Opencart Marketplace Canada Post Shipping

• The admin can select the option for development or test mode.
• The seller and the admin can configure the Canada Post shipping using API.
• The admin can choose the tax class and geo zone details for which this shipping will be available.
• Customers can track the Canada Post shipping order from their panel.
• The admin commission is also applicable to the total cost ie product cost and shipping cost and depends on the backend configuration of the marketplace.
• Sellers and admin can select the Applicable Countries for Canada Post shipping.
• The admin and sellers can generate their own shipping labels.
• Both admin and seller can select the shipping service methods for cart products.
• Show/hide the estimated delivery time to the customers for this shipping.
• The error message can be hidden/shown to the customers.
• Admin can add the offset delivery time.
• The admin can choose free shipping costs to Canada, the USA, and internationally for the selected services.
• Sellers can enable/disable the status of this shipping.
• The admin can configure the handling fee to be fixed or percent-based.
• Also, the admin can set the minimum order amount to avail of free shipping.

To install this add-on please follow each and every step carefully. First, you need to upload both admin and catalog folders into the Opencart root folder directory as shown in below screenshot:

Upload Ocmod File:

Once you have uploaded the file then login to admin go to Extensions> Extension installer and upload the XML file. The XML file can be found in the ocmod folder under the module directory. In ocmod folder select the folder according to your Opencart version. Now upload the wk_canadapost.ocmod.xml file.

Also, after uploading the XML file go to the Extensions > Modification and click on the refresh field.

Also, after that in the Admin panel go to System -> Users -> Usergroup and edit ‘Administrator’ and select all for both Access and Modify Permission, and save it.

Install Module

Now, navigate to Extensions>Shipping. Find Marketplace Canada Post from the list. Click the Install button as visible in the screenshot below.

For Canada Post shipping credentials, you have to go to the Canada Post shipping website and create an account with them. Click here to go to the Canada Post shipping website. Click on the Sign up button to create a new account with this shipping.

Profile Information:

Fill all the required details and select accounts as a business purpose account. After that click on continue.

Profile Type:

Also, choose the profile type as the small business and click on select and continue.

Contact Information:

Fill all the contact information of the business and click on continue.

Confirmation:

After filling out the business information form, a confirmation page will open. You will find the customer number here.

Developer Program:

Also, after clicking on the continue button, go to business solution >> E-commerce solution >> developer program to find the API key and password.

Join Now:

For the next step, click on the Join now button.

Agree and Continue:

A pop up will open after clicking on join now button. Now click on agree and continue for the developer program.

API Credentials:

Now you will get API credentials for the development(test mode) and production(live mode) purpose. Also, You will find API keys and an API password for both.

After the module installation, the admin needs to do the Opencart Marketplace Canada Post Shipping configuration. Navigate to Extensions>Shipping and find Opencart Marketplace Canada Post Shipping from the list. Also, click the Edit button as visible in the screenshot below:

After clicking on the edit button, the admin will see two tabs for configuration.
a) General Shipping Configuration   b) Advanced Shipping Configuration

General Shipping Configuration:

Under this tab, the admin can do the following configuration:

API Key: Enter the API key generated from the Canada Post website.

API Password: Here, Enter the API password generated from the Canada Post website.

Customer Number: Enter the API key generated from the Canada Post website.

Test Mode: Select yes for development mode or test mode else select no for production mode or go live.

Contact ID: Enter the contract ID in the contract type. There is no need to mention in non-contract type.

Select Contract type: Choose contract type from the dropdown option either contract type or non-contract type.

Tax Class: Also, Select the tax class for which you want to use this shipping.

Geo Zone: Select the geo zone for which you want to use this shipping. Only for selected geo zone, the shipping would be applicable.

Services: The admin can choose the service method of Canada Post shipping. Only selected shipping services will be offered to the customer. Also, selected methods will be applicable to the domestic, United States, and international.

Marketplace Canada Post Shipping Status: Select the status of Marketplace Canada Post as enable/disable.

Sort Order: Order sequence of the Canada Post shipping method for the shipping page.

Advanced Shipping Configuration:

After the successful configuration of general shipping, the admin has to configure the advanced shipping configuration. Also, under this tab, the admin will configure:

Shipping Countries: Select countries for which the admin wants to use this shipping method.

Show Estimated Delivery Time: If the admin wants to show estimated delivery time to customers then select yes else no.

Display Error to Users: Select yes/no to show the errors to customers.

Delivery Time Offset: Enter the delivery time offset value to add more delivery time to the original estimated delivery time.

For example: If the delivery time offsets value set as 3 and the original estimated delivery time is 3 days then the final estimated delivery time would be 6 days.

Free Method for Canada: Select a service for which you want to give shipping cost-free in Canada.

Also, Free Method for the USA: Select the service for which you want to give shipping cost-free in the USA.

Free Method for International: Select the service for which you want to give shipping cost-free for international.

Handling Fee Status: Select enable if you want to charge the handling fee on Canada post shipping.

Calculate Handling Fee: Enter the handling fee amount/percentage. If it is set as fixed then enter the handling fee amount here otherwise, if it is on a percentage basis then enter a percentage here without a percentage sign.

Handling Fee Amount/Percentage: Also, Select handling fee as Amount/Percentage.

Free Shipping with Minimum Order Amount: Select yes to apply free shipping on the minimum order amount.

Shipping Minimum Order Amount: Enter the minimum order amount for which free shipping will be applicable.

After the configuration of admin, sellers need to configure the Canada Post shipping. Under the Canada Post shipping tab, they have to configure the API key, password, Customer Number, zip code, services, and shipping countries.

Also, the seller will get an API key, password, zip code, customer number, and contract ID from the Canada Post shipping website. If any seller doesn’t want this shipping method, then the seller can disable this shipping method.

If the seller prefers a non-contract shipment, they can choose the “non-contract” option from the dropdown.

However, if the “contract” shipment is selected, the contract ID must be provided.

Check Quotes for Shipping:

At my cart page, the customer can quote the shipping price and method for their cart items. Also, the customer can see the estimated delivery time for the item.

Checkout Process:

All the shipping services of Canada Post shipping will be shown on the delivery method page. The customer can select the shipping service from here.

Confirm Order:

Also, the customer can see the shipping service on the order confirmation section.

Track Order:

In the order history, the customer can see the track order button.

After clicking on the track order button, a popup will open with all the tracking information as shown in the below image.

Authentication:

After clicking on “print shipping label” button, an authentication pop-up will show from Canada Post shipping website. Sellers need to fill the user name and password for login at Canada post website. Where API key is the username and API password is the password.

Print Label:

After filling the username and password, the seller will be able to print the shipping label.