UPS Integration in Nopcommerce

We first did a UPS integration in Nopcommerce in 2011. Running a successful business can be quite challenging. This is especially true for a company or a firm that is looking to sell its goods and services in the global market. However, one of the key ways that a business owner can streamline its process is by integrating UPS functionality into its website. This integration works wonderfully in a nopcommerce based shopping cart website.

Benefits of UPS integration in a Nopcommerce website

Although UPS is the default shipping module that comes with the nopcommerce shopping cart, you can customize it as per your individual requirements. Some of the shipping carriers that are available with the nopcommerce application are listed in the figure 1 and how to configure the UPS integration in nopcommerce is listed in the figure 2. There are a number of benefits that you can avail with the integration of UPS with your nopcommerce powered website including

• Enhance efficiency
• Enable access of data
• Create central repository
• Increase in profitability
• Better management of customer relations
• Improvement in customer satisfaction
• Streamline your business process
• Faster communication with your customers
• Increase in customer satisfaction saves time
• Streamline order processing
• Eliminate errors
• Proactive communication thus saving time and controlling costs
• Better growth of your business
• Faster analysis of data

How a website owner wishes to integrate and what he wants to integrate is entirely up to the person.

Process of Setting up UPS Shipping in Nopcommerce

This process is pretty simple. Even a non technical website administrator can configure the settings of the ups integration in nopcommerce website. Following are the steps involved:

Step 1. Go to the website https://www.ups.com/upsdeveloperkit

Step 2. Go to the How to Get Started menu and then click on the Register button.

Step 2.Enter your name, e-mail address, User ID and password in the Submit Your UPS Registration Information box.

Step 4. Complete the UPS Registration window then click the Next button.

Step 5. Then you click on the Request an access key link.

Step6. Now you are ready to create a UPS account that will have your credit card associated with it.

Step 7. With this UPS access key, simply fill in the information in the nopcommerce Admin Panel.

Step 8. Congratulation! You are all set.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions on how to refine this process.