I'm looking into integrating Google Checkout into our website. At the checkout stage of our website we calculate the delivery cost based on where they are shipping to, however it appears to me that the user could change the shipping address once they reach Google Checkout i.e the user could indicate on our website that they want it shipped down the road, and then at Google Checkout indicate they want it shipped to Australia!
Is there anyway of passing a shipping address across to Google Checkout, and then prevent the user from changing that address? Failing that, is it at minimum possible to pass the shipping address to GC?
Consider using "merchant-calculated shipping".
Merchant-calculated shipping allows you to wait until the buyer selects the shipping address for an order before you determine the availability and cost of different shipping options for that order.
You must provide a callback URL and Google Checkout will call you back with the final shipping address and request from you the available shipping methods and costs.
More info in this doc:
http://code.google.com/apis/checkout/developer/Google_Checkout_XML_API_Merchant_Calculated_Shipping.html
If the order has been placed by this time, you should be OK - from http://checkout.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99746
You may add shipping addresses to your
account or revise them at any time.
Changes cannot be applied to existing
orders; you will need to contact the
seller to request shipping address
updates
And
Any changes you make to your shipping
address are not retroactive -- Once
the order is placed, any changes to
the order must be applied by the
seller. Contact the seller directly
with your request
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Imagine client A placing an order for 5 items in an e-commerce website (through Magento which collects the information and sends it to the warehouse which happens in the background). The website records the order and processes this information to the warehouse.The warehouse collects the information and after processing and shipping the product, provide the client A with a shipping information with tracking and carrier number.
My question is,
I want to update the tracking number inside Magento for each product separately because the shipping time might differ for each product. If the customer places a bulk order and receives the products one by one but with the same tracking number it will be misleading as the customer might think all the products will arrive on the same day and the customer might be dissatisfied.
How can I place a separate tracking number for each product using Magento?
Magento has this all built into the API. You can create a new shipment against an order and specify the items on the order which have been shipped along with a unique tracking code per shipment. So one order can have as many shipments as you require. Bundle kits may be a little troublesome but there is an option in the config to handle part shipments of bundle kits. Check out http://www.magentocommerce.com/api/soap/sales/salesOrderShipment/sales_order_shipment.create.html for the API documentation. We have a java app that picks up all of our delivery manifest info on a 10 minute cycle from our back office and then makes SOAP requests to create shipment notifications. This also sends an email to the customer along with the tracking code and if you add in your courier through a custom module you can also make it so that magento handles your couriers tracking link which can be accessed from the My Account area for the customer and it is also included in the email notification that the customer gets per shipment notification.
Is getting label using USPS api such as "USPS TRACKING (https://www.usps.com/business/web-tools-apis/usps-tracking-v3-3.htm)" any different than postage paid label obtained from 3rd parties such as endicia.com, stamps.com?
Is it possible to purchase prepaid postage on usps.com website, then calling the USPS label api to generate postage paid label? I mean when we call the API to generate the label, appropriate amount to be deducted from my USPS account.
I dont understand the use of the label generated by USPS API. I mean, I have activated my account at USPS and now working on production server. Now if I generate any label using the API (https://www.usps.com/business/web-tools-apis/usps-tracking-v3-3.htm), and generate a label. I didn't see any data in my history at online account. I mean, this generated label is of no value? or still my account is not activated? as I think, i have not yet done this -
reference pdf:Development-Guide-v3-1d.pdf
Step 7: Receive Printer Approval from ICCC Implementing the Delivery
Confirmation and Electronic Merchandise Return Service with Delivery
Confirmation APIs requires this additional interim step. The NCSC will
review your labels within two business days. If the labels fail the
certification test, the NCSC will contact the person listed on the
submission form directly. If the labels pass, you will be notified by
the Internet Customer Care Center and you will be able to send XML
transactions using your “live” data and receive “live” responses. Once
you are approved to generate “live” labels from the production server,
and you need to print additional test labels for any reason, be sure
to use the “Sample” XML request. Otherwise, the USPS will send a
manifest of the PIC numbers issued to the USPS Postal Tracking System
and will be looking for the Delivery Confirmation labels to scan.
Does, receiving "Printer Approval" will solve my issue?
Answers to your questions are below:
It's different in that you're ordering through a 3rd party provider, but not different in that you're paying the same amount for a shipping label, and that shipping label has a value and can be used in the USPS system. This holds for Stamps, Endicia, and other 3rd party API integrations like Easypost
You should be able to do that entire action through the API.
Did you check back on your account? This information should definitely update in your account. Unless you are using an API key that's tied to a different USPS account?
Let me know, happy to help further.
If you want an api that prints postage, use Shiprush or another developer tool that is made to generate complete, ready to use shipping labels.
Labels generated using the API DeliveryConfirmationV4 do not include postage. Per the documentation,
Please note that the API labels are printed without postage. Postage
must be purchased and applied separately.
See https://www.usps.com/business/web-tools-apis/delivery-confirmation-domestic-shipping-label-api.pdf
I'm trying to set up FedEx shipping on my Magento cart 1.7.0.2, and I have entered all the information, such as the weight of the product, my own shipping address, as well as all the information I have received from Fedex.com/developer (KEY, Meter #, ID and Pass), but I can't seem to view FedEx as an option during checkout.
I've had a look at other threads, but I can't seem to find a solution to my issue.
Also, should my postal code also be A3B 2C1, or A3B2C1 (without a space between)?
You should probably double check to make sure that your FedEx account is able to submit international shipments.
I have run into this before, though I can't recall if it was FedEx or UPS.
It will also be helpful for you to turn on "Debug Mode" which will generate a log of the shipment request/response under /var/log/.
In my module, I want to know when the user had entered their billing and shipping information. I have two events that I listen for:
controller_action_postdispatch_checkout_onepage_saveBilling
controller_action_postdispatch_checkout_onepage_saveShipping
When going through the Magento one page checkout, the billing stage has a checkbox "Ship to this address". If you check this box, the shipping address entry stage is skipped and the controller_action_postdispatch_checkout_onepage_saveShipping event does not fire.
Is there a way that my observer of the controller_action_postdispatch_checkout_onepage_saveBilling event can determine whether the user checked that box or not?
Thank you
rather simple to ask it directly from shipping address object
$quote->getShippingAddress()->getSameAsBilling();
often when customers complete and pay their order in our store, the order is set to processing but with the amount due still equal to the grand total and amount paid equal to zero. From the magento backend I can then create an invoice and capture the payment online, which solves this issue. Now I would like to do this automatically. Can anybody help me out with the coding?
I do succeed in creating the invoice, but I cannot find the right function to capture the payment.
I'm not sure which payment method you have enabled, but it seems that you have to update your settings, and as example I will use Authorize.net.
If you go to Admin -> System -> Configuration -> Payment Methods -> Authorize.net, you will see it's settings, and one of this settings is "Payment Action" with two options:
Authorize Only
Authorize and Capture
If the first option is selected, than Magento will not capture the order amount, but will check if there's enough funds on customer's Credit Card.
If the first option is selected, than Magento will check for available funds, and will capture order amount from customer's Credit Card.
PayPal has a similar options, and Here is the related forum topic.