LTL Freight Quotes - Purolator Edition

Purolator is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and is Canada’s premier shipping company. If you don’t have a Purolator account number, contact them at 888-744-7123, or register online[https://eshiponline.purolator.com/ShipOnline/SecurePages/Public/Register.aspx]. Key Features

• Displays negotiated LTL shipping rates in the shopping cart.
• Provides quotes for shipments within Canada and to the United States.
• Define a custom label to identify the LTL freight rate in the cart.
• Elect to display carrier transit times with rate estimates.
• Define multiple warehouses.
• Identify products that drop ship from vendors.
• Product specific shipment parameters: weight, dimensions, freight class.
• Option to set a product’s freight class automatically through the built in density calculator.
• Support for variable products. Shipment parameters can be set differently for each product variation.
• Option to always include the residential delivery charge.
• Option to include lift gate delivery charge.
• Option to mark up shipping rates by a set dollar amount or by a percentage.
• Works seamlessly with other quoting apps published by Eniture Technology.

Requirements

• WooCommerce 6.4 or newer.
• A Purolator account number.
• A Purolator production key.
• A Purolator production password
• A API key from Eniture Technology.

Installation Overview Before installing this plugin you should have the following information handy:

• A Purolator account number.
• A Purolator production key.
• A Purolator production password

If you need assistance obtaining any of the above information, contact your local Purolator or call the Purolator corporate office at 888-744-7123. A more extensive and graphically illustrated set of instructions can be found on the Documentation tab at eniture.com. 1. Install and activate the plugin In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins => Add New. Search for "eniture purolator freight quotes", and click Install Now. After the installation process completes, click the Activate Plugin link to activate the plugin. 2. Get a API key from Eniture Technology Go to Eniture Technology and pick a subscription package. When you complete the registration process you will receive an email containing your API key and your login to eniture.com. Save your login information in a safe place. You will need it to access your customer dashboard where you can manage your API keys and subscriptions. A credit card is not required for the free trial. If you opt for the free trial you will need to login to your Eniture Technology dashboard before the trial period expires to purchase a subscription to the API key. Without a paid subscription, the plugin will stop working once the trial period expires. 3. Establish the connection Go to WooCommerce => Settings => Purolator Freight. Use the Connection link to create a connection to your purolator account. 4. Select the plugin settings Go to WooCommerce => Settings => Purolator Freight. Use the Quote Settings link to enter the required information and choose the optional settings. 6. Define warehouses and drop ship locations Go to WooCommerce => Settings => Purolator Freight. Use the Warehouses link to enter your warehouses and drop ship locations. You should define at least one warehouse, even if all of your products ship from drop ship locations. Products are quoted as shipping from the warehouse closest to the shopper unless they are assigned to a specific drop ship location. If you fail to define a warehouse and a product isn’t assigned to a drop ship location, the plugin will not return a quote for the product. Defining at least one warehouse ensures the plugin will always return a quote. 7. Enable the plugin Go to WooCommerce => Settings => Shipping. Click on the Shipping Zones link. Add a US domestic shipping zone if one doesn’t already exist. Click the “+” sign to add a shipping method to the US domestic shipping zone and choose Purolator Freight from the list. 8. Configure your products Assign each of your products and product variations a weight, Shipping Class and freight classification. Products shipping LTL freight should have the Shipping Class set to “LTL Freight”. The Freight Classification should be chosen based upon how the product would be classified in the NMFC Freight Classification Directory. If you are unfamiliar with freight classes, contact the carrier and ask for assistance with properly identifying the freight classes for your products.

2.2.3

• Update: Updated connection tab according to WordPress requirements

2.2.2

• Fix: Fixed the Test Connection visibility issue that occurred in conflict with WooCommerce 9.1.2

2.2.1

• Update: Introduced capability to suppress parcel rates once the weight threshold has been reached.
• Update: Compatibility with WordPress version 6.5.3
• Update: Compatibility with PHP version 8.2.0
• Fix: Incorrect product variants displayed in the order widget.

2.2.0

• Update: Display “Free Shipping” at checkout when handling fee in the quote settings is -100% .
• Update: Introduced the Shipping Logs feature.
• Update: Introduced “product level markup” and “origin level markup”.

2.1.4

• Update: Introduced the handling unit feature.
• Update: Updated the description text in the warehouse.

2.1.3

• Update: Updated URL in the create plugin webhook.

2.1.2

• Update: Modified expected delivery message at front-end from “Estimated number of days until delivery” to “Expected delivery by”.
• Fix: Inherent Flat Rate value of parent to variations.
• Fix: Fixed space character issue in city name.

2.1.1

• Update: Compatibility with WordPress version 6.1
• Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce version 7.0.1

2.1.0

• Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce 5.6

2.0.6

• Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce 5.5.

2.0.5

• Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce 5.4.

2.0.4

• Update: Include Residential delivery and TailGate delivery in standard plan.

2.0.3

• Update: Introduced TailGate and option feature.

2.0.2

• Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce 5.1.

2.0.1

• Fix: Identify one warehouse and multiple drop ship locations in basic plan.

2.0.0

• Update: Introduced new features and Basic, Standard and Advanced plans.

1.1.0

• Update: Compatibility with WooCommerce 4.9.

1.0.0

• Initial release.