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nShift Checkout - Shopify / MANUAL

nShift Checkout for Shopify

Latest version is 1.1.42 that was released on 2024-08-15 - Full change-log at the bottom of the page, including earlier releases

Some key features included in the nShift Checkout Shopify app

Display your carriers and shipping methods in checkout
Display pick up locations at checkout
Order fulfilment automation
Create shipping label automation
Print shipping labels, both separately and in bulk
Define and add your standard package sizes
Create stored shipments for later printing in nShift
Track and trace
Print options available for PDF or ZPL as well as different sizes on labels
Shipping configurator for returns, customs and carrier specific addons
New! - Custom declaration (ex. CN22, CN23 etc)
New! - Carrier and 3PL add-ons using JSON data field

and more features coming...

Before we start

If you have a Shopify Basic, Standard or Advanced account you will have to pay anually for Shopify to be able to activate "Carrier calculated rates" feature which you need to use our Shopify app. If this is the case then change payment to annually, then contact Shopify support and ask them to activate the "Carrier calculated rates" feature for you. It's free. After Shopify support has activate the feature it will take about 24- 48 hours before the changes are working properly.

If the nShift portal is configured properly you should see this when you go to Settings/Shipping & Delivery and click on Manage rates and then Carrier and app rates, nShift Checkout (Rates provided by app) see example pic below. If you still don't work after 48 hours, please contact us through the chat at oktagon.se

To be able to use this extension you will need a nShift Checkout account from nShift.
Support for localization extensions variables in Custom JSON

Create your nShift Checkout account

If you don’t have any nShift Checkout (or Unifaun DeliveryCheckout) account today we can create one for you, just contact us through the chat at oktagon.se

Questions and support regarding nShift

Questions or support regarding nShift services or settings at the nshift portal, please contact nShift directly. Use e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] or phone: +46-31-725 35 50

Regarding this manual and instructions

This manual does not cover all possible angles of nShift Checkout, just the app. All configurations regarding carriers, options and add-ons is made inside the nShift portal. If you have any questions about the app, please feel free to contact us at e-mail: [email protected] or via chat at oktagon.se

We also have a tutorial "How to install and configure nShift Checkout for Shopify" with english subtitle.

[v1.1.31] [released on 2023-08-10]

When fulfilling an order that lacks a pre-booked shipment the app now tries to regenerate a prebooked-shipment

Installation

Install the app through the Shopify app store.

Setup

After you have installed this app you need to follow these steps.

Login to your Shopify store admin-page.
Click in the menu Apps to the left and click on nShift Checkout.
Follow the onboarding instructions.

Settings

Phone Number

Many carriers require a phone number for delivery notifications, therefore you need to enable the checkout shipping address phone number field in Shopify. To do this go to your Shopify store admin-page. From there, go to Settings > Checkout > Form Options > Shipping Address Phone Number and select Required, then Save.

Return Service

Pick which return service should be used when printing return labels.

If the return service requires SMS, you need to either enable the phone field in the checkout or manually add the phone to the customer address on the order before printing.

Package Size

Some services requires that a package size is sent with the request when creating a shipping label, here you can both create and select which package size should be the default.
Below Define Package Sizes (in meters) you can add new package sizes and then select those under the Package Size dropdown.

Print Options

Fill in your PDF/ZPL-settings and hit save.

Features

Bulk print shipping labels
Choose all the orders you want to print, click “print labels” directly in Shopify's platform and your labels will be printed according to your predetermined settings.

Handling returns

Print return labels at the same time as the shipping label and include directly in the package for your customer. Configure your settings so your customer can drop the return at the same pick up location.

Pick up locations

Choose to show the closest pick up locations for your customers at checkout, listed according to price, name of transporter and alphabetical order with addresses and distance from where the customer is.

Automatic shipments

Save time and use “Automatic shipments”. All orders will be fulfilled as soon as they are placed and a shipping label will be produced and stored for when you decide to print.

Track and trace

Get a tracking link for the client and on the order to see tracking status.

Display your preferred shipping methods at checkout

Automatically fetches and displays the shipping methods from your nShift Checkout.

Package sizes

Add your own package sizes and select one as default.

Stored Shipments

Support for stored shipments so you can add additional information in your nShift Checkout-portal and print from there.

PDF and ZPL printing

Has support for both PDF and ZPL printing as well as different sizes and labels.

Key features

Plans

Monthly

This plan will allow you an unlimited amount of orders for a monthly price.

Yearly

This plan will allow you an unlimited amount of orders for a yearly price.

Usage Based

This plan will be free, but you have to fill up with usage charges. There'll be a button under the "Billing"-page which you can click to refill with 100 orders for $27.
These orders will get used up every time a customer places an actual order. When it reaches 0 you won't be able to print shipping labels and automation will turn off.
You can refill several times in a row, the orders will be on the account forever until they get used up.

Changelog

[1.1.42] [released on 2024-08-15]

Added new feature to update created partial shipments for Transsmart customers

[1.1.41] [released on 2024-08-05]

Fixed issue with shipping rate title being duplicated for pick up points

[1.1.40] [released on 2024-07-04]

Added Delivery Checkout Id health check parameters to setup but only in case validation fails

[1.1.39] [released on 2024-06-04]

Improved display of carrier logos in checkout
Updated API version for Shopify webhooks

[1.1.38] [released on 2024-05-28]

Improved web-hook handling in app

[v1.1.37] [released on 2024-05-20]

Updated app interface with Shopify Polaris

[v1.1.36] [released on 2024-03-04]

Improvement for queue handling, added new setting for if return service is atypical

[v1.1.35] [released on 2023-10-19]

Performance improvements

[v1.1.34] [released on 2023-09-15]

Updated API support

[v1.1.33] [released on 2023-09-08]

Support for localization extensions variables in Custom JSON

[v1.1.32] [released on 2023-08-25]

Fix for customs declaration line value on orders with multiple variants of the same product

[v1.1.31] [released on 2023-08-10]

When fulfilling an order that lacks a pre-booked shipment the app now tries to regenerate a prebooked-shipment

[v1.1.30] [released on 2023-06-28]

Fix for fetching customs declaration information for orders with a single product

[v1.1.29] [released on 2023-06-28]

Updated API version to 2022-10

[v1.1.28] [released on 2023-06-26]

Fixed issue that occurred with invalid nShift credentials

[v1.1.27] [released on 2023-04-21]

Added support for native shipment numbers if available

[v1.1.26] [released on 2023-04-20]

Improved Transsmart support

[v1.1.25] [released on 2023-04-19]

Added support for Transsmart customers

[v1.1.24] [released on 2023-04-18]

Support for longer custom JSON data and supports optional white-spaces in custom documents declaration

[v1.1.23] [released on 2023-04-14]

Support for more advanced custom JSON syntax

[v1.1.22] [released on 2023-03-29]

In checkout original_currency and original_cartprice is sent to nShift Checkout and contains the store default currency and the cartprice specified in the default currency.

[v1.1.19] [released 2023-01-09]

Invalid Custom JSON does no longer break shipments

[v1.1.18] [released 2022-12-19]

Added product collections to nShift parameters in checkout isproductcollectionmycollection boolean value and countproductcollectionmycollection integer value for "My Collection" or "my-collection" or "my_collection".

[v1.1.17] [released 2022-11-03]

Removed state value for shipments to Great Britain

[v1.1.16] [released 2022-10-05]

Now possible to deselect a global return shipment service

[v1.1.15] [released 2022-09-21]

Support for automatic customs declarations
New Shipping configurator with custom JSON field

[v1.1.14] [released 2022-09-05]

Improved UI texts, error-handling for case were shipping service id is missing

[v1.1.13] [released 2022-08-29]

Full support for partial shipments and miscellaneous fixes

[v1.1.12] [2022-06-23]

Changed encoding of new orders tracking-links

[v1.1.11] [2022-06-20]

Bug fix for duplicate shipments in some scenarios

[v1.1.10] [2022-06-10]

Added 'Create Shipment When Fulfilling Orders' in installation

[v1.1.9] [2022-05-24]

Admin UI fixes

[v1.1.8] (2022-05-19)

Improved design of billing page

[v1.1.7] (2022-05-17)

Added option to disable shipment creation when manually fulfilling orders

[v1.1.6] (2022-05-02)

Added fields contact-name and state in shipment data

[v1.1.5] (2022-04-29)

Prepare id for shipments are now always the order number

[v1.1.4] (2022-04-26)

Usage-based billing working

[v1.1.3] (2022-04-11)

Bug fix for cart weight and total

[v1.1.2] New billing option and Help Center link

Added a new billing option with free monthly, but with usage charges instead.
Updated the Help Center link

[v1.1.1] Fix for potential issue with onboarding

Sometimes the page would crash when using certain functions.
These functions has now been avoided in the code.

[v1.1.0] Added support for Shopify JWT

Now supports JWT

[v1.0.4.2] Updated install instructions

Minor update with text changes

[v1.0.4.1] Installation crashes fixed

During installation a user could browser the app before having entered the nShift credentials.
This could cause various issues. The menu items are now hidden until the app is installed properly.

[v1.0.4] Bugfixes

Fixed various bugs in mass printing, automation, return labels.
Also added improvements to make them easier to use.
Styling/Layout has been improved throughout the app.

[v1.0.3] Mass printing

From the order list you can now select multiple orders and go to "More actions" to find, under "Apps", "Download Labels" and "Download Return Labels".
This will download a zip file containing all labels merged into a single "merged.pdf"-file and/or a "merged.zpl"-file.
Also added a cleaning routine which removes labels older than 7 days from the server and the temporary zip-files after 1 day.
The labels can still be downloaded from the nShift-portal.

[v1.0.2] Automation

To have fulfillment and labels automatically created when a customer submits an order, we've implemented automation.
With automation you only have to print the label/return label on the order.

[v1.0.1] Return labels

We've implemented support for return labels.
This includes a return shipment configurator accessable from the main menu in the app.
It also has a return service setting under the Settings-page.
This is used if no configuration matches, like a catch-all.

[v1.0.0] First release

First release contains the following functionality:
Labels (PDF and ZPL)
Tracking information (Email-notice)
Package sizes
Stored Shipments
Shipments
Agents
GDPR-compatible***

Updated on: 15/08/2024

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