FedEx 1.3.5 for Canadian Stores - the HOWTO

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Well after a few caffeine powered hours I was able to make the FedEx 1.3.5 module work for Canadian stores.
In the fedexexpress.php change USD to CAD on line 490
$data .= '68,"CAD"'; // Insurance value currency
In the fedexground.php it's on line 522
$data .= '68,"CAD"'; // Insurance value currency

Apparently the API servers wont give insurance quotes in a currency other then the shippers home address currency.

And that's all. :yes:

Dont bother signing up for an API account as that is only relevant if your using the API for shipping and tracking, quotes can be done against the production server as long as you have a fedex shipping account.

Hope this saves others a few expresso powered hours at the keyboard.

Peter

Sorry, I thought I put the canadian fix in the directions,
I apologize when I typed em up I sent em to someone asking how to fix it

I'm working on setting my first zencart site. I'm also in Canada.

When using the Fedex module, are orders transferred to Fedex automatically so they eventually come and pickup the packages for delivery to the customer?

I was planning on installing the Canada Post module and just learned from Canada Post that I would have to re-enter all shipping info on Canada Post's site for each customer order since all Canada Post offers online is basically a cost estimator.

TIA

Fedex is only a rate calculator

I am based in India and using the fedEx module succesfully. However, FedEx displays the shipping rates in the home currency (which is INR). Earlier I was using USD as the default currency. Now to include FedEx shipping rates, I have been compelled to make INR the default currency. I would like to have USD as the default currency.
Is there a way to convert the rates displayed by FedEx server into USD. This way I can have my default currency as USD.

fedex by deafault displays USD.
you would need to switch the currency code from INR back USD in the code

It displays the rates in Home Currency.
I installed the script as is and it does show a big amount which has to be US$. ( The ratio of INR to USD is 1:45). My customers will run away seeing the shipping costs.

the script is set to display USD

thats why canadian carts have to change the code to CAD.

if its not working for you then I would suggest that you
turn it off

To shed some light on the "WHY", I had to switch the USD to CAD is that while in debug mode, the server response I was getting was the INSURANCE must be quoted in the currency of the shipper. As the module doesn't even use the insurance in the final quoted price, it will have no bearing on the price quoted to your customer and it will display the price in the chosen currency of the customer. See below samples.

CAD Costs to Canadian customer
[IMG]http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3503/cadtocanqv1.th.jpg[/IMG]

USD Costs to Canadian Customer
[IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7513/usdtocanka1.th.jpg[/IMG]

Peter

Oopps, had the wrong module enabled... New picks coming soon.

Peter

Here are the images of the Fedex Module :blush:

CAD to Canadian Address
[IMG]http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7282/cadtocanvg4.th.jpg[/IMG]
USD to Canadian Address
[IMG]http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7623/usdtocanvt5.th.jpg[/IMG]

Peter

I'll put it this way.
I get a 10% discount on my FedEx rates.
I want to pass this discount to my consumers. Is there a way I can do it. Some kind of conversion factor like multiplying the rates received from FedEx server by 0.90 and displaying on the website.

No, because this would be displaying the LIST rates to your customers, which fedex has strictly forbidden,