Canada Post Shipping for Wordpress

Canada Post shipping plugin integrates seamlessly with Canada Post for real-time Canada Post online quotes based on the postal codes of origin and destination,shipping rates, label printing, automatic tracking number email generation, shipping rate previews on product pages, and much more.

ABOUT Canada Post

Canada Post provided service to more than 16 million addresses and delivered nearly 8.4 billion items in 2016 and consolidated revenue from operations reached $7.88 billion. Delivery takes place via traditional “to the door” service and centralized delivery by 25,000 letter carriers, through a 13,000 vehicle fleet. There are more than 6,200 post offices across the country, a combination of corporate offices and private franchises that are operated by retailers, such as drugstores. In terms of area serviced, Canada Post delivers to a larger area than the postal service of any other nation, including Russia (where service in Siberia is limited largely to communities along the railway). As of 2004, nearly 843,000 rural Canadian customers received residential mail delivery services.

INTEGRATE Canada Post for WooCommerce

Once you enter your mail id while at the last step of integrating your store with HITSHIPO (i.e. while configuring the plugins settings) then automatically all your details will be succesfully integrated with HITSHIPO.

You can view it by login to HITSHIPO (https://app.hitshipo.com/)

At the Dashboard page you can check the label balance, Total order you have made using our plugin, Total orders shipped, your current subscription plan details, and much more.

BACK OFFICE ( SHIPPING ).

You need to LOG-IN to your admin page of wordpress store.

Once you SIGN-IN it directs you to the dashboard page of your wordpress.

Installing Canada Post Plugin

Go to the plugin at the left-menu and select the Add New.

You an UPLOAD the plugin in two ways.

You can use the UPLOAD PLUGIN option and upload the zip file ( downloaded from --> https://wordpress.org/plugins/a2z-Canada Post-shipping from the directory (or) Use the search field to search the Automated Canada Post Shipping plugin for WooCommerce and try to Install it.

Your plugin is then added successfully and then the desired plugin has to be activated.

You must configure it after activating your plugin.

Configure Canada Post Account

You need a Canada Post API credential to configure your plugin.

You can obtain those credntials by creating an account with Canada Post or by contacting them.

Canada Post will provide you with the Canada Post Account information.

The Canada Post web service key,Web service password,Canada Post Account number,Canada Post Meter number are provided by the Canada Post API.

Note : If the credential provided by the Canada Post is working in test mode then the TEST MODE should be enabled at the plugin settings.

If you want your customers to show live shipping rates at the checkout page then you should enable the "ENABLE LIVE SHIPPING RATES".

If you want to create label automatically without any delay, when an order is placed then you enable "Create Label Automatically".

Enable Debug mode is used to checkout any errors at the checkout page. This checkbox is used only for developers.

If the Auto currency conversion is enabled then the Exchange Rate is automatically converted.

After entering the Canada Post account details you need to move on to next setion.

Configure Canada Post Shipper Address:

The shipper address details should be entered.

Note : The State Code should be a two letter ISO state code. You need not enter the full name of the state.

Packing

The Canada Post Packaging section helps the shopper to pack the item accordingly.

Two types of packing services are available.

Pack Item individually.

Weight Based Packing.

Pack Item individually

If you choose "Pack Item individually" then your products will be packed into each seperate packages accordingly.

If you choose "Pack Item individually" then remember that your products should have dimensions(Length, Width and Height), because the shipping rates will be calculated based on the product dimensions.

Weight Based Packing

If you choose "Weight Based Packing" then Maximum weight for one package must be specified. The package above the specified maimumm weight will be packed into seperate package accordingly.

If you choose "Weight Based Packing" then remeber that your products must have weight because the shipping rates will be calculated based on the product weight.

Shipping Rates and Services:

If the account rate is enabled, then the special shipping rate provided by the Canada Post will displayed at the checkout page to the customers.

The regular shipping rate will be shown if the Canada Post account rate is disabled.

You can Exclude the countries so that the Canada Post Shipping sevices won't be available to those excluded countries.

SERVICES

Enable Checkbox to Get the desired Service in Checkout Page.

You can add an alternate name for the carrier, So that the alternated name will be displayed at the checkout page.

Note : Among the chosen serivces only the available services by Canada Post will be displayed at the checkout age based on the destination/customer address.

Configure Canada Post Shipping Label

The content that is entered at the shipment content field will be printed while generating label.

At the "Shipping label format", you can choose the desired label size to generate the label.

If the Email id is provided at the E-mail address field then the generated shipping label,invoice will be send to that provided e-mail Id.

Link HITSHIPO

This is the last step in configuring the Canada Post shipping module.

You need to enter the e-mail address to register your site with HITSHPO.

After entering the email address you need to save and continue.

You will get a pop up displaying "Setting Saved Successfully"

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