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Squirrelcart v6.1.0

Creating a Shipment

 
There are 4 ways to initiate the creation of a shipment record.
Method 1 - From the Orders Table
  1. Open the Orders table
  2. For orders that are not "payment pending" and have not yet shipped you will see an icon to create a shipment within the Tools column for each order (last row below):
  3. Clicking this icon will open a new shipment form corresponding to the courier that the customer chose during checkout.

 

Method 2 - While Viewing an Order Record
  1. Open an order record in edit mode.
  2. Locate the Shipments section, and click the button corresponding to the type of shipment you would like to add.


    FedEx Shipment
    This will create a FedEx shipment via FedEx Web Services. This button will only be present when FedEx Web Services is enabled.

    UPS Shipment
    This will create a UPS shipment via the UPS Developer Kit. This button will only be present when UPS Developer Kit is enabled.

    UPS Return
    This will create a UPS return shipment via the UPS Developer Kit. This button will only be present when UPS Developer Kit is enabled.

    USPS Shipment
    This will create a USPS shipment via USPS Web Tools. This button will only be present when USPS Web Tools is enabled.

    Shipment
    This will create a shipment record, where you can assign a tracking number and details regarding the shipment.
  3. Follow the instructions presented to you on the subsequent page
Method 3 - While Viewing the Shipments Table
  1. Open the Shipments table. See the Viewing Shipments topic in this section.
  2. Click the button corresponding to the shipment type you wish to add (see descriptions in Method 1, #2 above).
  3. Follow the instructions presented to you on the subsequent page

Method 4 - From the Shipping Menu

If you have FedEx Web Services, UPS Developer Kit, or USPS Web Tools enabled, you will find a link to create a shipment for each courier inside their respective menus under the Shipping control panel menu.

 

 


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