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Overview Of the "Customer Self Service eCommerce Platform" of the CV eommerce Platform Freight Capabilities

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The Customer Self Service eCommerce Platform CV ecommerce platform has a wide variety range of capabilities when it comes to calculating and charging freightfor implementation of freight solutions, including custom connections to external freight provider APIs. 


This page describes at a high level what

the application

our platform can do.

Contact Commerce Vision for more information on any of these functions and options.

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Standard Freight 

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Does your business handle and set delivery costs based on a set of factors such as order total, weight, postcode, or a combination of these? For example, your business uses Australia Post options for non-bulky items and a road freight courrier for overweight/volume items? Standard freight options are configured and controlled on your Commerce Vision website. You can set a range of carrier options and add surcharges for things such as for dangerous or bulky goods. 


  • Allows Allow for unlimited carriers to be defined.
  • For each carrier, unlimited charging zones can be set up. A charging zone contains a start and end postcode within a country.
  • Minimum weight allowed
  • Maximum weight allowed
  • Maximum Set up minimum and maximum weights allowed
  • Set up maximum volume allowed
  • Define Order Limit for no charge - this defines the value the customer needs to buy before they get free freight
  • Use Start and End Order Value range - this is useful when it is required to have different freight amounts based on dollar value are needed (handy where weight is not defined on products)
  • Volume Use volume to weight conversion
  • Use Track and Trace URL
  • Calculation of Calculate freight can be done using (base $ + $ / kg) OR % of Order total
  • Allow customer to use own freight carrier


See Standard Freight for more extensive information.

Universal Freight API

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Do you partner with an external freight provider and want your Commerce Vision ecommerce platform integrated with their freight software? This solution allows your website to communicate directly with freight provider's software and automatically log delivery info with them when your customer places a delivery order.  Our universal freight API has been developed for this scenario.

 

  • ExtendsExtend capabilities to connect to external custom freight providers such as Sendle, Couriers and Freight, Machship, Sherpa.


To explore this option for your site, consult Commerce Vision


Region Freight (for PRONTO)

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If your business uses PRONTO as the ERP and a debtor with delivery sequence have been set up for each customer, this can be integrated to your website. Freight is then charged based on regions defined against the Debtor Account in PRONTO.  


Region Freight is incompatible with Standard Freight.

  • Allows for Allow a rule to be set up that can be assigned to a debtor (normally B2B only). it This is linked to the debtors delivery sequence which is maintained in PRONTO
  • Allows Allow for start and end order values
  • Calculation of Calculate freight is either as a flat $ charge OR % of order value
  • Supports Support product group exclusions or inclusions


See Region Freight (PRONTO) for more information


Product Type Freight

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Do some of your product offerings need special freight and handling options? If your site uses Standard Freight, you can specify product types and their particular shipping requirements. 

  • Works with Standard freight
  • Allows Allow for product types to be defined to handle bulky products (e.g. trampolines)
  • Overrides Override standard freight for those items


Other Features

  • Allow for a range of Customise click and collect options to suit your business requirements
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  • Allow for quoting when delivery address does not match a defined freight zone zone or when total order weight or volume, or individual item length exceeds specified limits
  • Cater for dangerous or bulky/non-shippable goods
  • Define charge types
  • Set Product Delivery restrictions (product vs goods.  
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  • Define freight cost as a service charge online mapped to your ERP's relevant freight recovery account    
  • Set delivery restrictions (by postcode or country) for individual products
  • Support live freight calls to PRONTO or other ERPs.

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Standard Freight

Business Function
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Freight

BPD Only?
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Yes

B2B/B2C/Both
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Both

Third Party Costs


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