacy) API Credentials, choose Legacy API. Billing Address Enter the billing address associated with your main FedEx account. This must match the address FedEx has in its records. API Key Enter the API key you obtained when following the instructions earlier on how to obtain your API credentials. Secret Key Enter the Secret Key you obtained when following the instructions earlier on how to obtain your API credentials. Standard LTL Freight Account Information Physical Address The physical address associated with the Shipper Account Number associated with your standard LTL freight account. Shipper Account Number The carrier identifies a specific account number for what it refers to as the “Shipper Account Number”. It can be the same as the Billing Account Number, but not always. Enter the Shipper Account number for your standard LTL freight account. If you aren’t sure, contact the carrier’s customer support department. Third Party Account Number The carrier will issue a different account number if your shipments don’t have an origin or destination address that match the address on file for the Shipper Account Number. This is common if you tend to drop ship items from vendors to customers or suppliers. If you have one of these account numbers, enter it here. Test Connection Use the radio buttons to choose which account number to test. Afterward, click the Test Connection button to confirm that the connection settings are correct. If you receive an error, the information entered is not correct. The most common reason for an unsuccessful connection is that the address entered for either the Billing Account or the Shipper Account don’t match the carrier’s records. Freight Direct Account Information Freight Direct is a specialized LTL freight service that people tend to classify as “white glove delivery” service. If you have access to this service, you will have a unique account numbers for it. They will not be the same account numbers you were given for your standard LTL freight account. Physical Address The physical address associated with the Shipper Account Number associated with your standard LTL freight account. Shipper Account Number The carrier identifies a specific account number for what it refers to as the “Shipper Account Number”. It can be the same as the Billing Account Number, but not always. Enter the Shipper Account number for your standard LTL freight account. If you aren’t sure, contact the carrier’s customer support department. Third Party Account Number The carrier will issue a different account number if your shipments don’t have an origin or destination address that match the address on file for the Shipper Account Number. This is common if you tend to drop ship items from vendors to customers or suppliers. If you have one of these account numbers, enter it here. Test Connection Use the radio buttons to choose which account number to test. Afterward, click the Test Connection button to confirm that the connection settings are correct. If you receive an error, the information entered is not correct. The most common reason for an unsuccessful connection is that the address entered for either the Billing Account or the Shipper Account don’t match the carrier’s records. 5. Identify your warehouse and drop ship locations. Return to top. Shipment origins settings You can choose to use the app’s warehouse and drop ship functionality, or Shopify’s Locations feature to determine the shipment origins for orders placed on your store. Make your selection using the drop-down field labeled, How will your shipment origins be identified? If you ship from only one location, it doesn’t matter which option you choose. However, your decision will matter if you ship from more than one location. The app’s functionality assumes than an unlimited amount of inventory is available from each stocking location. The app has two types of stocking locations: warehouses and drop ship locations. If multiple warehouses exist, the one closest to the ship-to address is used as the ship-from location. This approach minimizes the estimated shipping costs and, if you have the setting enabled, presents your shopper with quicker estimated delivery dates. When an item is assigned to a drop ship location, it always ships from there. Shopify Locations introduces the ability to do inventory tracking at multiple locations. Shopify Locations may be a good option for you if: You have visibility to the inventory levels at all your shipping locations. You will maintain accurate inventory counts in Shopify. You have items that can ship from more than one location, but not all locations. Be aware that Shopify’s selection of the ship-from location isn’t influenced by its proximity to the ship-to address. Instead, you’ll list your locations in the order in which you want Shopify to look for available inventory. Once Shopify finds it, that location (or locations) becomes the ship-from address even if the next one on your list is across the street from the ship-to address and has enough inventory to fulfill the order. To get a better understanding of how Shopify Locations identifies the ship-from location, look over the example borrowed from Shopify’s Help Center. If you choose to use Shopify Locations, you’ll lose visibility to how the app built the shipping quote when Shopify determines that more than one location is needed to fulfill the order. This occurs because Shopify makes individual shipping rate requests for each location and doesn’t provide enough information to relate each of them back to the same order. The section in this document titled, What you see, has examples of the information normally captured with an order. This information will be missing when Shopify Locations is used, and more than one location is used to fulfill the order. Use The App’s Warehouse And Drop Ship Functionality Click the Add button in the appropriate sections to add warehouse and drop ship locations. Warehouses should have a complete inventory of all products not otherwise assigned to a drop ship location. If you have more than one warehouse defined, the warehouse closest to the shopper will be used to retrieve shipping rate estimates. Drop ship locations usually represent vendors that supply items that you don’t inventory. These items are shipped directly to your customer on your behalf. An item can be assigned to only one drop ship location. Items not assigned to a drop ship location are assumed to ship from your warehouse(s). When an order will ship from more than one stocking location (e.g. warehouse and drop ship locations or more than one drop ship location) a single figure will display for the shipping rate estimate labeled “Shipping”. The amount of the quote will be equal to the sum of the cheapest shipping option for each location. A best practice is to define at least one warehouse, even if all your products are drop shipped. If all your products are drop shipped (you have no warehouses), make the highest volume drop ship location a warehouse. This ensures that shipping rate estimates will still be returned in the event a product was added to your catalog and its drop ship location wasn’t identified. Nickname Enter a nickname for the location. It will only be seen in the app settings. Street Address Enter the street address for the location. This is important for features in the app that need to know the distance between the location and the ship-to address. Examples are the In-store pick up and Local Delivery features. ZIP Enter the postal code for the location. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. City The plugin will attempt to prefill the City based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. State The plugin will attempt to prefill the State based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. Country The plugin will attempt to prefill the Country based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. Use only the two character standardized country code. Handling Fee / Markup Increases the amount of the quote received for this location by a specified amount prior to displaying it/them in the shopping cart. The number entered will be interpreted as dollars and cents unless it is followed by a % sign. For example, entering 5.00 will cause $5.00 to be added to the quotes. Entering 5.00% will cause each quote to be multiplied by 1.05 (= 1 + 5%). Note: The app has four settings that can be used to mark up shipping quotes. They are applied to shipping quotes in the following order: 1) Product-specific Mark Up (Product settings); 2) Location-specific Handling Fee / Mark Up (Warehouse settings); 3) Service-specific Mark Up (Quote settings); and 4) General Handling Fee / Mark Up (Quote settings). Account Number If the location has a location-specific account number, enter it here. If left blank, the Pickup/Delivery Account Number entered on the Connection Settings page will be used if the postal code of the location matches what is entered into the Pickup/Delivery Postal Code field on the Connection Settings page. If not, the Bill To Account Number entered on the Connection Setting page will be used if present. If none of the above is true or present, the plugin will not be able to retrieve LTL freight quotes from the the carrier. Use Shopify Locations The locations you identified in Shopify will be displayed on the page when you select Shopify Locations from the How will your shipment origins be identified? drop down. Any changes to your locations will need to be made in Shopify. If you are on the app’s ADVANCED plan you can use the Edit link to enable and manage your in-store pickup and local delivery settings. 5a. In-store pick up settings Return to top. The Advanced Plan is required to use this feature. If you aren’t on the Advanced Plan the words Advanced plan required will appear adjacent to the settings header, and the fields associated with the feature will be inaccessible. Click on the text Advanced plan required to upgrade your plan and gain access to the feature. You must be signed into Shopify with the Store Owner credentials to perform the upgrade. In-store pick up can be offered as an option in the checkout process based the shopper’s postal code or proximity. It will only be offered if the feature is enabled and only one stocking location (warehouse or drop ship location) is involved in providing a quote. The settings for In-store pick up are visible on the page used to add or edit a warehouse or drop ship location. Enable in-store pick up Check the box to enable the in-store pick up feature. Offer if address is within (miles) The distance in miles within which you’d like to offer in-store pick up. The distance is route miles (driving distance). Leave blank if you don’t want to use distance to determine if in-store pick up should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, in-store pick up will display if either is satisfied. Offer if postal code matches The postal codes to which you’d like to offer in-store pick up. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. Leave blank if you don’t want to use postal codes to determine if in-store pick up should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, in-store pick up will display if either is satisfied. Checkout description The description to use to identify the option in the checkout process. The most obvious candidate is In-store pick up, but you can make it anything you’d like. In-store pickup fee Enter an amount, in dollars (e.g. 5.00), that you want to charge for in-store pick up. Leave this field blank if you don’t charge for in-store pick up. 5b. Local delivery settings Return to top. The Advanced Plan is required to use this feature. If you aren’t on the Advanced Plan the words Advanced plan required will appear adjacent to the settings header, and the fields associated with the feature will be inaccessible. Click on the text Advanced plan required to upgrade your plan and gain access to the feature. You must be signed into Shopify with the Store Owner credentials to perform the upgrade. Local delivery can be offered as an option in the checkout process based the shopper’s postal code or proximity. It will only be offered if the feature is enabled and only one stocking location (warehouse or drop ship location) is involved in providing a quote. Local delivery can display as a free option or have a charge associated with it. Other shipping options provided by the app can be suppressed when local delivery is to be offered. The settings for Local delivery are visible on the page used to add or edit a warehouse or drop ship location. Enable local delivery Check the box to enable the local delivery feature. Offer if address is within (miles) The distance in miles within which you’d like to offer local delivery. The distance is route miles (driving distance). Leave blank if you don’t want to use distance to determine if local delivery should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, local delivery will display if either is satisfied. Offer if postal code matches The postal codes to which you’d like to offer local delivery. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. Leave blank if you don’t want to use postal codes to determine if local delivery should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, local delivery will display if either is satisfied. Checkout description The description to use to identify the option in the checkout process. The most obvious candidate is Local delivery, but you can make it anything you’d like. Local delivery fee Enter the amount to charge for local delivery. Leave blank to offer local delivery for free. Suppress other rates Check the box to show only the option for local delivery when the criteria for doing so (distance or postal code) is met. Leave unchecked to have local delivery offered in addition to the shipping options normally displayed by the app. 6. Choose the desired quote settings. Return to top. On this page you will choose the settings that will affect every LTL freight quote your shopper sees. Enter the information prompted for, and then click on the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page. This will conclude the application setup. LTL Freight Quotes Shopify App For FedEx Quote Settings 6a. Standard LTL Freight Settings Return to top. Label As Specify how you want the option for standard LTL freight service labeled in the checkout process. Quote Service Options Select the services you want to offer your customers. Lift gate delivery settings Always quote lift gate delivery. Select this option if you want quotes to always include lift gate delivery Offer lift gate delivery as an option. The Standard plan is required for this option. Select this option if you want shoppers to be given an option for lift gate delivery. Always include lift gate delivery when a residential address is detected. The Standard plan is required for this option When enabled, if a residential delivery address is detected the lift gate delivery fee will be included in the shipping rate estimate. In such cases, the option to Offer lift gate delivery as an option will be suppressed, even if enabled. Enabling both the Offer lift gate delivery as an option setting and the Always include lift gate delivery when a residential address is detected setting allows commercial customers to choose whether or not lift gate service is needed while always requiring it for residential customers. Hold At Terminal The Advanced Plan is required to use this settings. When enabled, an option to have the order held at the delivering terminal will be one of the shipping methods presented to the user. The quoted amount will be the same as a quote to the ship-to address if it were a commercial address and would not require lift gate delivery (the “standard LTL rate“). This will be a more economical option for customers who would otherwise be subject to the residential address and/or lift gate delivery fee(s). If you want the amount quoted for the Hold At Terminal option to be different than the standard LTL rate, use the field below the checkbox to modify the rate. The adjustment will be interpreted as dollars and cents unless it is follow by a % sign. 6b. Freight Direct Settings Return to top. Freight Direct is a service from FedEx Freight that offers several delivery options that many people will associated with “white-glove delivery” service. It requires a unique FedEx Freight account number. (Not the account you use for standard LTL service.) If you have a Freight Direct account number, use these settings to govern how Freight Direct service options are presented to your customers during checkout. For descriptions of the Freight Direct service options, refer to FedEx Freight’s online resources or contact your FedEx Freight sales representative or FedEx Freight customer service. Quote Freight Direct Services only to residential addresses Enable this setting if you have access to Freight Direct service and only want it quoted when the ship-to address is a residential address. Label As Identify how you want each service labeled in the checkout process. If left blank, quotes will be labeled using the service name seen to the left of the field. Quote Service Options Select the services you want to offer your customers. Freight Direct Surcharges Enter the fee you want to charge for each of the Freight Direct services. The services are prepopulated with the carrier’s standard fee for each service. 6c. Common Settings Return to top. Delivery Estimate Options Don’t display delivery estimates Select this option if you don’t want information about the delivery estimate to display with the shipping quote. Display estimated number of days Select this opiton to display the number of days the shipment will be in transit. Display estimated delivery date Select this opiton to display the orders estimated delivery date. The shipment date will be the date of the order, unless you are using the Order Cut Off Time, Shipment Offset Days or Shipping Days Of The Week features to adjust the shipment date. Cut Off Time & Ship Date Offset The Standard Plan is required to use these settings. The settings are only relevant if you have the Display estimated delivery date setting enabled. When the app requests shipping quotes, it identifies a ship date. The estimated delivery date is dependent on the ship date. These settings allows you to influence the ship date so that it aligns with your fulfillment operations. Order Cut Off Time Enter the cut off time for orders. Orders received before the cut off time are quoted using the order date as the ship date. Orders received after the cut off time use the next workday as the ship date. Workdays are Monday through Friday except for public holidays on which the carrier does not provide pick up service. When left blank, the order date will be the ship date. Orders received on weekends will use the next workday as the ship date. Fulfillment Offset Days Enter the number of days to offset the ship date. This setting allows you to postpone the ship date by a specified number of workdays. Example 1 If an order is received before the Order Cut Off Time on the 5th of the month and the Shipment Offset Days is set to 2 days, then the ship date will be the 7th day of the month (assuming the 5th, 6th and 7th are all business days). Example 2 If an order is received after the Order Cut Off Time on the 5th of the month and the Shipment Offset Days is set to 2 days, then the ship date will be the 8th day of the month (assuming the 5th, 6th and 7th are all business days). Workdays are Monday through Friday except for the public holidays on which the carrier does not provide pick up service. What days do you ship orders? Identify the days of the week on which you ship orders. The ship date used for the rate request will be modified accordingly, which may affect the expected delivery date. Residential address settings Do not return rate if the ship-to address appears to be a post office box Enable this setting you don’t want the application to present shipping quotes when the ship-to address appears to be a post office box. If the app is on the BASIC subsription plan, text string matching is used to identify post office boxes. This method is not infallible or guaranteed. When the app is on the STANDARD or ADVANCED subscription plan, post office boxes in the United States are reliably identified through an API sourced from the US Postal Service. Text string matching will continue to be used for other countries. Always quote residential delivery Enable this setting if you want the residential delivery fee always included in shipping rate estimates. Automatically detect residential addresses The Standard Plan is required to use this settings. Enable this setting to have the app determine if the ship-to address is a residential address. If it is, the freight quote(s) will include the residential delivery fee. This setting allows the address type to be determined real-time so that quotes to commercial addresses don’t include the residential delivery fee. Default unconfirmed address types to: Displays only if the Automatically detect residential addresses setting is enabled. In rare cases the app my be unable to confirm the address type. This occurs when a match for the address can’t be found in the USPS database. Invalid addresses are the most common reason for this. In rare cases an address may be valid, but the match found in the USPS database has a low confidence metric. Choose how you want addresses treated in these cases. Residential Default. Choose this option if you want unconfirmed address types to be treated as residential. Commercial Choose this option if you want unconfirmed address types to be treated as commercial. Address type disclosure: Inform the shopper when ship-to address is identified as a residential address Default. When enabled, the visitor will be informed if the shipping quote includes the residential delivery fee. Don’t disclose the address type to the shopper Choose this option if you don’t want to visitor to be informed that a shipping quote includes the residential delivery fee. Handling unit settings Weight of Handling Unit Enter in pounds the weight of your pallet, skid, crate or other type of handling unit you use. The amount entered will be added to shipment weight prior to requesting a quote. Maximum Weight per Handling Unit Enter in pounds the maximum weight that can be placed on the handling unit. If the total weight of the cart exceeds this value, the weight of additional handling units will be added as needed. For example, if the maximum weight is 500 LBS, and the total weight of the cart is 1200 LBS, the weight of the handling units added to the shipment shall be 3 times the weight entered in the Weight of Handling Unit field. (=roundup(1200/500,0)*Weight of Handling Unit) Handling Fee / Mark Up Increases the amount of the returned quote by a specified amount prior to displaying it in the shopping cart. The number entered will be interpreted as dollars and cents unless it is followed by a % sign. For example, entering 5.00 will cause $5.00 to be added to the quotes. Entering 5.00% will cause each quote to be multiplied by 1.05 (= 1 + 5%). Weight threshold The weight threshold is relevant only if one of Eniture Technology’s Small Package Quotes apps is also installed. When the total weight of the Cart equals or exceeds the threshold weight, and normally all items in the Cart would ship through a parcel network, the LTL Freight Quotes app will also return quotes. (Learn more) Weight Enter in pounds the weight you want to use for the threshold weight. Continue to display parcel rates when the weight threshold is met. Choose this option if you want to continue to quote parcel shipping rates from one of Eniture Technology’s Small Package Quotes apps (must be installed) when the weight threshold is met. Suppress parcel rates when the weight threshold is met. Choose this option if you want to suppress parcel shipping rates from being quoted by one of Eniture Technology’s Small Package Quotes apps when the weight threshold is met. Discounts My account has negotiated LTL rates Choose this option if you have an account with FedEx Freight with negotiated rates. My acccount receives an incentive discount Choose this option if you don’t have negotiated rates with FedEx Freight and instead are relying on the incentive discount on freight that FedEx offers to its customers that only have a parcel account. Incentive discount percentage If you rely on an incentive discount for your FedEx Freight shipments, enter the discount percentage here. Enter the number without the percentage character or leading decimal. (E.g. 60% should be entered as 60) Error management Quote shipping using known shipping parameters, even if other items are missing shipping parameters. Choose this setting if you want the app to return shipping quotes using the known shipping parameters of the items in the Cart. If the shipping parameters of items in the Cart are incomplete, they will be excluded when retrieving shipping quotes. Don’t quote shipping if one or more items are missing the required shipping parameters. Choose this setting if you don’t want the app to return shipping quotes if any of the items in the Cart have incomplete shipping parameters. Quote Details Write the quote details to the Additional Details widget Choose this option if you want the details of the shipping quote selected by the shopper to be recorded in the Additional Details widget. Write the quote details to More Actions > Shipping quote details page Choose this option if you want the details of the shipping quote selected by the shopper to be recorded in this alternate destination. You should choose this option if you have other apps installed that also record information in the Additional Details widget. Each app writing to the Additional Details widget will replace the information previously recorded there. 7. Identify Pallet Sizes Return to top. The Pallets tab will allow you to identify the sizes of pallets or handling units that you have on hand. You don’t need to enable this optional, usage-based feature if your pricing tariff is based exclusively on traditional freight classes. However, if your pricing tariff requires that your shipments be dimensionally rated then you will need to enable this feature. Product dimensions are required for this feature to work. For more information on entering product dimensions, see the section on Product Shipping Parameters. When enabled, the packaging algorithm will select the smallest pallet possible from your list of identified pallets. The selected pallet will be the one with a width or length greater but closest in size to the item in the cart with the largest dimension. If there is more than one possibility, the pallet with the smallest square area (length x width) will be chosen. This ensures the greatest edge-to-edge coverage on the pallet and therefore the lowest shipping costs when shipments will be dimensionally rated. When the Pallet Packaging feature is enabled, the packaging solution is saved as a step-by-step graphical illustration which you can access from the Order Details page. Use the step-by-step instructions to pack the order exactly as it was quoted. Pallet packaging solution for Shopify 7a. Enable the pallet packaging feature. Return to top. The top of the Pallets page contains information to aid you in managing this usage-based feature. A charge of 3 cents is incurred each time the packaging algorithm executes. Pallet Packaging Usage Charge Settings Enable checkbox Check this box to enable the pallet packaging feature. While enabled a charge of 3 cents will be incurred for each calculated packaging solution unless the capped amount for the billing cycle has been reached. If the capped amount has been reached you can re-enable the feature by increasing the capped amount. Current usage Shows the usage of the feature at the time the page loads. Capped amount The amount entered into this field is the maximum you can be charged for the Pallet Packaging feature in a billing cycle. (Learn more about “Capped amounts” and how Shopify bills for usage charges.) Notification email address An email will be sent to the email address entered when the usage of the Pallet Packaging feature reaches 80% of the capped amount. Taking action to increase the capped amount immediately after receiving the email will mitigate the risk of the feature being disabled, which may prevent the retrieval of LTL freight quotes or, if they are retrieved, their accuracy. Click the Save button to save the settings. 7b. Identify your pallets or handling units. Return to top. To add a pallet, click the Add Pallet button. Add Pallet Follow the instructions below. Repeat for each pallet or handling unit that you stock. Pallet Properties Nickname Enter a nickname for the pallet. This will be used to identify the pallet in the graphical representation of the packaging solution that can be viewed on the Order Detail page. The nickname is not visible to shoppers. Length Enter the length of the pallet in inches. Width Enter the width of the pallet in inches. Pallet Height Enter the height of the pallet in inches. This is the height of the pallet without anything on it. Pallet Weight Enter the weight of the pallet in pounds. This is the weight of the pallet without anything on it. Max Height Enter in inches the maximum height that you are willing to allow the pallet to reach as items are placed on it. Max Weight Enter in pounds the maximum weight that you are willing to allow the pallet to reach as items are placed on it. Available Enable this checkbox to make the pallet available to the algorithm that determines the packaging solution. Click the Save button to save the pallet settings. 7c. Items that ship as multiple pallets or handling units Return to top. When you enable the Pallet Packaging feature, a setting is available on the Product Shipping Parameters page to allow you to specify that the item ships as multiple pallets or handling units. This Item Ships As Multiple Handling Units Setting When you enable the setting, the item will appear on the Pallets page in the Items that ship as multiple handling units section. Item Ships As Multiple Handling Units Section Click the Add a handling unit link. A popup will display to collect information about the handling unit. Multi-Handling Units Settings Enter the handling unit shipping parameters. Quantity Enter the number of handling units that are of this size. Nickname Enter a nickname for the handling unit. The nickname will be used to identify the handling unit in the graphical illustration of the packaging solution. The nickname is not visible to shoppers. Freight Class The Freight Class of the item. If you choose Density Based, dimensions are required. Dimensions aren’t required if you choose a Freight Class other than Density Based unless the handling unit will be subject to the overlength fee (a.k.a. excessive length fee). (Learn about Freight Classes) Length The length of the pallet or handling unit in inches. Width The width of the pallet or handling unit in inches. Height The height of the pallet or handling unit in inches. Weight (Required) The weight of the pallet or handling unit in pounds. Repeat this for each handling unit that comprises the item. Item Ships As Multiple Handling Units Example 8. Enter the product shipping parameters. Return to top. Now that the application settings have been established, it’s time to enter the product settings. Repeat these instructions for every product that you want to ship LTL freight. Select Products from the Shopify menu. Locate the product on the list and choose it by clicking on it. You will be delivered to the product’s details page. Click the More actions button at the top of the page to reveal the installed apps and select the app from the list. You’ll be delivered to a page on which you will enter the product’s freight class, weight and dimensions. Enter the information prompted for, and then click the Save & Return button at the bottom of the page to return to the product’s Shopify product details page. LTL Freight Quotes Shopify App For FedEx Product Settings Quote as an LTL shipment Check this checkbox if you want LTL freight quoted when this product is in the shopping cart. Weight Enter the weight of the product in pounds. Include the weight of any packaging materials that are used to ship the product. Freight Class Select the product’s freight class from the drop down list. You may also select Density Based from the list, which will calculate freight class on the fly using the product’s weight and dimensions. The density based calculation will return the correct freight class in most, but not all cases. You are solely responsible to identify the correct freight class of your product(s). If you need assistance, contact your LTL freight provider or refer to the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) directory published by the National Motor Freight Transportation Agency (NMFTA.org). NMFC Usually an NMFC number is not required to get an LTL freight quote. However, in certain circumstances, an LTL freight provider may require it for individual accounts. If you are required to provide a commodity’s NMFC number to obtain an LTL freight quote, enter it here. Length Enter the length of the product in inches. It should include any incremental inches added by packaging materials that may be required to ship the product. Width Enter the width of the product in inches. It should include any incremental inches added by packaging materials that may be required to ship the product. Height Enter the height of the product in inches. It should include any incremental inches added by packaging materials that may be required to ship the product. Fulfillment Offset Days The Standard Plan is required to use this setting. The setting is only relevant if you have the Display estimated delivery date setting enabled on the Quote Settings page. When the app requests shipping quotes, it identifies a ship date. The estimated delivery date is dependent on the ship date. The Quote Settings page has three settings that are applied globally that will alter the ship date so that it aligns with your fulfillment operations. The product-level setting for Fulfillment Offset Days allows the offset to be different for individual products. The product-level setting for Fulfillment Offset Days takes precedent over its globally applied counterpart on the Quote Settings page. In cases where the Cart contains multiple products with different Fulfillment Offset Days, the largest number of offset days is used to adjust the ship date. Enter the number of days to offset the ship date for this product. Handling Unit Settings The Quote Settings page has handling unit settings that are applied globally. If different handling unit settings are required for an individual product, enter them here. Leave these settings blank to utilize the global handling unit settings on the Quote Settings page. Product-level handling unit settings take precedent over the global handling unit settings. Weight of handling Unit Enter in pounds the weight of your pallet, skid, crate or other type of handling unit you use. The amount entered will be added to shipment weight for this product prior to requesting a quote. Maximum Weight per Handling Unit Enter in pounds the maximum weight that can be placed on the handling unit. If the total weight of the the product exceeds this value, the weight of additional handling units will be added as needed. For example, if the maximum weight is 500 LBS, and the total weight in the Cart for the product is 1200 LBS, the weight of the handling units added to the shipment shall be 3 times the weight entered in the Weight of Handling Unit field. (=roundup(1200/500,0)*Weight of Handling Unit) Nested item The Advanced Plan is required to use this feature. If you aren’t on the Advanced Plan the words Advanced plan required will appear adjacent to the settings header, and the fields associated with the feature will be inaccessible. Enable this checkbox if the item can be stacked into another identical item when it is shipped. An example would be 13 gallon trashcans or plastic cups. When this setting is enabled, the Freight Class is always Density Based. Nesting percentage This setting is only relevant if the Nested item setting is enabled. Enter the percent of the item that can be nested inside of another identical item. For example, if an item is 10 inches in height and after stacking two together the total height is 11 inches, the stacking percentage is 90%. (11 inches = 10 inches + (10 inches x 90%)) Nested dimension This setting is only relevant if the Nested item setting is enabled. Identify the dimension (length, width or height) on which the nesting occurs. Maximum nested items This setting is only relevant if the Nested item setting is enabled. Enter the maximum number of items you’ll allow in a single stack of nested items. Stacking property This setting is only relevant if the Nested item setting is enabled. Select Maximized or Evenly. If your Maximum nested items is 6, and there are 7 items in the cart, then the Maximized option will result in one stack of 6 and one of 1. If the Stacking property is set to Evenly, it will result in one stack of 4 and one of 3. Pallet properties These settings require the optional Pallet Packaging feature to be enabled. Allow item to be rotated vertically when placing it on a pallet Enabling this setting allows the item to be rotated while identifying a packaging solution using the Pallet Packaging feature. This setting provides the most flexibility for arriving at a packaging solution. This item ships as its own handling unit When enabled, the item will be quoted as shipping as it own handling unit. It will not be combined with other items on a common handing unit. Packaging algorithm usage charges are not incurred for items with this setting. This item ships as multiple handling units When enabled, the item will be listed on the Pallets tab in the section for items that ship as multiple handling units. Refer to the section in the User Guide that documents how to define items that ship as multiple handling units for instruction. Packaging algorithm usage charges are not incurred for items with this setting. Markup Enter a dollar amount (e.g. 5.00 for $5.00) or a percentage (e.g. 5.0% for five percent) to mark up the shipping charges when this item is in the cart. Leave this field blank if you don’t want the inclusion of this product in the cart to be the reason why the shipping quotes that are returned by the carrier are modified. A dollar amount will be multiplied by the quantity of the item that is in the cart and the result added to the shipping quotes that are returned from the carrier before any markups on the Quote Settings page are applied. A percentage will be applied to the total value of the item in the cart (price x quantity x (1 + markup percentage)) and the result added to the shipping quotes that are returned from the carrier before any markups on the Quote Settings page are applied. Note: The app has four settings that can be used to mark up shipping quotes. They are applied to shipping quotes in the following order: 1) Product-specific Mark Up (Product settings); 2) Location-specific Handling Fee / Mark Up (Warehouse settings); 3) Service-specific Mark Up (Quote settings); and 4) General Handling Fee / Mark Up (Quote settings). Hazardous Material The Standard Plan or higher is required to use this feature. If you aren’t on the Standard Plan or higher the words Standard plan required will be displayed. Click on the Standard plan required text to upgrade your plan and gain access to the feature. You must be signed into Shopify with the Store Owner credentials to perform the upgrade. Check this checkbox if this item must be identified as hazardous material. When checked, the carrier’s hazardous materials fee will be included in the quote if this item is present in the cart. Drop ship this product Check this box if this item is drop shipped from a location other than your warehouse. Drop ship location Select the drop ship location from the drop down. These locations are defined on the Warehouses tab in the app settings that was described in step 3. What your customer sees. Return to top. Once you’ve completed the preceding steps, your Shopify store is ready to begin quoting LTL freight. Any time one or more products in the shopping cart are flagged as shipping LTL freight, all of the products are assumed to ship LTL freight as this will be more economical than splitting the shipment between two or more shipping methods. In the absence of a freight class, as may be the case for products not set up to ship LTL freight, the application will take advantage of any available information to ensure the return of an LTL freight quote if at all possible. To ensure the best possible outcome, it is highly recommended that the freight class, weight and dimensions be entered for every product you sell, even if they are not defaulted to ship LTL freight. When LTL rates are displayed, the exact presentation will depend on the options selected in the Quote Settings. FedEx Freight Quotes Displayed On Shopify Shipping Methods Page What you see. Return to top. The app populates shipping related information in the Additional details widget on the Order Details page. The content of the widget falls into two categories: 1) Shipment Origin & Services; and 2) Shipment Content. Shipment Origin & Services This information block will identify the shipment origin, the selected carrier service and a list of any additional services (such as residential delivery) associated with the shipment. A separate Shipment Origin & Services information block will appear for each shipping location that will participate in fulfilling the order. This is particularly useful for stores with multiple warehouses and drop ship locations. Shipment Content A Shipment Content information block is presented beneath each Shipment Origin & Services information block. It identifies the products that were quoted as shipping from the location. Updating products with the Import CSV Utility or API. Return to top. Using the app’s user interface is the simplest to populate the product shipping parameters. However, if your store has a lot of products, using the app’s Import CSV Utility or its Product API will be more time efficient for people with sufficient technical skills. Which method is used will depend on the individual’s level of expertise. Instructions for both appear below. You can’t use the Import CSV utility or the Products API to create products in Shopify. The products must exist in Shopify prior to downloading the CSV template or using the API if they are to be updated. Using the Import CSV Utility Return to top. Navigate to the Import CSV tab in the app preferences. Import CSV file for Eniture Technology quoting apps for Shopify Use the link below to access instructions on how to… Download the CSV template. Use the filters to isolate the product/variant records you want to update. Populate the CSV file with your shipping parameters. Save the CSV file in the proper format. Import the CSV file to the app. Import CSV Utility for Shopify Using the Product API Return to top. Navigate to the Import CSV tab in the app preferences. Import CSV file for Eniture Technology quoting apps for Shopify Scroll to the bottom of the page to the section titled, Update product shipping parameters via the API. Products API for Eniture Technology quoting apps for Shopify If an API tocken isn’t present, click the Create button. Copy the API token to your clipboard and follow the instructions in the Product API documentation which is linked below: Product API Documentation Shipping with FreightDesk Online Return to top. Shipping for e-commerce stores can be divided into two general challenges: How capture the cost of shipping on orders placed online. How to ship the order, including how to create the shipping label (or Bill Of Lading in the case of LTL freight), schedule the carrier to pick up the shipment, and update the customer with the tracking number. Quoting apps, like this one, provide a solution for the first challenge. What are your options for the second challenge? Option 1 – The carrier’s website: You can log into the carrier’s website and manually enter all of the relevant information. Carrier websites are free to use since the carrier makes money when you use them to deliver an order. However, if you have more than a handful of orders each day this approach is time consuming and ripe for data entry errors which can be costly to correct. Option 2 – Shopify Shipping: Shopify Shipping offers pretty competitive rates for postal companies like the US postal service, and parcel companies like UPS, and DHL. But if you ship with another provider or have more than a low-to-moderate number of daily orders, you’ll find Shopify Shipping clunky and woefully inefficient. Option 3 – Cloud-based Shipping Platforms: The next step up in capability are cloud-based shipping systems that will connect to your online store and retrieve the details of your orders, thereby eliminating the need for much of the manual data entry. Many of these shipping systems have arrangements with postal and parcel carriers that are on par if not better than the options available through Shopify Shipping. Where these systems excel is in the efficiency of the fulfillment process. That translates in to a much higher volume of shipments per unit of time. These systems are relatively inexpensive and the reduction in the amount of labor and time it takes to ship your orders will pay dividends. Option 4 – FreightDesk Online: FreightDesk Online (freightdesk.online) is also a cloud-based shipping system. It enjoys all of the benefits of other cloud-based offerings but expands the solution in two ways: It makes use of the detailed information collected by Eniture Technology’s quoting apps (like this one) such as the packaging solution and the additional services included in the shipping option chosen when the order was placed. It provideds merchants access to more than two dozen LTL freight providers in addition to the typical postal and parcel integrations offered by other cloud-based solutions. These expanded capabilities deliver you closer to true “click-and-ship” shipping than any other alternative, whether you’re shipping with a postal carrier, a parcel carrier, or an LTL freight provider. How to connect your Shopify store to FreightDesk Online Return to top. First, if you don’t already have one, register for a FreightDesk Online account (https://freightdesk.online/register). You can connect multiple online stores to FreightDesk Online, so you don’t have to create separate accounts for each one. The pricing for FreightDesk Online is á la carte. You’ll be able to pick a separate plan for parcel (and postal) shipments, and for LTL freight shipments based on the anticipated volume for each type of shipping. Your monthly subscription rate will be comprised of these two selections. You can begin a 30-day trial of both types of shipping by selecting Trial in the corresponding dropdown fields on the registration form. After you complete the registration process, log into FreightDesk Online. Click on your avatar located in the top right-hand corner of the browser window. Copy your FreightDesk Online ID which will be located below your company name. Location of FreightDesk Online ID Return to the app preferences and click on the FreightDesk Online tab. Enter your FreightDesk Online ID and click the Connect button. Connect FreightDesk Online to Shopify Complete the connection by granting the permissions that Shopify prompts you for. Now that you’ve connected FreightDesk Online, unfulfilled orders will automatically appear in FreightDesk Online. To view them, log into FreightDesk Online and click on Orders in the navigation menu. You’ll need to connect your shipping providers before you can start shipping. You can find a quick start guide in FreightDesk Online by navigating to Help > Getting Started. Using Validate Addresses Return to top. Validate Addresses app for Shopify An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. – Benjamin Franklin Shipping to invalid addresses is expensive and avoidable. The cost of failed deliveries, returned shipments, and carrier fees can quickly change a profitable sale into a loss. Without interfering with the Shopify checkout process, Eniture Technology’s DIY Validate Addresses app immediately identifies orders that are safe to ship or notifies customers to confirm or correct the address. Customer updates are instantly reflected in Shopify so you know when it’s safe to ship the order. The peace of mind knowing that you are shipping to a valid address can cost as little as 1¢ per order. The DIY Validate Addresses app is available in the Shopify App Store, and more detailed product information, including the User Guide, is available on eniture.com. The links below will take you to these resources: DIY Validate Addresses Shopify App Store Listing DIY Validate Addresses product information on eniture.com

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Real Time Shipping Quotes app for Shopify Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Multi-carrier Edition The Real Time Shipping Quotes app for Shopify retrieves your negotiated shipping rates, takes action on them according to the app settings, and displays the results as shipping options during checkout. The app can be configured to quote parcel and LTL freight shipments. See the Providers tab below for a list of supported shipping companies. Promotional Video (1 min) Setup Tutorial & Demo (7 min) Features Providers Requirements FAQ'S Documentation User’s Guide To install this app you must be logged into Shopify as the Store Owner. Locate the app in the Shopify App Store and initiate the installation process by clicking on the Add app button. Once the app is installed, any user can follow these instructions to enable the app to return shipping quotes. Setting up the app consists of the following steps: Prepare Shopify to use the application. Choose the desired plan. Add shipping providers. Connect to the provider’s API. Choose the desired quote settings. Identify your warehouse and drop ship locations. In-store pick up settings. Local delivery settings. Address Type Settings. Shipping Rules. Identify your standard box sizes. Box sizes. Items that ship as multiple packages. Pallets Sync product shipping parameters from another app from Eniture Technology. Enter the product shipping parameters. Other information contained in this guide: What your customer sees. What you see. Updating products with the Import CSV utility. Shipping with FreightDesk Online Using Validate Addresses 1. Prepare Shopify to use the application. Return to top. You must have the Third-party calculated shipping rates feature on your Shopify plan to have live carrier quotes displayed in the checkout process. It is standard on the Shopify Advanced plan and can be added to other Shopify plans by contacting Shopify Customer Service. (Learn more) Navigate to the Settings>Shipping page. Click on the Manage rates link in the General shipping rates box in the Rates at checkout section. General-Shipping-Profile In the General shipping profile, locate the shipping origin from which you want the app to provide quotes. Shipping-Origin If the only shipping zone you have is Rest of world, click on the Create shipping zone link and then enter a zone name (i.e. “Domestic”). Create-Shipping-Zone Locate the shipping zone for which you want to app to provide quotes. Click the Add rate button. Add-Shipping-Method Select the option Use carrier or app to calculate rates. Use App To Calculate Rates It may take a moment for Shopify to retrieve the list of apps capable of providing shipping quotes for your store. After it has, the appearance of the Add rate page will be similar to the image below. Perform the following actions: Select the app from the drop down list. Enable the Services are selected in the app preferences setting Click the Done button at the bottom of the page. Select Quoting App Repeat the steps above to enable the app for any other shipping zone. You should only enable the app in shipping zones that the app is capable of returning quotes for. Check the Features tab for origins and destinations that the app supports. Note: You can define more than one warehouse in the app settings. Therefore, in Shopify, you can create single shipping origin, enable the app in the associated shipping zones, and have multiple shipping origins identified in the app. When the app is triggered to provide quotes, it will use the warehouse that is closest to the ship-to address. The advantage of this approach is that it will result in the lowest shipping cost and likely higher order conversion rates. The shipping origin the app selects is saved with the order and can be viewed with the order details. However, the app’s selection of a warehouse doesn’t account for inventory levels. The app assumes an unlimited supply of inventory from every stocking location. If you track inventory through Shopify and want to use stocking levels as a criteria for the selection of the shipping origin, then you should use Shopify’s “Locations” feature. If you choose to use Shopify’s Locations feature and Inventory Tracking, Shopify will select the shipping origin by sequentially evaluating the ability of each location to fulfill 100% of the order. You’ll set the order in which you want each location evaluated. Shopify’s selection will be made without regard to its impact on shipping cost. To learn more about Shopify’s Locations and to see an example of how it selects the shipping origin when more than one location exists, look over the example borrowed from Shopify’s Help Center. 2. Choose the desired plan. Return to top. Begin by selecting Apps from the Shopify menu. Locate and click on the entry for the DIY Real Time Shipping Quotes app. You’ll initially see the Providers page, but start by using the app’s navigation menu to select Plans. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify - Plans Menu The active plan when the app is first installed will permit you to activate one shipping provider. If you want to activate more than one shipping provider, select one of the alternate plans. 3. Add Shipping Providers. Return to top. Click on the app’s name in its navigation menu. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Providers Page You’ll be delivered to the Providers page. Use this page to add the shipping providers that you want to enable in the app. You can activate as many shipping providers as allowed by the selected plan. Locate the shipping provider in the All Providers section of the page, and click on its Add account link. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Add Provider When you add a shipping provider, you’ll be prompted for its API connection credentials. For provider-specific instructions on the API connection credentials, see the next step. Or add the integration while omitting the API connection credentials and return to add them later. Afterward, it will appear in the section with the heading, Installed Providers. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Added Provider Repeat this step for each provider you want shipping quotes from. 4. Connect To The Provider’s API. Return to top. Now you must connect to the provider’s API (Application Programming Interface). Click on its Connection settings link. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Connection Settings Link Click on the link for the provider in the list below for provider-specific instructions. The instructions will load in a new tab in your browser. Repeat this step for each provider you want to activate. After successfully connecting to the provider(s), return to these instructions and continue to the next step. List of supported providers LTL Freight Providers ABF Freight CDN Logistics Central Transport CH Robinson / FreightQuote by CH Robinson Daylight Transport Echo Global Logistics Estes Express FedEx Freight Gain Consulting GlobalTranz Old Dominion Freight Lines (ODFL) Polaris Transport Priority 1 Quick Transfer R+L Carriers Redhawk Logistics Roadrunner Freight Saia TQL (Total Quality Logistics) Unishippers Worldwide Express XPO Logistics Small Package (Parcel) Providers Canada Post FedEx FedEx via CH Robinson Trinet Global Logistics Unishippers UPS UPS via ShipEngine USPS Worldwide Express 5. Choose The Quote Settings. Return to top. A shipping provider’s quote settings determine the unique behavior of its integration. The Quote Settings for a given provider apply only to that provider although other providers can have similar settings. For example, all of the providers have a setting for Handling fee / markup. A handling fee entered for Provider A will have no effect on Provider B. To access the Quote Settings page, use the Shopify ADMIN navigation menu to navigate to Apps > DIY Real Time Shipping Quotes. On the Providers page, locate the shipping provider on the Installed Providers list and click on its Quote settings link. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Quote Settings Link Click on the link for the provider in the list below for provider-specific instructions. The instructions will load in a new tab in your browser. Repeat this step for each provider you want to activate. Afterward, return to these instructions and continue to the next step. List of supported providers LTL Freight Providers ABF Freight CDN Logistics Central Transport CH Robinson / FreightQuote by CH Robinson Daylight Transport Echo Global Logistics Estes Express FedEx Freight Gain Consulting GlobalTranz Old Dominion Freight Lines (ODFL) Polaris Transportation Priority 1 Quick Transfer R+L Carriers Redhawk Logistics Roadrunner Freight Saia TQL (Total Quality Logistics) Unishippers Worldwide Express XPO Logistics Small Package (Parcel) Providers Canada Post FedEx FedEx via CH Robinson Trinet Global Logistics Unishippers UPS USPS Worldwide Express 6. Identify Warehouse and Drop Ship Locations. Return to top. Select Warehouses from the app’s navigation menu. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Warehouse Settings You can choose to use the app’s warehouse and drop ship functionality, or Shopify’s Locations feature to determine the shipment origins for orders placed on your store. Make your selection using the drop-down field labeled, How will your shipment origins be identified? If you ship from only one location, it doesn’t matter which option you choose. However, your decision will matter if you ship from more than one location. The app’s functionality assumes than an unlimited amount of inventory is available from each stocking location. The app has two types of stocking locations: warehouses and drop ship locations. If multiple warehouses exist, the one closest to the ship-to address is used as the ship-from location. This approach minimizes the estimated shipping costs and, if you have the setting enabled, presents your shopper with quicker estimated delivery dates. When an item is assigned to a drop ship location, it always ships from there. Shopify Locations introduces the ability to do inventory tracking at multiple locations. Shopify Locations may be a good option if: You have visibility to the inventory levels at all your shipping locations. You will maintain accurate inventory counts in Shopify. You have items that can ship from more than one location, but not all locations. Be aware that Shopify’s selection of the ship-from location isn’t influenced by its proximity to the ship-to address. Instead, you’ll list your locations in the order in which you want Shopify to look for available inventory. Once Shopify finds it, that location (or locations) becomes the ship-from address even if the next one on your list is across the street from the ship-to address and has enough inventory to fulfill the order. To get a better understanding of how Shopify Locations identifies the ship-from location, look over the example borrowed from Shopify’s Help Center. If you choose to use Shopify Locations, you’ll lose visibility to how the app built the shipping quote when Shopify determines that more than one location is needed to fulfill the order. This occurs because Shopify makes individual shipping rate requests for each location and doesn’t provide enough information to relate each of them back to the same order. The section in this document titled, What you see, has examples of the information normally captured with an order. This information will be missing when Shopify Locations is used, and more than one location is used to fulfill the order. Use The App’s Warehouse And Drop Ship Functionality Click the Add button in the appropriate sections to add warehouse and drop ship locations. Warehouses should have a complete inventory of all products not otherwise assigned to a drop ship location. If you have more than one warehouse defined, the warehouse closest to the shopper will be used to retrieve shipping rate estimates. Drop ship locations usually represent vendors that supply items that you don’t inventory. These items are shipped directly to your customer on your behalf. An item can be assigned to only one drop ship location. Items not assigned to a drop ship location are assumed to ship from your warehouse(s). When an order will ship from more than one stocking location (e.g. warehouse and drop ship locations or more than one drop ship location) a single figure will display for the shipping rate estimate labeled “Shipping”. The amount of the quote will be equal to the sum of the cheapest shipping option for each location. A best practice is to define at least one warehouse, even if all your products are drop shipped. If all your products are drop shipped (you have no warehouses), make the highest volume drop ship location a warehouse. This ensures that shipping rate estimates will still be returned in the event a product was added to your catalog and its drop ship location wasn’t identified. Related document: Warehouses vs. Drop Ship Locations Nickname Enter a nickname for the location. It will only be seen in the app settings. Street Address Enter the street address for the location. This is important for features in the app that need to know the distance between the location and the ship-to address. Examples are the In-store pick up and Local Delivery features. ZIP Enter the postal code for the location. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. City The plugin will attempt to prefill the City based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. State The plugin will attempt to prefill the State based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. Country The plugin will attempt to prefill the Country based on the postal code. Edit it if the prefilled value is incorrect. Use only the two character standardized country code. Handling Fee / Markup Increases the amount of the quote received for this location by a specified amount prior to displaying it/them in the shopping cart. The number entered will be interpreted as dollars and cents unless it is followed by a % sign. For example, entering 5.00 will cause $5.00 to be added to the quotes. Entering 5.00% will cause each quote to be multiplied by 1.05 (= 1 + 5%). Note: The app has four different settings that can be used to mark up shipping quotes. They are applied to shipping quotes in the following order: 1) Product-specific Mark Up (Product settings); 2) Location-specific Handling Fee / Mark Up (Warehouse settings); 3) Service-specific Mark Up (Quote settings); and 4) General Handling Fee / Mark Up (Quote settings). Use Shopify Locations The locations you identified in Shopify will be displayed on the page when you select Shopify Locations from the How will your shipment origins be identified? drop down. Any changes to your locations will need to be made in Shopify. Even if you choose to use Shopify Locations, you can still click the Edit link to enable and manage your in-store pickup and local delivery settings. 6a. In-store pick up settings Return to top. In-store pick up can be offered as an option in the checkout process based the shopper’s postal code or proximity. It will only be offered if the feature is enabled and only one stocking location (warehouse or drop ship location) is involved in providing a quote. The settings for In-store pick up are visible on the page used to add or edit a warehouse or drop ship location. In-store pick up settings Enable in-store pick up Check the box to enable the in-store pick up feature. Offer if address is within (miles) The distance in miles within which you’d like to offer in-store pick up. The distance is route miles (driving distance). Leave blank if you don’t want to use distance to determine if in-store pick up should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, in-store pick up will display if either condition is satisfied. Offer if postal code matches Enter the postal codes to which you’d like to offer in-store pick up. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. Separate postal codes with a comma. Leave blank if you don’t want to use postal codes to determine if in-store pick up should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, in-store pick up will display if either is satisfied. Checkout description Enter the description to use to identify the option in the checkout process. The most obvious candidate is In-store pick up, but you can make it anything you’d like. When the option for in-store pick up is displayed during checkout, it will be appended with the distance between the “ship-to” and “ship-from” addresses, and the address of the stocking location. 6b. Local delivery settings Return to top. Local delivery can be offered as an option in the checkout process based the shopper’s postal code or proximity. It will only be offered if the feature is enabled and only one stocking location (warehouse or drop ship location) is involved in providing a quote. Local delivery can display as a free option or have a charge associated with it. Other shipping options provided by the app can be suppressed when Local delivery will be offered. The settings for Local delivery are visible on the page used to add or edit a warehouse or drop ship location. Local Delivery Settings Enable local delivery Check the box to enable the local delivery feature. Offer if address is within (miles) The distance in miles within which you’d like to offer local delivery. The distance is route miles (driving distance). Leave blank if you don’t want to use distance to determine if local delivery should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, local delivery will display if either is satisfied. Offer if postal code matches The postal codes to which you’d like to offer local delivery. Enter only the five digit ZIP Code for US addresses. Separate postal codes with a comma. Leave blank if you don’t want to use postal codes to determine if local delivery should be offered. If both distance and postal codes are used as evaluation criteria, local delivery will display if either is satisfied. Checkout description The description to use to identify the option in the checkout process. The most obvious candidate is Local delivery, but you can make it anything you’d like. Local delivery fee Enter the amount to charge for local delivery. Leave blank to offer local delivery for free. Suppress other rates Check the box to show only the option for local delivery when the criteria for doing so (distance or postal code) is met. Only the rates from this app will be suppressed. If you have other shipping methods enabled for your store, they will be unaffected by this setting. Leave the box unchecked to have local delivery offered in addition to the shipping options normally displayed by the app. 7. Address Type Settings. Return to top. Select Address Type Settings from the app’s navigation menu. Real Time Shipping Quotes Address Type Settings Link Detecting the address type (commercial vs. residential) is possible only for addresses in the United States. Always quote residential delivery When checked, quotes will always include the carrier’s residential delivery fee. Do not return a rate if the shipping address appears to be a post office box When checked, quotes will not be returned if the address as a post office box. Automatically detect residential addresses When enabled, the ship-to address is checked against a USPS database to determine if it is a residential address. If it is, the shipping quote will automatically include the carrier’s residential delivery fee. Default unconfirmed address types to: Displays only if the Automatically detect residential addresses setting is enabled. Select Residential or Commercial. In rare cases the app may be unable to confirm the address type. This occurs when a match for the address can’t be found in the USPS database. Invalid ship-to addresses are the most common reason for this. In extremely rare cases an address may be valid, but the match found in the USPS database has a low confidence metric. Choose how you want addresses treated in these cases. Choose what you want the address type to be in these cases. 8. Shipping Rules Return to top. The Shipping Rules page gives you an opportunity to customize the behavior of the app. Select Shipping Rules from the app’s navigation menu. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Shipping Rules Link To introduce a rule, click the Add Rule button. Complete the form using the instructions below. Click the Save button afterward to implement the rule. Rule Name Enter a name for the rule. The name is for your convenience. It will not be seen by your customers. Type Select the rule type. The following options are available: Hide Methods If the criteria of the filters below are met, the shipping estimates normally provided as options by the app will be suppressed. Surcharge If the criteria of the filters below are met, the shipping estimates provided by the app will be increased. Enter a dollar amount (e.g. 5.00) or a percentage (e.g. 5.0%). Discount If the criteria of the filters below are met, the shipping estimates provided by the app will be decreased. Enter a dollar amount (e.g. 5.00) or a percentage (e.g. 5.0%). Override Rates If the criteria of the filters below are met, the shipping estimates normally provided by the app will replaced according to the settings that follow. Show Cheapest Rates Always applies to the entire Cart. When selected, the cheapest shipping rate from the enabled shipping methods will be presented during checkout. Free Shipping The only Apply to option for this rule is Product. If a product in the Cart matches the characteristics of the enabled filters, it will be excluded from the API request sent to the shipping provider. The quoted shipping rates will be based solely on the other items in the Cart. If all the items in the Cart satisfy the enabled filters, then Free will be the quoted shipping rate. Items excluded by the filters will not be included in the packaging solution generated by the Box Sizes or Pallets features. Large Cart Settings This rule type is relevant only if you are using the Box Sizes feature. The Box Sizes feature uses an iterative algorithm to arrive at the optimal packaging solution. If you can have Carts that contain a large number of products (100+) it may take longer for the packaging algorithm to execute than Shopify allows. In this case, a “No shipping rates are available” message may display to the visitor. To avoid the message, use this rule to bypass the packaging algorithm. When bypassed, shipping rate estimates will be based only on shipment weight. Apply to Some rule types may not provide an option on how to apply the rule. Cart Choose this option if you want the shipping rule to apply to the entire Cart. Shipment Choose this option if you want the shipping rule to apply only to individual shipments. For example, the app is capable of combining shipping quotes from multiple ship-from locations. If you want the rule to apply only to the shipments that meet the rule filter(s), then choose this option. If you want the rule to apply to all the shipments if any of the shipments satisfy the rule filter(s), then choose the option for Cart. When the Type is “Hide Methods” Shipping provider’s nickname Identify the providers whose rates to hide if the filters are met.If the rule filters are met and it applies to the “Cart”, then the app will not present shipping quotes during checkout. If the rule filters are met and it applies to the “Shipment”, then the quotes for the shipment will not contribute to the sum of the shipping rates retrieved for the other ship-from locations. When the Type is “Discount” or “Surcharge” Discount/Surcharge Amount Enter a dollar amount (e.g. 5.00) or a percentage (e.g. 5.0%). When the Type is “Override Rates” Display As Enter the text that should be used to identify the rate on the Shopify Shipping Methods page. Description Enter the text you want to accompany the “Display As” text to describe it. Often this is used to convey the expected shipping interval (“Allow 5 to 7 days for delivery”) or something about the rate (“Promotional flat rate shipping”). Flat Rate Enter the dollar amount of the rate that will be displayed when the rule filter(s) are met. Enter a zero (0) if you want to offer free shipping. Suppress other rates Enable the checkbox if you want the override rate to replace the rates that the app would otherwise display on the Shopify Shipping Methods page. Leave it disabled if you want the override rate to be displayed in addition to the the real-time rates that the app will display on the Shopify Shipping Methods page. When the Type is “Show Cheapest Rates” Apply to: LTL providers The rule will apply only when multiple LTL providers are enabled to return shipping rate estimates. The cheapest option for each enabled service will be presented. For example, what is presented may include a rate for standard LTL service (no additional services) from one provider, and a rate for LTL service with liftgate delivery from another. Parcel providers The rule will apply only when multiple parcel providers are enabled to return shipping rate estimates. If the rule applies, only the cheapest rate from among those returned will be offered. LTL and parcel providers This rule will apply when both LTL and parcel providers are enabled and would return rate estimates. It combines the outcomes of the other settings. Presented to the visitor will be the cheapest parcel rate, and the cheapest LTL freight rate for each enabled service. (e.g. LTL freight, LTL freight with liftgate delivery, and any other enabled services.) Cheapest LTL or parcel This rule will apply when both LTL and parcel providers are enabled and would return rate estimates. It will display the parcel or LTL outcomes, depending on which is cheapest. If the LTL shipping method has the cheapest rate, the visitor will be presented with options for each enabled service. (e.g. LTL freight, LTL freight with liftgate delivery, and any other enabled services.) When the Type is “Free Shipping” No other settings apply to this rule type. If the rule filter is met, “Free Shipping” will be prensented to the visitor. When the Type is “Large Cart Settings” This rule is used to bypass the Box Sizes packaging algorithm. When bypassed, only weight is used to estimate shipping rates. Max items Enter the number of items in the Cart that will trigger the rule. Any number of items in the Cart in excess of the value entered will trigger the rule. Max weight per package Enter a value for the maximum weight allowed per package in the event that the Large Cart Settings rule is triggered. Filters Filter Name Enter a name for the filters you want to implement. The name is for your convenience. It will not be seen by your customers. Filter by weight Enable the checkbox if you want to use the weight of the cart as a criteria for the application of the rule. Enter the range for the weight in the From and To fields. The value entered in the From field will be included in the criteria. The value entered in the To field will be excluded from the criteria. If you enter “From 100” “To 150”, then a Cart with a total weight of 100 LBS will trigger the rule while a Cart with a total weight of 150 LBS will not. Consider the “To” field as the “Up to” value. Filter by price Enable the checkbox if you want to use the price of the cart as a criteria for the application of the rule. Enter the range for the price in the From and To fields. The value entered in the From field will be included in the criteria. The value entered in the To field will be excluded from the criteria. If you enter “From 100” “To 150”, then a Cart with a total price of $100 will trigger the rule while a Cart with a total price of $150 will not. Consider the “To” field as the “Up to” value. Filter by quantity Enable the checkbox if you want to use the quantity of items in the cart as a criteria for the application of the rule. Enter the range for the quantity in the From and To fields. The value entered in the From field will be included in the criteria. The value entered in the To field will be excluded from the criteria. If you enter “From 10” “To 20”, then a Cart containing 10 items will trigger the rule while a Cart with 20 items will not. Consider the “To” field as the “Up to” value. Filter by vendor Enter the vendor name. The value entered must be an exact match for what you have entered on the Shopify Product Detail page in the Product Organization > Vendor field. Separate multiple entries with a comma. Filter by product tag Enter the product tag. The value entered must be an exact match for what you have entered on the Shopify Product Detail page in the Product Organization > Tags field. Separate multiple entries with a comma. Apply rule… Choose the radio button associated with the option on how you want the filters to apply to the rule. Available Enable this checkbox if you want the rule to be applied. Disable it if you want to keep the rule settings for future use, but you don’t want to actively apply it. 9. Box Sizes Return to top. The Box Sizes feature is relevant only to enabled postal and parcel providers. It is not relevant to LTL freight providers. If you don’t see a Box Sizes option in the app’s navigation menu, then you don’t have a postal or parcel provider enabled and you can skip to the next step. The Box Sizes feature is optional and will allow you to retrieve hyper-accurate shipping rate estimates. With the Box Sizes feature enabled, you can identify: The sizes of the boxes you inventory. The rotational property of items that can be packed in a box with other items. Items that ship as their own package (Can’t be packed in a box with other items). Items pre-packaged to ship in more than one box. When items in the cart can be packaged together, the app will identify the best box(es) to use for the order and send the packaging solution to the carrier when requesting rates. The packaging solution is saved as a step-by-step graphical illustration which you can access from the Order Details page. Use the step-by-step instructions to pack the order exactly as it was quoted. Illustration of a packaging solution If you elect not to use the Box Sizes feature, only the weight of the Cart will be used for rating purposes which may result in shipping quotes that are less than what you will be billed. Dimensional weight is an extremely important factor when calculating rates for parcel services. Have a clear understanding of the topic when deciding whether or not to use the Box Sizes feature. (Learn more about dimensional weight) 9a. Identify your standard box sizes Return to top. Select Box Sizes from the app’s navigation menu. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Box Sizes Feature Follow the instructions below to enable the feature and add boxes. Box Sizes for Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Enable checkbox Check this box to enable the standard box sizes feature. While enabled a charge of 3¢ for each calculated packaging solution will be incurred unless the capped amount for the billing cycle has been reached. If the capped amount has been reached you can re-enable the feature by increasing the capped amount. (Learn more about usage charges and capped amount in the Shopify Help Center.) Current usage Shows the usage of the feature at the time the page loads. Capped amount The amount entered into this field is the maximum you can be charged for the standard box size feature in a billing cycle. If this amount is reached the feature will stop working and the optimal packaging solution algorithm will be used instead. This may effect the accuracy of your shipping rates. You can increase the capped amount to re-enable the feature. Notification email address An email will be sent to the email address entered when the usage of the standard box sizes feature is 80% of the capped amount. Taking action to increase the capped amount immediately after receiving the email will mitigate the risk of the feature being disabled which can otherwise lead to less accurate shipping quotes. Optimization mode Maximize space utilization Choose this setting if you want the packaging algorithm to prioritize the amount of space used in each box. For example, two boxes may be selected for the packaging solution if they have a higher utilization percentage than using a single, larger box. Minimize the number of packages Recommended for most merchants. Choose this setting if you want the packaging algorithm to prioritize the fewest number of boxes used for the packaging solution. Packaging method when standard box sizes is disabled Select the method you want the app to use to rate shipments if you choose not to enable the Standard Box Sizes feature. Quote each item as shipping as its own package Each item in the Cart will be quoted as shipping as its own package. Unless orders are shipped this way, the shipping rate estimates using this method will tend to be high. Quote shipping as all items are in one package All the items in the Cart will be quoted as shipping in one box and the shipping rate estimates will be based on weight only. If the total weight of the Cart exceeds 150 pounds, the total weight will be divided in to multiple packages of equal weight. Shipping rate estimates using this method will tend to be low. Combine the weight of all items without dimensions and quote them as one package while quoting each item with dimensions as shipping as its own package A hybrid of the other two options. Shipping rate estimates may be higher or lower than the actual shipping charges depending on the contents of the Cart. Save button Clicking the save button will save changes made to the fields located above the button provided the changes pass the field level validation. Add Box button Clicking this button will display a form for use to capture the box parameters. Box size parameters for Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Nickname Enter a nickname for the box. This will be used to identify the box in the graphical representation of the packaging solution. Box type Select the box type. Special services like One Rate from FedEx and Flat Rate from the USPS require the use of their provided packaging. If you will be using one of these services, be sure to select the type of provider supplied box you will be using. Length Enter the length in inches. Width Enter the width in inches. Height Enter the height in inches Max Weight Enter the maximum weight, in pounds, that the box can weigh. This includes the weight of the box. Box Weight Enter the weight of the box in pounds. Box fee Enter an amount to charge a fee for the box. The fee will be added to the shipping quotes after the service level markup and the general markup/handling fee (found on the Quote Settings page) are applied. Leave the field blank if no fee is to be collected. Available Select this checkbox to make the box available to the algorithm that calculates the packaging solution. 9b. Items that ship as multiple packages Return to top. When you enable the Box Sizes feature, a setting is available on the Product Shipping Parameters page to allow you to specify that the item ships as multiple packages. When you enable the setting, the item will appear on the Box Sizes page in the Items that ship as multiple packages section. Items Ship As Multiple Packages Settings To add a box, click the Add Box button. A popup will display prompting you for the following information about the box: Quantity Enter the number of boxes there are of this size and weight. Nickname Enter a nickname for the box. The nickname will be used to identify the box in the graphical illustration of the packaging solution. Length The length of the box in inches. Width The width of the box in inches. Height The height of the box in inches. Weight The weight of the box in pounds. Box fee Enter an amount to charge a fee for the box. The fee will be added to the shipping quotes after the service level markup and the general markup/handling fee (found on the Quote Settings page) are applied. Leave the field blank if no fee is to be collected. If you have an LTL freight provider enabled, it will use the Freight Class and Weight entered on the Product Shipping Parameters page when an LTL freight quote will be returned. However, if the Freight Class is set to Density Based (and the Item ships as multiple packages setting is enabled), then a freight class for the item will be calculated using the weight and dimensions of the boxes entered here. 10. Pallets Return to top. The Pallets feature is relevant only to enabled LTL freight providers. If you don’t see a Pallets option in the app’s navigation menu, then you don’t have a LTL freight provider enabled and you can skip to the next step. Even with an LTL freight provider enabled, this feature is required only if the pricing tariff with the LTL freight provider rates freight dimensionally instead of the traditional standard governed by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) that uses freight class and weight. (Learn more) Most merchants can get accurate LTL freight quotes without enabling this feature. The Pallets feature is optional and will allow you identify the size of the pallets you keep in stock. It is a required feature if the pricing tariff with your LTL freight provider rates your freight dimensionally. With the Pallets feature enabled, you can identify: The sizes of the handling units (usually pallets) you inventory. The rotational property of items that can be placed on a handling unit with other items. Items that ship as their own handling unit (Won’t be put on a handling unit with other items). When items in the cart can be placed on a handling unit together, the app will identify the handling unit(s) to use for the order and send the packaging solution to the carrier when requesting rates. The packaging solution is saved as a step-by-step graphical illustration which you can access from the Order Details page. Use the step-by-step instructions to pack the order exactly as it was quoted. Pallet packaging solution If you elect not to use the Pallets feature, the total weight associated with each freight class will be used for rating purposes. Identify your pallet sizes Pallet settings in Real Time Shipping Quotes app for Shopify Enable checkbox Check this box to enable the pallet packing feature. While enabled a charge of 3 cents for each calculated packaging solution will be incurred unless the capped amount for the billing cycle has been reached. If the capped amount has been reached you can re-enable the feature by increasing the capped amount. (Learn more about usage charges and capped amount in the Shopify Help Center.) Current usage Shows the usage of the feature at the time the page loads. Capped amount The amount entered into this field is the maximum you can be charged for the Pallets feature in a billing cycle. If this amount is reached the feature will stop working. If your pricing tariff is dimensionally based, you will stop receiving LTL freight quotes. If your pricing tariff is based on the traditional NMFTA standard (weight and freight class) then you will still receive LTL freight quotes based solely on the total weight per freight class. You can increase the capped amount to re-enable the feature. Notification email address An email will be sent to the email address entered when the usage of the Pallets feature is 80% of the capped amount. Taking action to increase the capped amount immediately after receiving the email will mitigate the risk of the feature being disabled. Save button Clicking the save button will save changes made to the fields located above the button provided the changes pass the field level validation.. Add Pallet button Clicking this button will display a form for use to capture the pallet parameters. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify App Pallet Characteristics Nickname Enter a nickname for the handling unit. This will be used to identify the handling unit in the graphical representation of the packaging solution. Length Enter the length in inches. Width Enter the width in inches. Pallet Height Enter the height of the handling unit in inches. This is the height of the handling unit without anything on it. Pallet Weight Enter the weight of the handling unit in pounds. This is the weight of the handling unit without anything on it. Max Height Enter in inches, the maximum height that you’re willing to allow the handling unit to reach as items are placed on it. Max Weight Enter in pounds, the maximum weight that you’re willing to allow the handling unit to reach as items are placed on it. Available Select this checkbox to make the pallet available to the algorithm that calculates the packaging solution. Click the Save button to save the handling unit settings. 11. Sync product shipping parameters from another app from Eniture Technology. Return to top. The app detects that you have one or more other quoting apps from Eniture Technology. The convention used to name these apps usually begins with the shipping provider’s name followed by “Small Package Quotes” or “LTL Freight Quotes”. You can use this utility if you’d like to copy the product shipping parameters from the other apps. Select Sync Products from the app’s navigation menu. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Sync Product Shipping Parameters Enter your email address and then click the Sync products button. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Sync Product Shipping Parameters You’ll receive an email notification when the syncing process is complete. 12. Product Shipping Parameters. Return to top. Now that the application settings have been established, it’s time to populate the product settings. You can do this through the app’s user interface, which is described in this step. Using the app’s user interface is convenient if you have a limited number of products to populate. If you have a lot of products to populate, you’ll find using the Import CSV Utility described later in the User’s Guide much more efficient. Repeat these instructions for every product that you want the app to provide a quote for. Select Products from the Shopify menu. Locate the product on the list and choose it by clicking on it. You’ll be delivered to the product’s details page. Click the More actions button at the top of the page to reveal the installed apps and select the app from the list. Product Detail More Actions Button You’ll be delivered to a page on which you will enter the product’s freight class, weight, and dimensions. Enter the information prompted for, and then click the Save & Return button at the bottom of the page to return to the product’s Shopify product details page. Product Shipping Parameters Page Quote as… Select the option that reflects the default shipping method for the product. If one unit of the product is the only thing in the cart and it would ship with a parcel carrier, choose Quote as a parcel shipment. If the product must ship with a LTL freight carrier, choose Quote as an LTL shipment. A set of rules govern what type of shipping rates (parcel or LTL freight, or parcel and LTL freight) are displayed during checkout. It’s possible for products that have the Quote as a parcel shipment setting enabled to be quoted as an LTL freight shipment. Learn more. Weight Required. Enter the weight of the product in pounds. You can enter weights out to three decimal places. Consider including the weight of any packaging materials that may be required to ship the product, such as cardboard, pallets and shrink wrap. Freight Class Required for LTL freight. Recommended for products with the Quote as an LTL shipment setting enabled if one of the LTL freight providers is also enabled in the app. Select the product’s freight class from the drop down list. You may also select Density Based from the list, which will calculate a freight class on the fly using the product’s weight and dimensions. Although the density based calculation will return a freight class, selecting the actual freight class for the product is recommended since density is only one of four factors that the National Motor Freight Transportation Agency (NMFTA.org) evaluates when identifying a commodity’s freight class. You are solely responsible to identify the correct freight class of your product(s). If you need assistance, start by checking out this resource for some useful tips: Learn more about Freight Classes NMFC For LTL freight, commodities are more specifically identified by a combination of their “freight class” and “NMFC” number. In most cases, simply identifying the correct freight class is sufficient for quoting purposes. However, in rare cases an LTL carrier may require that the NMFC number be identified. If so, the requirement should be documented in your pricing agreement which is commonly referred to as the “account tariff”. If your LTL freight provider requires you to identify the NMFC number of your commodities as a prerequisite for obtaining a quote, enter it here. If not, leave this field empty. (Nearly all merchants will be able to leave this field empty.) Length Required for parcel quotes if the Standard Box Sizes feature is in use. Not required for LTL freight quotes. Enter the length of the product in inches. It should include any incremental inches added by packaging materials that may be required to ship the product. Width Required for parcel quotes if the Standard Box Sizes feature is in use. Not required for LTL freight quotes. Enter the width of the product in inches. It should include any incremental inches added by packaging materials that may be required to ship the product. Height Required for parcel quotes if the Standard Box Sizes feature is in use. Not required for LTL freight quotes. Enter the height of the product in inches. It should include any incremental inches added by packaging materials that may be required to ship the product. Boxing properties These settings are active only when the Box Sizes feature is enabled for parcel shipping providers. Allow item to be rotated vertically when placing it in a box When enabled, the packaging algorithm will be allowed to rotate the item while optimizing the packaging solution. This item ships as its own package Enable this setting if the item ships as its own package. The dimensions and weight entered for the item will be used for its shipping parameters. Usage charges are not incurred for items shipping as their own package. This item ships as its own package if it is the only item in the cart Enable this setting if you want the product’s weight and dimensions used to obtain shipping rates when it is the only item in the Cart. The packaging algorithm will not run in this case, avoiding the usage charges incurred when determining the best available box for a shipment. This item ships as multiple packages (not compatible with the USPS integration) Enable this setting if the item ships as multiple packages. The item will subsequently appear on the lower half of the Box Sizes page. Navigate to the Box Sizes page to identify the packages associated with the item. Usage charges are not incurred for items shipping as multiple packages. Pallet properties These settings are active only when the Pallets feature is enabled for LTL freight providers. Allow item to be rotated vertically when placing it on a pallet. When enabled, the packaging algorithm will be allowed to rotate the item while optimizing the packaging solution. This item ships as its own handling unit. Enable this setting if the item ships as its own handling unit. The freight class, weight, and dimensions entered for the item will be used for its shipping parameters. Usage charges are not incurred for items shipping as their own package. Markup Enter a dollar amount (e.g. 5.00 for $5.00) or a percentage (e.g. 5.0% for five percent) to mark up the shipping charges when this item is in the cart. Leave this field blank if you don’t want the inclusion of this product in the cart to be the reason why the shipping quotes that are returned by the carrier are modified. A dollar amount will be multiplied by the quantity of the item that is in the cart and the result added to the shipping quotes that are returned from the carrier before any markups on the Quote Settings page are applied. A percentage will be applied to the total value of the item in the cart (price x quantity x (1 + markup percentage)) and the result added to the shipping quotes that are returned from the carrier before any markups on the Quote Settings page are applied. Fulfillment offset days The setting is only relevant if you have the Display estimated delivery date setting enabled on the Quote Settings page. When the app requests shipping quotes, it identifies a ship date. The estimated delivery date is dependent on the ship date. The Quote Settings page has three settings that are applied globally that will alter the ship date so that it aligns with your fulfillment operations. The product-level setting for Fulfillment offset days allows the offset to be different for individual products. The product-level setting for Fulfillment offset days takes precedent over its globally applied counterpart on the Quote Settings page. In cases where the Cart contains multiple products with different Fulfillment offset days, the largest number of offset days is used to adjust the ship date. Enter the number of days to offset the ship date for this product. Drop ship this product Check this box if this item is drop shipped from a location other than your warehouse. Drop ship location Select the drop ship location from the drop down. These locations are defined on the Warehouses page in the app settings that was described in step 4. NMFC On an account-by-account basis, some LTL freight providers will require that the commodity’s NMFC number be included in the rate request. If that is the case for your account with this LTL freight provider, enter the product’s NMFC number. Hazardous material Enable this setting if the product is subject to hazardous materials restrictions and fees. Insurance This setting is relevant to parcel quotes and the following LTL freight providers: Redhawk Logistics. Enable this setting if you want the shipment insured if this product is in the cart. What your customer sees. Return to top. Once you’ve completed the preceding steps, your Shopify store is ready to offer real time shipping quotes. The rates your visitors see will depend on the providers you’ve enabled and the settings you’ve chosen. Below is an example of the shipping methods page when an LTL freight provider is enabled, the cart is quoted as an LTL freight shipment, and the setting to offer lift gate delivery as an option is enabled. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Quote Results What you see. Return to top. The app populates details related to the shipping quote in the Additional details widget on the Order Details page. The content of the widget falls into two categories: 1) Shipment Origin & Services; and 2) Shipment Content. Shipment Origin & Services This information block will identify the shipment origin, the selected carrier service and a list of any additional services (such as residential delivery) associated with the shipment. A separate Shipment Origin & Services information block will appear for each shipping location that will participate in fulfilling the order. This is particularly useful for stores with multiple warehouses and drop ship locations. Shipment Content A Shipment Content information block is presented beneath each Shipment Origin & Services information block. It identifies the products that were quoted as shipping from the location. Note: The Quote Settings page allows you to choose to write the quote details to an alternate location that is accessible via the More actions link on the Order Details page. If you don’t see the quote details in the Additional Details widget, then one of the following is true: The shipping quote chosen during checkout was not one that was returned by the app. The quote details are being written to the alternate location per your settings. Another app overwrote the order details in which case you should change the setting in the app to have the quote settings written to the alternate location. Updating products with the Import CSV Utility. Return to top. You can use the app’s Import CSV utility to enter or update the product shipping parameters. This method can be more time efficient than navigating in and out of the app’s user interface, particularly if you have a lot of products. Click on Import CSV in the app’s navigation menu. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Import CSV Utility You can’t use the Import CSV utility to create products in Shopify. The products must exist in Shopify prior to downloading the CSV template if they are to be updated. Use the link below to access instructions on how to… Download the CSV template. Use the filters to isolate the product/variant records you want to update. Populate the CSV file with your shipping parameters. Save the CSV file in the proper format. Import the CSV file to the app. Import CSV Utility for Shopify Shipping with FreightDesk Online Return to top. Shipping for e-commerce stores can be divided into two general challenges: How capture the cost of shipping on orders placed online. How to ship the order, including how to create the shipping label (or Bill Of Lading in the case of LTL freight), schedule the carrier to pick up the shipment, and update the customer with the tracking number. Quoting apps, like this one, provide a solution for the first challenge. What are your options for the second challenge? Option 1 – The carrier’s website: You can log into the carrier’s website and manually enter all of the relevant information. Carrier websites are free to use since the carrier makes money when you use them to deliver an order. However, if you have more than a handful of orders each day this approach is time consuming and ripe for data entry errors which can be costly to correct. Option 2 – Shopify Shipping: Shopify Shipping offers pretty competitive rates for postal companies like the US postal service, and parcel companies like UPS, and DHL. But if you ship with another provider or have more than a low-to-moderate number of daily orders, you’ll find Shopify Shipping clunky and woefully inefficient. Option 3 – Cloud-based Shipping Platforms: The next step up in capability are cloud-based shipping systems that will connect to your online store and retrieve the details of your orders, thereby eliminating the need for much of the manual data entry. Many of these shipping systems have arrangements with postal and parcel carriers that are on par if not better than the options available through Shopify Shipping. Where these systems excel is in the efficiency of the fulfillment process. That translates in to a much higher volume of shipments per unit of time. These systems are relatively inexpensive and the reduction in the amount of labor and time it takes to ship your orders will pay dividends. Option 4 – FreightDesk Online: FreightDesk Online (freightdesk.online) is also a cloud-based shipping system. It enjoys all of the benefits of other cloud-based offerings but expands the solution in two ways: It makes use of the detailed information collected by Eniture Technology’s quoting apps (like this one) such as the packaging solution and the additional services included in the shipping option chosen when the order was placed. It provideds merchants access to more than two dozen LTL freight providers in addition to the typical postal and parcel integrations offered by other cloud-based solutions. These expanded capabilities deliver you closer to true “click-and-ship” shipping than any other alternative, whether you’re shipping with a postal carrier, a parcel carrier, or an LTL freight provider. How to connect your Shopify store to FreightDesk Online Return to top. First, if you don’t already have one, register for a FreightDesk Online account (https://freightdesk.online/register). You can connect multiple online stores to FreightDesk Online, so you don’t have to create separate accounts for each one. The pricing for FreightDesk Online is á la carte. You’ll be able to pick a separate plan for parcel (and postal) shipments, and for LTL freight shipments based on the anticipated volume for each type of shipping. Your monthly subscription rate will be comprised of these two selections. You can begin a 30-day trial of both types of shipping by selecting Trial in the corresponding dropdown fields on the registration form. After you complete the registration process, log into FreightDesk Online. Click on your avatar located in the top right-hand corner of the browser window. Copy your FreightDesk Online ID which will be located below your company name. Location of FreightDesk Online ID Return to the app settings and click on FreightDesk Online. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify Freight Desk Online Link Enter your FreightDesk Online ID and click the Connect button. Real Time Shipping Quotes for Shopify FreightDesk Online Connection Settings Complete the connection by granting the permissions that Shopify prompts you for. Now that you’ve connected FreightDesk Online, unfulfilled orders will automatically appear in FreightDesk Online. To view them, log into FreightDesk Online and click on Orders in the navigation menu. You’ll need to connect your shipping providers before you can start shipping. You can find a quick start guide in FreightDesk Online by navigating to Help > Getting Started. Using Validate Addresses Return to top. Validate Addresses app for Shopify An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. – Benjamin Franklin Shipping to invalid addresses is expensive and avoidable. The cost of failed deliveries, returned shipments, and carrier fees can quickly change a profitable sale into a loss. Without interfering with the Shopify checkout process, Eniture Technology’s DIY Validate Addresses app immediately identifies orders that are safe to ship or notifies customers to confirm or correct the address. Customer updates are instantly reflected in Shopify so you know when it’s safe to ship the order. The peace of mind knowing that you are shipping to a valid address can cost as little as 1¢ per order. The DIY Validate Addresses app is available in the Shopify App Store, and more detailed product information, including the User Guide, is available on eniture.com. The links below will take you to these resources: DIY Validate Addresses Shopify App Store Listing DIY Validate Addresses product information on eniture.com

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