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Development Guide - : Steps To Creating A Shipping Calculator

This document provides instructions for creating a shipping calculator using the FreightCenter.com website. It describes the steps to generate code for the calculator, manage existing calculators, and defines the variables used in the calculator code. The steps include providing origin and destination details, item information like packaging type and dimensions, and whether additional fees like liftgate or hazmat apply. It lists 23 variables used in the code and their purposes, such as origin and destination postal codes, accessorial fees, item weight and dimensions, freight class, and extra charges. Customers can create, view, and manage their shipping calculators on the FreightCenter.com site.

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Development Guide - : Steps To Creating A Shipping Calculator

This document provides instructions for creating a shipping calculator using the FreightCenter.com website. It describes the steps to generate code for the calculator, manage existing calculators, and defines the variables used in the calculator code. The steps include providing origin and destination details, item information like packaging type and dimensions, and whether additional fees like liftgate or hazmat apply. It lists 23 variables used in the code and their purposes, such as origin and destination postal codes, accessorial fees, item weight and dimensions, freight class, and extra charges. Customers can create, view, and manage their shipping calculators on the FreightCenter.com site.

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FreightCenter.

com Shipping Calculator


Development Guide – 2/11/2009

Introduction

1. Steps to create a shipping calculator.


2. Managing your Shipping Calculators.
3. Defining variables in the Shipping Calculator code.

Introduction

This document describes how to generate code for a Shipping Calculator for placement within an eBay
auction or within your own website. The Shipping Calculator let’s you automatically provide discounted
freight shipping quotes from FreightCenter.com from multiple transportation carriers. You must be
registered on http://www.freightcenter.com and logged in to create a shipping calculator. Should you have
any questions relating to the Shipping Calculator, please email [email protected].

Steps to creating a shipping calculator


From the home page the customer can create a shipping calculator by clicking the “Create a Shipping
Calculator” link.

The Create shipping calculator page has input fields for

1. Origin postal code.

2. Origin Extra Services and origin location type.

3. Destination Extra Services.

4. Item details (Packaging, Quantity, weight, dimensions [length, width, height], class etc).

5. Additional services.

6. Handling Fee.

7. Shipping calculator name.


When you’ve filled out all the fields on the Create a Shipping Calculator page, press the Get Code button.
You will then be taken to the results page where you can see your shipping calculator HTML code.
Manage shipping calculator

From the home page the customer can manage their shipping calculators. Also by clicking on
the “View All” button from the home page the customer can see all of their shipping calculators
for the selected date range.
Shipping Calculator Variable Definitions

The code that determines the displayed shipping rates, once generated, can be edited manually or
returned from your own application. This makes it especially easy to place the shipping calculator within a
template for an eBay store or within your shopping cart application on your ecommerce website. Below
are a list of the variables within the calculator code and a description of their functionality.

1. SZip: - This variable is used for the starting postal code. This variable should always be a valid
postal code.
2. SLocationType: - This variable is used for starting a location type. This variable should always
have 1, 2, 3 or 4.
Description of location type.

1 - “Residential”.
2 - “Business with Dock or Forklift”.
3 - “Business without Dock or Forklift”.
4 - “Terminal”.

The following variables are for origin items.


3. SPickupPalletizing: - This variable is used for starting pickup palletizing accessorial. This
variable always has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0-
for OFF (exclude accessorial price).
4. SInsidePickUp: - This variable is used for starting inside pickup accessorial. This variable
always has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF
(exclude accessorial price).
5. SLiftGate: - This variable is used for starting LiftGate accessorial. This variable always has a
value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF (exclude
accessorial price).
6. SLimitedAccess: - This variable is used for starting Limited Access accessorial. This variable
always has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF
(exclude accessorial price).
7. SNotifyBeforePickUp: - This variable is used for starting Notify Before Pickup accessorial. This
variable always has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0-
for OFF (exclude accessorial price).
8. STradeshow: - This variable is used for starting Trade show accessorial. This variable always
has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF
(exclude accessorial price).
9. STradeshow: - This variable is used for starting Trade show accessorial. This variable always
has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF
(exclude accessorial price).
The following variables are for destination items.
10. DInsideDelivery: - This variable is used for destination Inside Delivery accessorial. This variable
always has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF
(exclude accessorial price).
11. DLiftGate: - This variable is used for destination LiftGate accessorial. This variable always has a
value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF (exclude
accessorial price).
12. DLimitedAccess: - This variable is used for destination Limited Access accessorial. This
variable always has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0-
for OFF (exclude accessorial price).
13. DNotifyBeforeDelivery: - This variable is used for destination Notify before Delivery
accessorial. This variable always has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include
accessorial price) and 0- for OFF (exclude accessorial price).
14. DTradeshow: - This variable is used for destination Tradeshow accessorial. This variable
always has a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF
(exclude accessorial price).
The following variables are for item details.

15. PackagingType: - This variable is used for packaging type. This variable always has a value of
one, two, three, or four (1, 2, 3, or 4).

Description for packaging type value:


1 - “Barrel or Drums”
2 - “Boxed”
3 - “Crated”
4 - “Palletized”

16. Quantity: - This variable is used for packaging type. This variable always has an integer value.
17. TWeight: - This variable is used for the item weight. This variable always has an integer value
and unit in lbs (pounds).
18. Width: - This variable is used for the Width of the item. This variable always has an
integer/decimal value.
19. Height: - This variable is used for the Height of the item. This variable always has an
integer/decimal value.
20. Length: - This variable is used for the Length of the item. This variable always has an
integer/decimal value.
21. FClass: - This variable is used for the Freight Class. This variable always has the following value
(50 or 55 or 60 or 65 or 70 or 77.5 or 85 or 92.5 or 100 or 110 or 125 or 150 or 175 or 200 or 250
or 300 or 400 or 500).
The following variables are for extra charges.

22. GuaranteedDelivery: - This variable is used for Guaranteed Delivery. This variable always has
a value of zero or one (0 or 1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF (exclude
accessorial price).
23. Hazmat: - This variable is used for Hazmat. This variable always has a value of zero or one (0 or
1). 1- For ON (include accessorial price) and 0- for OFF (exclude accessorial price).

Note: - Example of variables sequence and their value.

SZip=90001;SLocationType=2;SPickupPalletizing=0;SInsidePickUp=0;SLiftGate=0;SLimitedAccess=
0;SNotifyBeforePickUp=0;STradeshow=0;DInsideDelivery=0;DLiftGate=0;DLimitedAccess=0;DNotify
BeforeDelivery=0;DTradeshow=0;PackagingType=1;Quantity=1;TWeight=999;Width=0.00;Height=0.0
0;Length=0.00;FClass=55;GuaranteedDelivery=0;Hazmat=0; 

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