Muller Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Hiya, I'm about to implement shipping in my store. The store is based in New York and will be shipping to locations throughout the United States. I've looked into pricing and UPS and Fedex are similar. I'm using Prestashop v1.4.3. I understand I need to add size and weight for each product so shipping calculation will be possible. My questions are: How do the current 1.4.3 Fedex and UPS modules (that come with Prestashop) work in the USA? How do they calculate shipping costs? Do they contact Fedex/UPS servers, or what? What are all those settings in the back office, under the shipping tab? Weight ranges, price ranges, zones, and the difference between 'carriers'? Why do I need all that configuration? Is there a difference between the Fedex and UPS modules in any way? Does one work better than the other in the USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 Hiya, I'm about to implement shipping in my store. The store is based in New York and will be shipping to locations throughout the United States. I've looked into pricing and UPS and Fedex are similar. I'm using Prestashop v1.4.3. I understand I need to add size and weight for each product so shipping calculation will be possible. My questions are: How do the current 1.4.3 Fedex and UPS modules (that come with Prestashop) work in the USA? How do they calculate shipping costs? Do they contact Fedex/UPS servers, or what? What are all those settings in the back office, under the shipping tab? Weight ranges, price ranges, zones, and the difference between 'carriers'? Why do I need all that configuration? Is there a difference between the Fedex and UPS modules in any way? Does one work better than the other in the USA? Note: I have cross-post this here: http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/128887-a-few-questions-about-upsfedex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomerg3 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 1) Yes, they work, and yes, they contact UPS / Fedex to get rates. 2) Those are used for the internal shipping options, you don't need to change them if you use a shipping module. 3) The module are very much the same, but the rates that UPS and Fedex offer differ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Thanks, that helps a lot. Now I have a fatal error with the free Fedex module. I've posted a new thread here: http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/129084-fatal-error-with-free-fedex-module/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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