Shipper Integration | Yodel

Shipper Integration | Yodel

Introduction & Prerequisites

Kornit X has created this shipper integration to connect with companies which can integrate with Yodel to allow for shipping label creation via dispatch scan points. Once an item has been scanned, a shipment is created in the Yodel system and a shipping label for one of your enabled Yodel carriers will be generated. To correctly use this integration you must already have an account with Yodel set up. 
If you do not already have a Yodel account you can contact them here - Yodel Account Enquiry

Setup Within Platform

To setup the Yodel integration, please head to your dropship company and within the advanced settings head to "Shipper Integrations" and click to enable the Yodel option. This has been shown below. 

In order to enable this integration we require your "Username", "Password", "Account ID", "Tracking Username", "Tracking Password", "Tracking Client ID" & "Tracking Client Secret Keys".  All of this will be provided by Yodel within your account with them. Once these options are added you can save the integration setup to enable and this will now be an active shipper integration. 

Features Of The Yodel Integration

You can also set multiple options that you can enable once you have connected with Yodel and these are the following include the following. Please note that not all of the below features need to be enabled or filled in, these options are available to give users the best service. The features are listed in the way they are within the Platform. 
  1. "Enabled" toggle - When the shipper integration has been turned on this toggle will be set to on. To disable the integration simply slide this to off. 
  2. "Testing Enabled" toggle - Enabling this toggle will result in the integration being set to a testing scenario so not one that is live.
  3. "AoT Push Schedule (UTC)" textbox - Setting a UTC time here will ensure orders are pushed to our platform at that time every day. 
  4. "AoT Next Push At (UTC)" textbox - Setting a UTC time here will ensure ordered are next pushed to our platform at the required timing every day.
  5. "AoT Wait Until Required Dispatch Date" toggle - With this toggle enabled the platform will ensure orders are dispatch once the required dispatch date of the order has been met, without this set orders will just pass over to the platform when they are created. 
  6. "Shipment Strategy" dropdown - A Shipment strategy can be set using this dropdown, this will make it so that for every shipment through the integration they will use one of the following options - Individual, Bundled or Combined Parcels. This can be left blank if you do not want to specify this. 
  7. "Dimensions Strategy" textbox - The dimensions strategy field can be left blank to use the default dimensions. If the customer requires specific shipment dimensions, please obtain the dimensions for their shipments and contact the support team to configure this.
  8. "Contact Details" Textboxes - There are textboxes that can be filled in with contact details. The following is the list of details that can be set - Contact Name, Company, Building Name, Street, Locality, Town, County, Zip/Postcode, Country Code, Telephone and Email. 

Generating a Yodel shipping label from Platform

Once the Yodel shipper integration has been configured, you can generated a Yodel shipping label PDF from within the Platform by taking the following steps.

From within Platform, go to Sales > Order Manager  and locate the order you wish to create a shipping label for. When you have found the order you wish to ship, click on the whole order as shown below. 

After clicking on the order, you will see the Items listed and within these items you will find the Item ID which you need to copy for the next step as shown below. 

Finally, once the item ID has been copied, you need to head to Floor > Shipping Station and scan the barcode on the orders jobsheet or paste the Item ID  in the Dispatch Item box to generate the shipping label PDF for the order. 

Once the shipping label has been printed the order can be shipped. 

Yodel Carrier & Methods

There are multiple different Service Codes that can be used with Yodel . Below are some examples of common service codes used with this integration. Please note that Yodel only ships to mainland UK (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland), Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands. 
Carrier Name
Method
Location Of Use
Yodel
Xpress 24 Pod / Non Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpress 48 Pod / Non Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpect 24 Pod / Non Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpect 48 Pod / Non Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpect Sat Pod / Non Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpect Pre 12 Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpert 24 Address Only
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpert 24 HVT Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpert 24 BFPO Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpert Pre 12 HVT Address Only
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpert Pre 12 Sat Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
Xpert Catalogue Non Pod
Mainland UK
Yodel
48 Pod
Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands
Yodel
48 Non Pod
Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands
Yodel
72 Pod
Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands
Yodel
72 Non Pod
Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands
Some customers may have their own specific Service codes which will have been set up by Yodel for you.

Examples

Below is an example of the kind of shipping label the system will generate for Yodel.

All labels printed for Yodel will have be sized at approximately 102 by 152 millimeters.

FAQs

The below has detailed some frequently asked questions that relate to the Yodel shipper integration. 
 
My shipping_country is not being set?
The "shipping_country must use a 2-letter ISO code and this not being set is likely the cause. A full list of 2-letter ISO codes can be found linked here. 
 
My products are not passing within orders?
This will likely be down to missing weight information against your products. To check this open the product and go to the "Ecommerce & Data" section of the product and ensure within the data that the "weight" field has been filled in. Without this being set the products will not pass correctly.

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