Opencart Fastway Shipping

There are various challenges that the store admin faces when it comes to providing the customers with a convenient third-party shipping service. As various constraints determine which is a more favorable shipping service.

The basic requirement being the shipping service must provide real-time shipping charges at the time of checkout with multiple options so that the customers can choose the cheapest among them.

The Fastway shipping method is the ultimate shipping service as it provides multiple shipping options and is currently available in countries like New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and South Africa. Moreover, the store’s origin country and regional franchise help in providing the most suited deal to the customers.

By integrating the Fastway shipping method to the Opencart store the admin is privileged with various features.

• The shipping method can be given a custom title visible to the customers.
• The module also provides multi-store supports allowing Fastway shipping to be enabled on certain stores.
• The Fastway API fetches the real-time shipping charges and displays them to the customer.
• The admin can enable or disable the shipping method with one click.

The Fastway shipping method is present in several countries.

• The admin can choose to Ship to all the available countries in one go.
• Moreover, the admin has the access to allow only a few countries for which the Fastway shipping will be available for customers.
• The admin can provide various shipping service options including parcel, satchel & box for their customers.
• The admin can set an origin country for their e-commerce store Fastway shipping method integration.
• Based on the origin country selected, the admin must select a regional franchise in that country.

The module helps store admins to choose from various weight units that will be applicable for the product measure.

• Feature to display the delivery weight to the customers over the front end at the time of checkout.
• The admin can enter an average shipping box size which helps in facilitating the packaging of the shipment.
• The admin can give the average box size in centimeters which makes the size measures very precise.
• A custom error message is visible to the customers in case shipping not available for the customer’s region.
• The admin can enter a default weight product and If the weight of any product is not set this value is taken saving time and effort for the store admin.

The customers are privileged to choose the shipping method based on their choice.

• The customers can check the product weight and unit at the time of checkout.
• Multiple shipping options are present due to various services in Fastway shipping that includes satchel, parcel, and box that comes with different pricing options.
• The position of the Fastway Shipping method is determined by the sorting done by the admin.
• The admin can apply tax class on the products based on the tax class selection.