Struck
We are interested to modify the cs-cart to display UPS negotiated.
Do you have any recommendations?
Thank you
[quote name=‘Struck’]Sorry for the delay Imac! So that we don’t miss anything, I will start with the basics of UPS/Fedex “List Rates” vs. “Negotiated Rates” as returned in realtime calculations.
When a businesses parcel package shipping volume reaches what they would consider a substantial level, both UPS & Fedex will take notice allowing the opportunity to negotiate rates “specific to your company” which can be quite immensely lower than the rates they post to the general public!
Both UPS & Fedex will allow to have either the list rates, or the specific company negotiated rates returned for realtime calculations through XML. As I recall back, currently in CS-Cart the Negotiated Rates are returned for Fedex and the List Rates are being returned for UPS. My company had to have a custom mod created in order to have the negotiated rates returned to our site from UPS. Most any high volume shipper will need to have this control over exactly which shipping rates are being returned, the higher the volume the more critical this becomes.
Here are some details regarding this from a UPS technical support email obtained a few months back, perhaps it will be helpful to you:
Negotiated Rates are only returned for qualified Shipper Account Numbers and eligibility is determined using the combination of User ID and the Shipper’s Shipper Account Number in the XML request. If the User ID is qualified, both Published Rates and Negotiated Rates are returned. If the User ID or Shipper Account Number is not qualified for Negotiated Rates, only Published Rates are returned in the response.
The approved shipper number needs to be associated with the User ID used in the XML by adding it the Account Summary under Manage MyUPS at UPS.com.
To receive Negotiated Rates some XML additions are required that are slightly different from a basic request.
- The approved User ID associated with the Negotiated Rates must be used in the AccessRequest container along with the Access Key and Password.
- The approved shipper number must be included in the RatingServiceSelectionRequest/Shipment/Shipper/ShipperNumber container.
- The empty node must be included in the RatingServiceSelectionRequest/Shipment/RateInformation container. The RateInformation container may need to be added as well.
- The node is required in the RatingServiceSelectionRequest/Shipment/Shipper/Address container or RatingServiceSelectionRequest/Shipment/ShipFrom/Address container depending on the absence or presence of the ShipFrom container. If the container is present, the node is required there. In the absence of a container the node is required in the container. It is also required in the RatingServiceSelectionRequest/Shipment/ShipTo/Address container.
Please see the XML snippet below for examples of element placement. Note these are in addition to the already required tags for all Rates Tool requests:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXX…XXX
XXXX…XXXX
XXXXXX
XX
XX
XX
5) Negotiated rates are returned in the NegotiatedRates node of the XML response and only at the shipment level. Published rates are still returned in the normal locations.
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6) Lastly, please note that the Customer Integration Environment (CIE) only returns a 1% discount regardless of you actual negotiated rates. You will need to move to production to see your actual rates.
Please contact us if you need any additional assistance.
Michael V.
UPS Technical Support[/QUOTE]
