what's done by CS cart and what not in shipping section

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Hi,

I am new to CS cart and I got the latest pro version of it.

I have no idea on how the shipping is handled on real world. What I have done is created a new account on UPS and got the access key and configured it.

Now on checkout page UPS is showing and cost added to the total.



Then I need to send the item to client right. How can it be done ?

Is there a tracking code generated on UPS end for this.

On the shipment generation what I should have entered as the tracking code.

Is it needed to automatically generate a tracking code on UPS end and show that on anywhere on cs cart admin panel ?



Thank you.

Gayan

2

Cs-cart calculates the shipping cost for your client. You still have to make the shipment, for example on the ups website.



[url=“http://www.shippingkit.com/”]http://www.shippingkit.com/[/url] however has a great add-on for UPS that let's you print labels straight from cs-cart admin area.

3

Thank you very much Flow. That means I have to go to UPS and generate a shipment there manually with all the client details. Then get the tracking number from that and create a shipment on CS cart.



I guess this is same for all the shipping services like FedEx and USPS too.



So what is point of inserting all the user details on CS cart and configuration of a shipping method.

4

[quote name='gayan007@gmail.com' timestamp='1324650766' post='128344']So what is point of inserting all the user details on CS cart and configuration of a shipping method.

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For obtaining rates.

5

Hi

is this [url=“http://www.shippingkit.com/”]http://www.shippingkit.com/[/url][color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif] just creates the labels or does all the shipment integration which will automatically generates a shipment on shipping service like UPS ??[/font][/color]

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[color=#282828][font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif]is there any plug-in or something that does this job ??[/font][/color]

Thanks for the support in here.

Gayan

6

I believe it will generate the labels and schedule a pickup from UPS as well assuming the Shipment Type is Pickup.