Parcelforce Integration

Integration Summary:
 

• UK & Worldwide Shipping
• SMS & Email Alerts
• Enhanced Compensation Option
• Hazardous Goods Option

Department IDS / Contract Number:

Sometimes you might need to have different contract number or department IDs if you are using it across multiple warehouses or locations. Parcelforce customer solutions will be able to advise what values you'll need to supply in those fields on the connector

Credentials

To connect to parcelforce, you must have an expresslink parcelforce account to use with the integration.

Your parcelforce account manager must apply for this by emailing customer.solutions@parcelforce.co.uk also copy in support@mintsoft.co.uk 

They will email mintsoft with the test login first, where a test shipment must be created, printed on your production printer and then posted them for approval.

Once the test shipment has been approved, they will then send live account details. 

Shipment Notification settings:

Parcelforce has a highly dynamic selection of Notifications that can be setup.

These can be added to your shipments by providing a ; seperated listed into the service code ExtraCode1 e.g. EMAIL;SMSDAYOFDESPATCH

Appendix A - From expresslink v14.0.2 - Latest as of 10 Apr 2017 

An Example of all types should be this:extraCode1

Code

Amount(GBP)

0

0

1

500

2

1000

3

1500

4

2000

5

2500