ShipEngine Connector Features

The ShipEngine connector provides a seamless and reliable shipping solution within your Odoo system. It connects Odoo to multiple shipping carriers through a single integration. Odoo sends order details to ShipEngine and receives real-time rates, shipping labels and tracking numbers back. Whether you ship locally or internationally, you can compare services from different carriers and choose the best one for each order. This integration simplifies logistics, reduces manual tasks and shortens shipment preparation time.

Supported Features

  • Multi-Carrier Rates

    • Get rates from all carriers selected on the delivery method in one request.

    • Compare services by delivery time, shipping amount, insurance amount and total charge.

    • Click Add to order on a service to use its rate on the sales order.

  • Rates On Sales Orders And Delivery Orders

    • Add the shipping line to the quotation before you confirm the order.

    • Use Get Rates on the delivery order to choose or change the service. The button is hidden once the delivery order has a tracking reference.

  • Shipping Labels

    • The label is created when you validate the delivery order.

    • The label PDF is attached to the delivery order chatter with the tracking numbers.

    • The shipping cost returned by ShipEngine is saved on the delivery order.

  • Customs Forms For International Shipments

    • For shipments to another country, the connector sends the contents type, non-delivery option and item details.

    • Turn on Is a Commercial Invoice Required? on the delivery method to attach the ShipEngine custom form (commercial invoice) with the label.

  • Delivery Method Options

    • Set delivery confirmation, content type, non-delivery option and insurance provider.

    • Enable Saturday delivery and delivery duty paid when the carrier supports them.

    • Set non machinable for packages that cannot be processed automatically (mainly USPS).

  • Carriers, Services And Package Types Import

    • Import the carriers connected to your ShipEngine account, with their services and package types, in one step.

    • Refresh the services or package types of a carrier at any time.

  • Multiple Packages

    • Use Put in Pack to split an order into several packages. Each package is sent with its own weight and size.

    • Tracking numbers are kept for every package.

  • Tracking

    • Tracking numbers are added to the delivery order when the shipment is created.

    • Click the Tracking button on the delivery order to open the ShipEngine tracking link.

  • Shipment Cancellation

    • Void a label from the delivery order. Odoo asks ShipEngine to cancel the label.

    • Carriers decide when a label can still be voided.

  • Multi-Account Support

    • Connect more than one ShipEngine account to the same Odoo database. Each account has its own API key.

Benefits

  • One Integration, Many Carriers

    • Use one ShipEngine connection for all the carriers in your account.

    • Compare rates across carriers before you choose a service.

  • Less Manual Work

    • Odoo sends the addresses, weights and package details to ShipEngine, so you do not enter them twice.

    • Labels, tracking numbers and customs forms are added to the delivery order automatically.

  • Accurate Shipping Costs

    • The rates shown come from ShipEngine for the same shipment details, so the quote matches what you are charged.

Conclusion

The ShipEngine Connector lets your team rate, label, track and cancel shipments for every carrier connected to your ShipEngine account, from one place in Odoo.

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