{"id":525,"date":"2010-11-08T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/?p=525"},"modified":"2019-05-30T10:54:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:54:53","slug":"setup-zen-cart-for-drop-shipping-with-auctioninc-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/blog\/setup-zen-cart-for-drop-shipping-with-auctioninc-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup Zen Cart for Drop Shipping with AuctionInc Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS MOD HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.\u00a0 PLEASE USE THE MOD PROVIDED BY AUCTIONINC.COM AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE.<\/p>\n<p>There have been two things that Zen Cart has been lacking for quite some time that I&#8217;ve really been looking forward to: (1) a DHL shipping module, and (2) drop shipping support.\u00a0 With the release of the <a title=\"AuctionInc Shipping Module for Zen Cart by Numinix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/zen-cart-modules\/shipping\/auctioninc-shipping\" target=\"_blank\">AuctionInc Shipping module<\/a>, now Zen Cart store owners can have both, for free.\u00a0 The XS API offered by AuctionInc allows you to assign each product to a shipping origin (a dropship supplier) and then receive rates from FedEx, DHL, UPS, and USPS using combinations of these shipping origins.\u00a0 For those who do not have multiple shipping origins and only want to offer these carriers as options to their customers can use the standard SS API.<\/p>\n<p>How to setup shipping origins:<\/p>\n<p>1) <a title=\"Numinix Product Fields module for Zen Cart\" href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/zen-cart-modules\/admin\/numinix-product-fields\" target=\"_blank\">Install Numinix Product Fields<\/a>. This module is needed in order to be able to add the new field to the product&#8217;s page in the admin.<\/p>\n<p>2) <a title=\"Multiple Address Manager for Zen Cart by Numinix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/zen-cart-modules\/shipping\/multiple-address-manager\" target=\"_blank\">Install Multiple Address Manager<\/a> and create your origins. This module allows you to create\/store each of your shipping origin addresses.\u00a0 Each address is given a unique origin code (created by the admin).<\/p>\n<p>3) Assign a shipping origin to each product by selecting from the dropdown of previously created shipping origins in step (2) by using the Zen Cart product&#8217;s module in the admin.<\/p>\n<p>4) Install\/configure AuctionInc Shipping.\u00a0 And you are ready to go!<\/p>\n<p>Optional 5th step) For dimensional shipping support, also install the optional dimensions fields from the Numinix Product Fields mod and <a title=\"Attribute Dimensions module for Zen Cart by Numinix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/zen-cart-modules\/shipping\/attribute-dimensions\" target=\"_blank\">Attribute Dimensions<\/a> mod.<\/p>\n<p>Possible future developments to this module?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>support for the <a title=\"Shipping Boxes Manager module for Zen Cart by Numinix\" href=\"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/zen-cart-modules\/shipping\/shipping-boxes-manager\" target=\"_blank\">Shipping Boxes Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n      {\n        \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\",\n        \"@type\": \"NewsArticle\",\n\t\"dateModified\": \"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/r\/day\/2019\/5\/29\",\n\t\"mainEntityOfPage\": \"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/08\/setup-zen-cart-for-drop-shipping-with-auctioninc-shipping\/\",\n\"author\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Person\",\n    \"name\": \"Jeff Lew\"\n  },\n   \"publisher\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n    \"name\": \"Numinix Web Developers\",\n    \"logo\": {\n      \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n      \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/images\/banner_hero_clarity.png\"\n    }\n    },\n        \"headline\": \"Setup Zen Cart for Drop Shipping with AuctionInc Shipping\",\n        \"datePublished\": \"2010-11-08T16:00:41Z\",\n        \"image\": [\n          \"https:\/\/www.numinix.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/web-design.jpg\"\n        ]\n      }\n    <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS MOD HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.\u00a0 PLEASE USE THE MOD PROVIDED BY AUCTIONINC.COM AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE. 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