Add the ability to ship with Purolator and charge your customers either Purolator Real-Time Rates or apply your own custom rate!
To get to your Shipping Settings click on:
- Hover over Settings
- Hover over Shopping Cart Settings
- Click on Shipping
To add Purolator as a shipping account:
- Click on the drop-down "Select Shipping Account" - Select Purolator
- Active: Check Yes to make this shipping option available in the shopping cart
- Sort Order: Here you can choose the order in which shoppers will see your shipping carriers and methods available
- Automated Integration: Check Yes to use your Purolator account credentials and API Key+API Key Password to generate real-time shipping rates.
- Click Save
Getting your accounts Activation Key:
Sign in or sign up - If you already have a Purolator username and password, sign in to the Purolator website.
Fill out the Activation Key Form, click here for a link!
For more information on generating your Activation Key, click here!
Next, you will need to configure your account using either Real-Time Rates (based on Purolator's rates), or Full Price Control.
Method 1: Creating a Shipping Method with Real-Time Rates
- Click Purolator Accordion
- Click Shipping Method
- Click Add New Shipping Method.
Fill out the following information (Below is the most important information needed for this method to be active for your shoppers):
- Name: The name of the new shipping method (example: Ground)
- Production Time: Number of days required to process orders
- Days In Transit Min: The minimum number of days required to transport the shipment
- Days In Transit Max: The maximum number of days required to transport the shipment
Note: Process days added to the max shipping time will be the estimated shipping time (business days).
Example. 7 process days and a Max Transit of 5, which would give an estimated shipping time of 12 days.
- Active: Allow customers to use this Shipping Method
- Sort Order: The order this shipping option will show up in the shipping list on the cart
Note: Most business owners choose to display shipping methods in order of least to most expensive.
- *Purolator Method: This coincides with your Account Credentials. This has to match with the method you want to pull for pricing (i.e. Shipping Method Name is Ground - You will want this to be Ground Home Delivery)
- Store: Assign this shipping method exclusively to any single store or all stores
- Permitted Shipping Destinations: The first 4 are allowances. You are allowing to ship to unknown addresses, residential addresses, commercial addresses, and PO boxes (recommended to have all 4 checked)
- Click Save
Successfully Created a Shipping Method
After you create your shipping method(s), it will appear as seen below. To manage the newly created method(s):
- Click the Method Name to edit (opens up the settings/form as seen above)
- Click Trash Can to delete a method
NOTE: InkSoft utilizes real-time rates that we negotiated on behalf of our customers. These rates are automatically applied to your account once you have successfully configured a real-time rate integration. There are no other actions needed to be taken to get the real-time rate pricing.
Method 2: Creating a Shipping Method with Full Price Control
- Click Purolator Accordion
- Click Shipping Method
- Click Add New Shipping Method.
Fill out the following information (Below is the most important information needed for this method to be active for your shoppers):
- Name: The name of the new shipping method (example: to Ground)
- Production Time: Number of days required to process orders
- Days In Transit Min: The minimum number of days required to transport the shipment
- Days In Transit Max: The maximum number of days required to transport the shipment
Note: Process days added to the max shipping time will be the estimated shipping time (business days).Ex. 7 process days and a Max Transit of 5, would give an estimated shipping time of 12 days.
- Active: Allow customers to use this Shipping Method
- Sort Order: The order this shipping option will show up in the shipping list on the cart (this can also be overidden within any individual Store's settings from Store Admin > Store Settings > Shipping Methods)
Note: Most business owners choose to display shipping methods in order of least to most expensive.
- Stores: Assign this shipping method exclusively to any single store or all stores
- Permitted Shipping Destinations: The first 4 are allowances. You are allowing to ship to unknown addresses, residential addresses, commercial addresses and PO boxes (recommended to have all 4 checked)
- Click Save
Update Pricing
After saving your method details:
- Click Shipping Method
- Click $ icon to configure pricing
- Here you can enter pricing breaks for the selected calculation method (weight, Item total, or item count) Example below:
0.0LBS -- 4.9LBS = $5.00
5.0LBS -- 9.9LBS = $7.50
10.0LBS -- & above = $12.00
Note: There cannot be any conflicts between ranges.
- Plus Sign (+): This will allow you to add another break to your shipping price
- Click Save
Successfully Created a Shipping Method
After you create your shipping method(s), it will appear as seen below. To manage the newly created method(s):
- Click the Method Name to edit (opens up the settings/form as seen above).
- Click $ Icon to edit your pricing structure
- Click Trash Can to delete a method
