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StarshipIT integration overview
StarshipIT system
Obtain an account with StarshipIT
Configure the couriers you will work with and any rates you have agreed
Setup suppliers as Couriers
as couriers
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and the StarshipIT api reference - this is passed when using the API to book the correct courier
The API reference is the code used by StarshipIT to find the courier - refer to your account to check the courier codes
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Setup the integration Credentials using the API key and password from your StarshipIT account
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Setup Delivery Zones
Delivery zones can be used to limit the list of options returned for any postcode
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Integration
Setup the integration Credentials using the API key and password from your StarshipIT account
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Delivery Zones
When a customer calls or logs onto the web to place an order
They may have a default delivery courier setup on their debtor
Couriers
Setup Couriers that are supported via your StarshipIT account
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Flag as Courier
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Link to StarshipIT API
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This is limited to a list of postcodes in a city
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Limited to any postcodes in the listed range
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if no postcodes are entered at all and ANY is set as the type then any postcode can be serviced.
Default Couriers on Debtor
Debtors may have a default delivery courier setup
Any default courier code should be the same as setup on the courier as the API reference
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Default couriers based on recent orders
A customer may have the same courier over the last 4 or 5 orders.
That courier will continue to be the default for that customer when an order is entered.
Preferred couriers when entering sales orders
The business may prefer cheaper, faster, more reliable couriers - so the system offers those by default using delivery zones as a filter.
Carton size
The person entering the order enters the size of the cartons that will be used (required by StarShipIT)
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Setup Cartons to add to the list of choices
Possible couriers from StarshipIT
Couriers returned from StarShipIT will be filtered to show only those that have delivery zones setup in the system.
Cheapest will default - user can select from other alternatives
This is how to default cheap couriers - setup a delivery zone for them that includes the related postcodes
Non-Default couriers
Entering a courier code (eg TNT below) will filter the StarshipIT results to that courier
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Select a chosen option and that will update the estimated freight cost on the order
Any courier in your StarshipIT account CAN be used by entering the API code on the order
Must be setup as a courier in our system as above
Orders from external systems
Where an order has been accepted by an external system and a preferred courier is already on the order then booking the label after picking will use that courier code.
Any courier in your StarshipIT account CAN be used by entering the API code on the order
Must be setup as a courier in our system as above