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In this
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tutorial we learn how
to configure Easyposts and the Easypost
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plugin within Infigo
to automatically place a shipment order.
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And this is when a customer completes
the checkout process
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on one of your storefronts.
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So a use case for this.
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So we use case for automatic shipment
orders.
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Let's say an online store that ships
a large number of identical items
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can use an instant label purchase system
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for fast and efficient shipping.
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As the items are predictable in size
and weights, the label can be generated
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automatically without the need
for a human eye to verify it.
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This system is particularly useful
when there are no customs involved
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or the courier is not overly strict
around the accuracy of the label.
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Additionally,
if production offsets are used,
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the label can be generated immediately
for the correct shipment date.
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Streamlining
the shipment process even further.
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So the first thing we need to do to set up
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this process is to enable
the buy shipping instantly option.
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So this is within our Easypost
configuration settings.
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Down to the general section.
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And then by shipping instantly.
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And then make sure you save that
to confirm the settings.
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So when enabled,
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this option will send
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a request to Easypost
as soon as an order is placed.
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This means that you won't have to trigger
the shipment manually,
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but you will also not necessarily
be able to control on an order
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by order basis things such as the parcels
and the sizes
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that are sent.
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Just a quick note
on some associated settings here.
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If I scroll all the way down
to the parcel section
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on the same screen
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when by shipping
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instantly is set to true,
we will request a shipping label
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for every predefined parcel size
that you have figured.
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If you also have your parcel allocation
level set to order
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line or order and quantity,
then your predefined
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parcels will be requested
for each of those as well.
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And we go into the parcel settings
in a bit more detail,
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in a different tutorial video.
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Next, we'll go ahead and place
an order on our storefront.
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Selecting a carrier
which provides rates via Easypost.
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So with this order
now placed, we're going to verify
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that the shipment order has been placed
within our Easypost account
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from within Easypost, click on shipments.
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Make sure you've got
the correct environment selected.
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So at the moment,
by using our test environment
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and this is where it shows
you all the orders that have come through
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our latest
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shipment order can be seen
with an Easypost and we can click
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the details tab on the right hand side
to access some additional information.
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So this includes details on the order,
origin and destination,
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as well as tracking information, access
to the shipping label
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and a receipt.
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Next, we'll take a
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look in our shared print operations
area with it Infigo to verify
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that the information from Easypost
has been passed back to our Infigo system.
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So here's
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the latest order
that we've just put through.
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If I expand those order details
and go down to the shipping information,
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we can see that all that information
has already been populated for us,
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which shows
that it's been fed back from Easypost.
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Tracking information
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can also be directly accessed
from this location,
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and we can click the view button
in the shipping information section
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to get additional information
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on that shipping order.
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This shows additional commands
such as allowing you to download and view
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different elements of that shipment order,
such as recreating the shipping label.
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We can view the postage label,
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packaging, slip
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information for the job and tracker
URLs.
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All this is accessible from within Infigo,
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but it's information
provided via Easypost.
