Shipit is a logistics service that enables you to ship your customers' orders by using the services of the most popular Finnish logistics companies. Additionally, the service includes numerous international delivery services.
Creating shipping labels with the Shipit extension requires that you have credit in your Shipit wallet.
Collection points aren't supported when using PostNord via Shipit. Support is going to be added in the near future.
The default order weight in shipping methods that use Shipit is 100g. The default weight is used if the order does not have a weight of its own.
See also Shipit's instructions. Shipit's website is also an excellent source of information about logistics for online stores.
Extensions are not available in MyCashflow Free plan.
Pricing
Using the service is subject to fees. Find out more about the service and connected costs via our website ›
Installation and activation
You can enable the Shipit service in your online store's admin panel, on the page . On this page you can either order new credentials or use your already existing Shipit credentials.
Enabling Shipit in the online store involves the following stages:
- Enabling the extension
- Ordering new credentials or entering existing ones in the store's admin panel
- Activating payment methods in Shipit extranet
- Creating a shipping method to use with Shipit in the online store's admin panel
To enable Shipit, first go to the page, and click .
Enabling the extension is free of charge.
Ordering new credentials/Entering existing credentials
The form for ordering Shipit comes with your online store's details already filled-in. You can modify or supply additional details before confirming the order.
Once you're done, accept the terms of service and press the button.
If you already have Shipit credentials, enter them in the extension settings in the API accounts section.
You'll find the required credentials (API_KEY and API_SECRET) in Shipit's extranet, on the page .
Activating payment methods
Once you've enabled the Shipit extension, it's time to enable the service's payment methods in Shipit's extranet.
Find out more about the extranet ›
You can enable the Shipit wallet or request a billing contract (in such a case please contact Shipit's customer service).
The wallet can be found in Shipit’s extranet, on the page . To enable the wallet, add funds to it.
Creating a shipping method
- Create a new shipping method in the online store's admin panel on the page .
- In the Shipping labels section, select Shipit and the desired service.
- Save the shipping method.
- Define the shipping method's weight limits and costs.
You can create multiple shipping methods that will use Shipit for specific purposes such as, for instance, in order to offer your customers the services of different logistics companies.
Defining settings
Sender address
By default, the online store's contact information found on the page is used as the sender address in orders sent with Shipit.
The sender address appears on shipping labels for orders sent with Shipit, and payments collected via the Advance payment and Cash-on-delivery payment services are forwarded to the bank account indicated in the sender address.
Shipit never uses contact information specified in version settings as the sender address. Instead, the online store's contact information is always extracted from the page.
Optionally, you can define a separate sender address by deselecting the option in the Shipit extension's settings.
In , you can also provide a separate bank account to which advance and cash-on-delivery payments will be forwarded.
Printing return labels
You can set Shipit so that it automatically prints both the return and shipping labels for an order at the same time.
Currently, return labels can be printed for the following delivery services:
- Matkahuolto Bus Parcel
- Matkahuolto Near Parcel
- Matkahuolto XXS Parcel
- Posti Postal Parcel
- Posti Postal Parcel with the Oversized additional service
- Posti Home Parcel
- Posti Home Parcel with the Oversized additional service
- Posti Small Parcel
- Posti Parcel Connect
- Posti Parcel Connect with the Oversized additional service
- Posti Express Parcel
- Posti Express Parcel with the Oversized additional service
Services that support providing customs information
- Length, width and height
- UPS Expedited
- UPS Express
- UPS Express Docs
- UPS Express Saver
- UPS Express Saver Docs
- UPS Standard
- Default shipment description Configured on the page.
- Matkahuolto: Bus Parcel, Delivery Parcel, Near Parcel, Home Delivery and XXS Parcel
- Posti: Postal Parcel, Small Parcel, Express Parcel, Express Business Day Parcel, Priority Parcel, EMS and EMS Dockpack
- PostNord: MyPack Collect
- UPS: Expedited, Express, Express Docs, Express Saver, Express Saver Docs, Standard
See detailed instructions on how to provide customs details for shipments.
Shipit extranet
You can use the Shipit extranet to manage your Shipit account, and create and track shipments made by using the service.
Order tracking and reports
By default, the tracking link is included in the shipping confirmation message. If your online store uses a custom-made template for the shipping confirmation message, make sure that it includes the {OrderTrackingURL} tag that prints the tracking link.
In Shipit's admin panel, on the page , you can see all shipments that you made by using Shipit.
You can also use this panel to download a list of shipments in Excel format.
Pricing
Shipit charges for their service per shipment. For more detail on their pricing, see the Shipit website.
Supported services
With the extension, the following delivery services become available in your online store:
- DB Schenker
- Collection point delivery in Finland.
- DB SCHENKERparcel (home delivery for parcels)
- DB SCHENKERsystem (home delivery for freight)
- DPD Baltics
- Pickup Parcel (parcel delivery to pickup points or parcel lockers)
- Classic (parcel and freight deliveries to businesses)
- Private (parcel and freight deliveries to private individuals)
- GLS EuroBusinessParcel (home or pickup point delivery for parcels in Europe)
- Itella (in the Baltic countries)
- Parcel Connect Baltics (home or pickup point delivery for parcels from Estonia to the rest of Europe)
- Express Business Day Parcel Baltics (scheduled parcel delivery from Estonia to businesses in the rest of Europe)
- Express Business Day Parcel Baltics (scheduled freight delivery from Estonia to businesses in Finland and the Baltics)
- Matkahuolto
- Near Parcel (pickup point or parcel locker in Finland)
- XXS Parcel
- Bus Parcel
- Express Parcel
- Home Delivery (to private addresses)
- Delivery Parcel (to businesses)
- Netlux
- Parcel (home delivery for parcels in Finland and Estonia)
- Pallet (freight deliveries in Finland and Estonia)
- Omniva
- Courier Delivery (home delivery for parcels)
- Pickup Point Delivery (parcel deliveries between pickup points)
- Parcelmachine (parcel deliveries between parcel lockers)
- International Maxi Letter
- Posti
- Postal Parcel (service point or parcel locker deliveries in Finland, with oversized additional service)
- Home Parcel (home delivery, with oversized additional service)
- Small Parcel (mail delivery)
- Express Parcel (for businesses, with oversized additional service)
- Freight (large and heavy deliveries)
- Parcel Connect (parcel deliveries to many EU countries, with oversized additional service)
- Express Business Day Parcel (scheduled parcel deliveries for businesses in Europe)
- Priority postal parcel (worldwide deliveries)
- EMS express parcel (Express Mail Service, fast worldwide deliveries)
- EMS Docpack (fast deliveries of documents)
- Postnord
- MyPack Collect (parcel deliveries to pickup points in Europe)
- MyPack Home (home delivery for parcels)
- Parcel (parcel deliveries to businesses)
- UPS
- Access Point Standard/Express (standard or express deliveries between pickup points in the EU)
- Standard (scheduled home deliveries in Europe)
- Expedited (scheduled home deliveries outside Europe)
- Express (very urgent home deliveries)
- Express Saver (urgent home deliveries)
- Express Docs (very urgent home deliveries of documents)
- Express Saver Docs (urgent home deliveries of documents)
Installation and setup
You can enable the Shipit service in your online store's admin panel, on the page . On this page you can either order new credentials or use your already existing Shipit credentials.
Enabling Shipit in the online store involves the following stages:
- Enabling the extension
- Ordering new credentials or entering existing ones in the store's admin panel
- Activating payment methods in Shipit extranet
- Creating a shipping method to use with Shipit in the online store's admin panel
To enable Shipit, first go to the page, and click .
Enabling the extension is free of charge.
Ordering new credentials/Entering existing credentials
The form for ordering Shipit comes with your online store's details already filled-in. You can modify or supply additional details before confirming the order.
Once you're done, accept the terms of service and press the button.
If you already have Shipit credentials, enter them in the extension settings in the API accounts section.
You'll find the required credentials (API_KEY and API_SECRET) in Shipit's extranet, on the page .
Activating payment methods
Once you've enabled the Shipit extension, it's time to enable the service's payment methods in Shipit's extranet.
Find out more about the extranet ›
You can enable the Shipit wallet or request a billing contract (in such a case please contact Shipit's customer service).
The wallet can be found in Shipit’s extranet, on the page . To enable the wallet, add funds to it.
Creating a shipping method
As the last stage of the Shipit enablement process, create a new shipping method to use with Shipit:
- In the Shipping labels section, select Shipit and the desired service.
You can create multiple shipping methods that will use Shipit for specific purposes such as, for instance, in order to offer your customers the services of different logistics companies.
Defining settings
Sender address
By default, the online store's contact information found on the page is used as the sender address in orders sent with Shipit.
The sender address appears on the shipping labels of orders sent with Shipit. Payments collected via the Advance payment and Cash-on-delivery payment services are forwarded to the bank account indicated in the sender address.
Shipit never uses contact information specified in the version settings as the sender address. The online store's contact information is always extracted from the page instead.
Optionally, you can define a separate sender address by deselecting the option in the Shipit extension's settings.
In , you can also provide a separate bank account to which advance and cash-on-delivery payments will be forwarded.
Printing shipping labels
Once the service has been enabled, you can create a shipping label by pressing the Create address label link in the Shipping details section on the order page.
After this, you can print the shipping label by pressing the Print address label link.
Shipit extranet
You can use the Shipit extranet to manage your Shipit account, and create and track shipments made by using the service.
Order tracking and reports
By default, the tracking link is included in the shipping confirmation message. If your online store uses a custom-made template for the shipping confirmation message, make sure that it includes the {OrderTrackingURL} tag that prints the tracking link.
In Shipit's admin panel, on the page , you can see all shipments that you made by using Shipit.
You can also use this panel to download a list of shipments in Excel format.
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Using cash-on-delivery
To use cash-on-delivery, you must have in your online store
- a payment method with the Cash-on-delivery service enabled and
- a shipping method in which the customer picks up the order at a logistics company's collection point, instead of a parcel point
See also the list of shipping services that support cash-on-delivery.
To enable cash-on-delivery as a payment method in your online store:
If the customer selects cash-on-delivery when placing the order, the order total will constitute the sum total to be paid upon delivery, which means that the total will include potential shipping and payment fees.
When processing cash-on-delivery orders, mark the order as delivered when you ship the order to the customer, but leave the payment as open. Mark the payment as paid only once it has been credited to your bank account.
Shipping services that support cash-on-delivery
The extension includes the following shipping services that support cash-on-delivery:
- Bring: PickUp Parcel
- Matkahuolto: Bus Parcel, Delivery Parcel, Near Parcel, Express Parcel
- GLS: EuroBusinessParcel
- Posti: Express Business Day Parcel, Express Parcel (also Morning delivery 09 and On the same day 00), Express Rahti (also On the same day 21), Home Parcel, Postal Parcel, Freight, SmartPOST Estonia
- PostNord: MyPack Collect
- Bring: PickUp Parcel
- Matkahuolto: Bus Parcel, Delivery Parcel, Near Parcel, Express Parcel
- PostNord: DPD Classic, MyPack Collect, MyPack Collect Outside the Nordic, MyPack Home, Parcel, Parcel Outside the Nordic
- DHL Express: Economy Select (dutiable and duty-free), Worldwide (Finland, dutiable, duty-free, outside EU and in EU)
- GLS: EuroBusinessParcel
- Posti: Express Business Day Parcel, Express Parcel (also Morning delivery 09 and On the same day 00), Express Rahti (also On the same day 21), Home Parcel, Postal Parcel, Freight, SmartPOST Estonia
- Kaukokiito: Groupage
- Posti: Express Business Day Parcel, Express Parcel, Home parcel, Small Parcel, Postal Parcel, Freight
- Matkahuolto: Bus Parcel, Delivery Parcel, Near Parcel, Express Parcel
- UPS: Express, Saver, Standard
- PostNord: MyPack Collect
- DB Schenker: parcel, Collection Point Service
- GLS: EuroBusinessParcel
You can also use cash-on-delivery with shipping methods where shipping labels are created by using MyCashflow's built-in Only shipping labels service.
The default shipment description
This extension includes shipping services that use the default shipment content description on their shipping labels for the purpose of a potential customs clearance.
The default description can be specified on the admin panel's page.
The following shipping services include support for the default shipment content description:
- Matkahuolto: Bus Parcel, Delivery Parcel, Near Parcel, Home Delivery and XXS Parcel
- Posti: Postal Parcel, Home Parcel, Small Parcel, Express Parcel, Express Business Day Parcel, Priority Parcel, EMS and EMS Dockpack
- PostNord: MyPack Collect
- UPS: Expedited, Express, Express Docs, Express Saver, Express Saver Docs, Standard
- DHL: Economy Select, Express Worldwide
- Posti: EMS, Express Freight, Freight and Priority Parcel
Some shipping services also allow you to edit the shipment description in the Shipping details section of the order page. However, you may want to specify a default description that defines your entire product catalog as clearly as possible.
Services that support providing customs information
You can provide customs details for shipments during order processing by using the following shipping services included in the extension:
- Free-form shipment content description, products' tariff codes and countries of origin
- Delivery to Åland Islands:
- Posti: Postal Parcel, Home Parcel, Express Parcel
- Delivery outside of the EU:
- Posti: Priority Parcel, EMS
- Delivery to Åland Islands:
- Length, width and height
- UPS: Expedited, Express, Express Docs, Express Saver, Express Saver Docs, Standard
- Default shipment description Configured on the page.
- Matkahuolto: Bus Parcel, Delivery Parcel, Near Parcel, Home Delivery and XXS Parcel
- Posti: Postal Parcel, Small Parcel, Express Parcel, Express Business Day Parcel, Priority Parcel, EMS and EMS Dockpack
- PostNord: MyPack Collect
- UPS: Expedited, Express, Express Docs, Express Saver, Express Saver Docs, Standard
- Free-form shipment content description, products' tariff codes and countries of origin
- Delivery to Åland Islands:
- Posti: Postal Parcel, Home Parcel, Express Parcel
- Delivery outside of the EU:
- DHL: Economy Select (dutiable), Express Worldwide (dutiable)
- Delivery to Åland Islands:
- Length, width and height
- Posti: Freight, Express Freight
- Default shipment description Configured on the page.
- DHL: Economy Select, Express Worldwide
- Posti: EMS, Express Freight, Freight and Priority Parcel
- Free-form shipment content description, products' tariff codes and countries of origin
- Delivery to Åland Islands:
- Posti: Postal Parcel, Home Parcel, Express Parcel
- Delivery to Åland Islands:
- Length, width and height
- Posti: Freight, Express Freight
- Default shipment description Configured on the page.
- DHL: Economy Select, Express Worldwide
- Posti: EMS, Express Freight, Freight and Priority Parcel
See detailed instructions on how to provide customs details for shipments.