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Service points for Ecwid

Marc
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Purpose: Learn how to offer service point delivery through your Ecwid webstore by following the easy steps below. Offering your customers the option of having their parcel delivered to a service point can increase your conversion rate by up to 30%. 

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Activate Service Points in Sendcloud 

  1. Go to your Sendcloud account directly from Ecwid by clicking Go to Sendcloud
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  2. In your Sendcloud account, go to Settings > Integrations
  3. Select your Ecwid webshop and click Edit
  4. Tick the box "Service Points" and enable the carriers for which you want to enable service point delivery
  5. Click Save when you're done 
  6. In Ecwid, under the Sendcloud application, select a synchronized shipping method to link with your Sendcloud integration for service point delivery
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Step 2a: Setting up a simple shipping method in Ecwid
  1. Go back to your Ecwid Admin and navigate to the Sendcloud app
  2. Click on the toggle switch to enable a simple shipping method4.PNG
  3. Fill in an appropriate name such as "Service Point Delivery" and the cost and confirm by clicking on the Save button5.PNG
Step 2b: Setting up an advanced shipping method in Ecwid
  1. Go back to your Ecwid Admin and navigate to the Sendcloud app
  2. Click on the toggle switch to enable an advanced shipping method2.PNG
  3. Select a shipping method from the list of existing shipping methods you wish to use as a service point delivery shipping method (marked shipping method cannot be excluded from synchronization):3.PNG
Step 2c: How to add a standard shipping method in addition to your servicepoint delivery method

If you followed the steps mentioned above you were able to set up service points for Ecwid. You can follow these steps to add a standard shipping method (for example DPD Home delivery):

  1. Go to your Ecwid account > Shipping & Pickup > click on the button + Add shipping
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  2. The shipping method appears at Shipping, Delivery and Pickup 
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  3. Go to Enable advanced shipping method at the section Configure service point delivery  and make sure that your standard shipping method is not enabled
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  4. Check if your shipping methods are displayed correctly at checkout.

    Example of "DPD home delivery" at checkout. Click on Continue to proceed to checkout.

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    Example of "DPD Service Point" at checkout. Click on "Select Service Point" and select location in order to proceed to checkout:
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Extending email forms

You can edit your Ecwid email templates to display service point information. 

The following templates can be extended:

  • Order Confirmation 
  • Order Status Changed
  • Order Shipped
  • New Order Placed 
▼Code for displaying service point information  The following code should be added to your template to display service point information:
<#assign scServicePointName = getOrderExtraField("scServicePointName")>
<#assign servicePointStreet = getOrderExtraField("scServicePointStreet")>
<#assign servicePointCity = getOrderExtraField("scServicePointCity")>
<#assign servicePointPostalCode =getOrderExtraField("scServicePointPostalCode")>

<#if scServicePointName.title?has_content && scServicePointName.value?has_content>
    <tr>
        <td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: ${fontFamily}; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: ${colorText}; padding-top: 15px;">
            <b>${scServicePointName.title}</b> <br /> ${scServicePointName.value}
        </td>            
    </tr>
</#if>

<#if servicePointStreet.title?has_content && servicePointStreet.value?has_content>
    <tr>
        <td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: ${fontFamily}; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: ${colorText}; padding-top: 15px;">    
            <b>${servicePointStreet.title}</b> <br /> ${servicePointStreet.value} 
        </td>            
    </tr>
</#if>

<#if servicePointCity.title?has_content && servicePointCity.value?has_content>
     <tr>
         <td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: ${fontFamily}; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: ${colorText}; padding-top: 15px;">
             <b>${servicePointCity.title}</b>  <br /> ${servicePointCity.value}
         </td>            
     </tr>
</#if>

<#if servicePointPostalCode.title?has_content && servicePointPostalCode.value?has_content>
     <tr>
         <td align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: ${fontFamily}; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; color: ${colorText}; padding-top: 15px;">
             <b>${servicePointPostalCode.title}</b> <br /> ${servicePointPostalCode.value}
         </td>            
     </tr>
</#if>

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