Self-Managed Australia Post Carrier Connection

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Considerations
• Benefits
• Cost
• How to create a Self-Managed Australia Post Carrier Connection 
• Disconnecting an existing Self-Managed Australia Post Carrier Connection 
• Recommended Next Steps

Overview

The Self-Managed Australia Post Carrier Connection allows you to connect your own Australia Post account to CartonCloud. This enables you to manage shipments, access live rates and generate shipping labels directly within CartonCloud using your negotiated carrier rates.

Considerations

• You will require a Australia Post account.
• Carrier Selection Rules allow you to automatically assign the most suitable carrier during packing. These rules will need to be set up once the connection is enabled.See here for details.
• Carrier Account Mapping allows you to define a set of rules that automatically update the Carrier, Delivery Run, and Service Type on a Consignment after a shipment is booked through a Carrier Connection.Carrier Account Mapping will need to be set up once the connection is enabled. See here for details.
• You need to use the Pack Screen to access Carrier Connections. 

Benefits

• Manage Australia Post shipments from within CartonCloud - book shipments and print labels all from the Pack Screen. 
• Streamline the packing process. 
• Use your existing Australia Post agreement and pricing.
• Consolidate workflows into a single system.

Cost

• There is no CartonCloud connection fee per connection. 

How to create a Self-Managed Australia Post Carrier Connection

At the Customer level:

• Navigate to Self-Managed Integrations by typing Self-Managed Integrations into the Search for anything.
• Select the Customer you wish to set the integration up for.
• Select AusPost.

• Click Configure.

• Enter your AusPost account API Key, API Secret and Account number.
• Click Connect.

• You will receive a pop-up message confirming the connection was successful. A green number will appear against the AusPost Carrier, indicating the number of accounts connected. 

At the Organisation level:

• Navigate to Self-Managed Integrations by typing Self-Managed Integrations into the Search for anything.
• Under My Organisation, select Edit Integrations. 

• Select AusPost.

• Click Configure. 

• Enter your AusPost account API Key, API Secret and Account number.
• Click Connect.

You will now see AusPost shipping rates appear on the Pack Screen when packing orders.

Disconnecting an existing Self-Managed Australia Post Carrier Connection 

• Navigate to Self-Managed Integrations by typing Self-Managed Integrations into the Search for anything.
• To disconnect an Organisation level connection, select Edit Integrations. 
• To disconnect a Customer level connection, select the relevant Customer.
• Select AusPost.
• Select the bin icon to remove the connection.

Recommended Next Steps 

• Set up Carrier Selection Rules.
• Set up Carrier Account Mapping.