Aramex Shipping

Aramex Shipping retrieves shipping rates from Aramex for your store, calculates costs for customer orders and enables you to collect the correct amount in checkout.

Installation ↑ Back to top

1. Download the extension from your WooCommerce Account Dashboard.
2. Go to: WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New to upload the file you downloaded.
3. Activate the extension.

More information at: Installing and Managing Plugins.

Setup and Configuration ↑ Back to top

1. Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping.
2. Select Aramex at the top of the screen, underneath the tabs.
3. Configure the settings:
   • Enable/Disable – Choose to enable the shipping method or not.
   • Test Mode – Choose to place the shipping method into test mode, for testing with Aramex.
   • Aramex Account Info
     • Account Entity – Identification Code/Number for Transmitting Party. This code should be provided to you by Aramex.
     • Account Number – The Customer’s Account number provided by Aramex when the contract is signed.
     • Account Pin – A key that is given to account customers associated with the account number, so as to validate customer identity.
     • Username – A unique user name sent to the customer upon registration with Aramex.
     • Password – A unique password to verify the user name, sent to the client upon registration with Aramex.
   • Debug Mode – Enable the debug mode or not. All API call requests and responses are output in a log file, linked from the settings screen.
4.  Add Aramex to the appropriate shipping zones
   • Go to: WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping
   • Edit the shipping zone(s) that you want to have Aramex Shipping Delivery
   • Edit Aramex Shipping Delivery for additional settings
     • Method Title – Name the shipping method. This is visible to customers.
     • Aramex Product Type – Specify the product type to be sent to Aramex (read more about the different Aramex product types).The product types are:
       Priority Document, Priority Parcel, Priority Letter, Deferred Document, Deferred Parcel, Ground Document, Ground Parcel.
     • Origin Address – This is the address where you packages will be shipping from
     • Pickup Details – These are the hours your business will be available for packages to be picked up
     • Pickup Contact Person – Details of the person who should be contacted regarding package pickups
     • Box Packing – Enable to specify the packaging sizes that you will be using for your Aramex shipments

Custom Box Packing ↑ Back to top

The box packer included with this shipping method groups items into boxes that you define by height, width, length, weight and max-weight. The packing is mainly volume based but also considers item sizes.

Setting up box sizes ↑ Back to top

Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping > Your Shipping Zone > Aramex Shipping Delivery > Box Packaging and select Add Box to set up box dimensions:

• Outer dimensions are used for parcel dimensions and are passed to the API.
• Inner dimensions are used for packing, and items should fit within these.
• Box weight is the weight of the actual box, and is added to the weight of contents.
• Max weight is the maximum weight your box can hold. This includes contents weight and box weight.

How the calculation works ↑ Back to top

The packer:

1. Finds boxes that fit items being packed (uses H x W x D).
2. Packs all fitting items into boxes (using volume).
3. Uses the largest box that fits 100% of items *or* uses the highest % packed box, and then passes unpacked items back and repeats the process.
4. Packs unpackable items alone, using item dimensions.
5. Returns all packed boxes.

Questions and Support ↑ Back to top

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