Parcel Shipping Manager

Hello,

We have launched our Parcel Shipping Manager module. This can be viewed at http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_51&products_id=896

This is designed for UK shop owners only.

Once the module is installed and you have created a free account on our website you can, at the click of a button, download all your orders that require shipping into your Shipping Manager account. Our software scans the courier market (DHL, Parcelforce, TNT, Parceline, etc) to find the cheapest deal based on the collection/delivery addresses and parcel weight/dimensions and presents you with your options. One further click and the item is booked. No need for you to manually enter any details, this is pulled directly from your database. Each item only takes a few seconds to book.

Further details are available on the partners page on this site.

If you have any questions then we're here to help.

Chris

I just discovered this (through a very random web search, not the simple way through this site!) and it's exactly what I've been wishing for, an integrated way to book a courier without having to re-enter address and phone details.

The price of the DHL 48 courier is £5.99+VAT which is also cheaper than I have been paying elsewhere.

They provide a file called psm.php which you upload to your server which allows Parcel Shipping Manager to access your server and download orders which need shipping. I've hacked my psm.php file quite a bit so it works more to my liking - the default way the system works is to list each individual item from an order to be shipped separately, and any weights get rounded down to the nearest kilo, which is often zero, so I changed the way it works to get the actual final shipping weigh from the zen database.

If anyone wants a copy of the changes I made, let me know.

Rob

shippingmanager:

Hello,

We have launched our Parcel Shipping Manager module. This can be viewed at http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_51&products_id=896

This is designed for UK shop owners only.

Once the module is installed and you have created a free account on our website you can, at the click of a button, download all your orders that require shipping into your Shipping Manager account. Our software scans the courier market (DHL, Parcelforce, TNT, Parceline, etc) to find the cheapest deal based on the collection/delivery addresses and parcel weight/dimensions and presents you with your options. One further click and the item is booked. No need for you to manually enter any details, this is pulled directly from your database. Each item only takes a few seconds to book.

Further details are available on the partners page on this site.

If you have any questions then we're here to help.

Chris

Where do you upload the psm.php file to? I can't work this bit out it says Upload psm.php to the folder below 'includes'
Does this mean I upload it within the includes folder?

Can anyone help on this?

Thanks,
Adam.

shippingmanager:

Hello,

We have launched our Parcel Shipping Manager module. This can be viewed at http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_51&products_id=896

This is designed for UK shop owners only.

Once the module is installed and you have created a free account on our website you can, at the click of a button, download all your orders that require shipping into your Shipping Manager account. Our software scans the courier market (DHL, Parcelforce, TNT, Parceline, etc) to find the cheapest deal based on the collection/delivery addresses and parcel weight/dimensions and presents you with your options. One further click and the item is booked. No need for you to manually enter any details, this is pulled directly from your database. Each item only takes a few seconds to book.

Further details are available on the partners page on this site.

If you have any questions then we're here to help.

Chris

Also what does Import error - please check your account details. Error code 403 mean?

madmouse:

.... so I changed the way it works to get the actual final shipping weigh from the zen database.

If anyone wants a copy of the changes I made, let me know.

Rob

Hi Rob,

If you are still using this a copy of your version would come in very handy.

Many thanks,

Brent

Brent:

Hi Rob,

If you are still using this a copy of your version would come in very handy.

Many thanks,

Brent

I'm going to try and attach the file to this post. It won't let me post a PHP file, so I've renamed it psm.doc, all you need to do it rename it back to psm.php

Rob

Adds:

Where do you upload the psm.php file to? I can't work this bit out it says Upload psm.php to the folder below 'includes'
Does this mean I upload it within the includes folder?

Can anyone help on this?

Thanks,
Adam.

Upload the file to your "store" folder. Although it's not important exactly where the file is, as long as you provide the correct path to it in the shipping manager web site.

Rob

madmouse:

I'm going to try and attach the file to this post. It won't let me post a PHP file, so I've renamed it psm.doc, all you need to do it rename it back to psm.php

Rob

Many thanks for this Rob. :clap:

Regards,

Brent

Cheers Rob for replying.

Many thanks

Steve

Hi
Great little add on... looks like it's going to be really handy...
I've uploaded Rob's version and set everything up on Shipping Manager's site, but with Rob's version, there's no weights displayed but there is with the original php file.
Does anyone know how to rectify this? Weights on my store are in Kg.
Thanks in advance!
John

Hi All,

Regarding as to where 'psm.php' should live I sent an email to 'shippingmanager.co.uk' phrasing the question ...

"Can you suggest in which Zen's sub-directory 'psm.php' should reside."

Their answer ...
--->
"You should upload psm.php to the folder below admin.

So if your admin folder is at http://www.you.com/admin then psm.php should go to http://www.you.com/psm.php"
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Make of that what you will, but I take it to mean the 'DocumentRoot'.

They also said ...
"We will be releasing a more advanced module very soon so watch this space."

Hope this helps one and all.

For anyone who is interested I've just revisited this script and it still integrates really well with V1.3.8

The add-on in the downloads section is still current and instructions on how to get started are here.

I've also been expanding on the changes started by madmouse last year. For example automatically writing a tracking link back to my store once the parcel is shipped enabling my customers to track their orders.

I'm happy to pass this on to anyone who wants it. :smile:

Hi,

I currently have this mod configured so that as soon as the package is confirmed as dispatched Shipping Manager connects to our database inserts the tracking link into the comments section and updates the status to dispatched.

I'd like to take this one step further and have an automated update email generated? Is this possible? I tried looking in orders.php to see if I could use the code that must kick in when you tick the "Notify Customer" box and hit update but I'm lost. :blush:

Any ideas or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Brent

Hi Brent

Would you be willing to share your version of PSM - currently cant get the original version to work.

Has anyone had this error ?

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/avjungle/public_html/psm.php on line 67
1.00

This is the code it relates to

$query = mysql_db_query($db, "SELECT * from zen_orders where orders_status='2' and date_purchased > '$lastweek' and shipping_module_code != 'storepickup' and delivery_address_format_id != '0'  ", $connection);

If anyone can explain what the error means i would be grateful - i'm guessing it means one of those arguments doesnt exist somehow ? Not sure how my store could be any different.

Thanks

Dean.

Hi Dean,

Apologies for not getting back to you but for some reason I never got an email informing me of your post.

I've just stumbled across it while looking something else up so did you get yourself sorted in the end?

Happy to help if not.

Regards,

Brent

Hi Brent

Thanks for your response - i never managed to get it to work so gave up for the moment.

I didnt make any alterations to the script, so i'm unsure why the error is occuring.

If you'd be willing to share a working version of yours - with or without your mods, that would be great so i can see if i get the same problem.

Thanks

Dean.